Jamtara is a city and a notified area in the Jamtara Sadar subdivision of the Jamtara district in the

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

. It is the headquarters of the eponymous district, subdivision and community development block. It is also nicknamed the phishing capital of India. It got this title because there were numerous incidents of phishing across the country whose centre point was there. In the span of two years between April 2015 and March 2017, police from 12 Indian states reportedly made 23 journeys to Jamtara. They did so to investigate cybercrimes — primarily phishing that were emanating from one of the most underdeveloped districts, was responsible for 8 percent of them by some estimates. Those involved had bought luxury SUVs and put up fancy bungalows next to ramshackle cottages.

Geography

Location

Jamtara is located at . It has an average elevation of 155 metres (508 feet). It is located 250 km from

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, the state

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and 54 km from

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the 'Coal Capital'. It has an area of 1801 km². Distance from other major cities like from Kolkata is 260 km and from

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is 290 km. It came into existence on 26 April 2001. This small district of Jharkhand state consists of only four blocks. It was created by carving out four blocks from Dumka District. Other towns in this district are Karmatar, Nala, Kundahit, Narayanpur, Fatehpur and Mihijam. The Ajay River passes through the district and forest areas cover the district.

Overview

The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation. Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map and one can easily move on to another page of his/her choice. Enlarge the full screen map to see what else is there – one gets railway connections, many more road connections and so on.

Tourism

A number of hotels and small guesthouses have come up that serve a variety of cuisines.
Parwat Vihar Park
is located 5 km from Jamtara Railway Station. It is situated in the Northern Side of Jamtara. Karamdaha temple of Dukhia Mahadev is situated 44 km from Jamtara railway station. A fair is held at this place every year from 14 January to 27 January.

Education

Educational institutions in Jamtara District Headquarters include:

Secondary

JBC+2 High School, Girls High School, Savitri Devi DAV Public School+2,St.Joseph's School, St. Anthony, Edwards English School, Jamtara

Higher Secondary

* Kendriya Vidyalaya * Navodaya Vidyalaya

Colleges

* Jamtara College * Jamtara Mahila College. * Women's ITI & Government ITI institute

Demographics

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, Jamtara had a population of 29,415 with 89% Hindu & 10% Muslim. Males constituted 52% of the population and females 48%. Jamtara had an average literacy rate of 63.73%, lower than the national average of 74.4%: male literacy was 76.85%, and female literacy was 50.08%. In Jamtara, 13% of the population was under 6 years of age.2011 Census data
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Languages

According to a 2011 census, Bengali was the most spoken language in Jamtara with 12,713 speakers followed by Hindi at 8,412, Khortha at 4,553 and Santali at 1,038.

Climate

* Summer season - March to May * Rainy season - June to September * Winter season - October to February * Min temperature - 2 °C in Winter * Max temperature - 45 °C in Summer * Height above

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- * Wind direction - south west to north east

References

{{Santhal Parganas Division Jamtara