Jamtara is located in the north east corner of Jharkhand state : at 23°56'60'' N latitude and 86°47'60''E Longitude.it is located 250 km from ranchi,the state capital.distance from other major cities like from hawrah is 260 km and fro patna is 290 km.
The Jamtara Nagar Panchayat has an area of 18.69sq.km and as per india census 2011,jamtara had a population of 29,404. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%.jamtara has an average literacy rate of 63.73%,lower than the national average of 74.4%:male literacy is 76.85,and female litrecy is 50.08%.in jamtara 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.