Jamui District
Jamui was formed as a District on 21st February,
1991 as a result of its separation from Munger. It
is located at a Longitude of 86º-13'E and the
latitude is 24º-55'N.
BOUNDARY
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North |
South |
East |
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Munger and
Lakhisarai |
Giridih
District of |
Deoghar and
Banka |
Nawada |
AREA
- Jamui
occupies a total of 3,122.80 sq. kms.
POPULATION - As per 2001 Census statistics, total population of Jamui is 13,98,796 out of which the male population is of 7,29,138 while the female is 6,69,658.
DENSITY - Approximately 401 people inhabit per sq. km.
LITERACY -The average literacy figures for Jamui are 42.74%. (Male - 52.91%, Female - 26.79%)
SOIL - Jamui district comprises a number of low ranges and isolated peaks which may be considered the outlaying extension of Vindhya series which enter Jamui district from the south and extend upto Munger town where they dip under the Ganga. They are occupied by either sedementary or shallow alluvial soils which are moderately to excessively drained. The soils are shallow to deep over bedrocks regoliths and are yellowish red or up lands to moderately gray in low lands and alluvial strips. Most of these soils are of light medium texture.
CLIMATE-
Jamui district has monsoon sub-tropical climate
ranging from sub-arid to sub-humid conditions. There
are three distinct seasons- summer, monsoon and
winter. The summer seasons is characterised by
gradual rise in temperature, occasional thunder
showers and hailstorms, high velocity westerly winds
and dust storms. The weather during this season is
very dry resulting at times in sun-strokes. The
maximum temperature rises upto 450C. The
monsoon starts in mid June and continues upto
mid-September and is characterized by cloudy
weather, high humidity, frequent rains and weak
variable surface wind. Maximum rainfall occurs
during July and August. Winter season is
characterized by gradual decrease in temperature
which comes to a minimum in the first week of
January. Thereafter the temperature starts
increasing. The minimum temperature varies from 3.5
to 9.0oc.
The average rainfall is 1011 mm. Out of which 80% is
received during monsoon; slightly more than 10% in
winter and the rest in summer season.
IRRIGATION- There are three big dams with limited coverage. The three active dams provide water only when there is timely and copious monsoon. Hardly any water is available for the rabi season crop. Out of 1,19,974.5 ha. cultivable land only about 22,000 ha. are irrigated with all sources.
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & CATTLE REARING- Jamui's agriculture is subsistence agriculture. Farming and cattle rearing are the two main sources of livelihood. Most people depend on jungle for fuel, fodder, fibre and food. The poor cut trees and sell firewood; they also collect tendu leaves for bidi-making. Women pluck leaves and make leaf-plates and earn some subsidiary income. The district is deficit in food grains which it has to import from outside. People's staple food is rice and maize. Agriculture provides only seasonal employment whose duration does not exceed three to four months in a year. The average land-holding is uneconomic. Farmers have tiny plots that are often scattered. Share-cropping, with no security of tenure to the share-croppers, is the common pattern of crop-production
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