| Jamtara district | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Jharkhand |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Coordinates: | 23.96°N 86.8°W |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Jamtara |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jharkhand |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Santal Pargana |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Jamtara |
| Parts Type: | Tehsils |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Area Total Km2: | 1801.98 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 791,042 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Demographics |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 64.59% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Sex ratio |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 959 |
| Leader Title1: | Lok Sabha constituencies |
| Leader Name1: | 1. Dumka (shared with Dumka district) |
| Leader Title2: | Vidhan Sabha constituencies |
| Leader Name2: | 3 |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
Jamtara district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Jamtara town is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district is situated between 23°10′ and 24°05′ north latitudes and 86°30′ and 87°15′ east longitudes.
Jamtara district consists of 06 Blocks. The following are the list of the Blocks in Jamtara district:
According to the 2011 census Jamtara district has a population of 791,042,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Comoros[2] or the US state of South Dakota.[3] This gives it a ranking of 486th in India (out of a total of 640).[1] The district has a population density of 439PD/sqkm.[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21%.[1] Jamtara has a sex ratio of 959 females for every 1000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 64.59%. 9.58% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 9.21% and 30.40% of the population respectively.[1]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 30.18% of the population spoke Bengali, 29.10% Santali, 27.93% Khortha, 5.92% Hindi, 3.61% Urdu and 1.25% Magahi as their first language.[4]
In 2006 the Indian government named Jamtara one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 21 districts in Jharkhand currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[5]
There are three Vidhan Sabha constituencies in the district: Nala, Jamtara and Sarath (shared with Deoghar district). All three constituencies are part of Dumka Lok Sabha constituency.|}