Jamo (), also spelled Jamun or Jamon, is a village and community development block headquarters in Gauriganj tehsil of Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, India. As of 2011, it had a population of 6,734 people, in 1,182 households. It was historically the capital of the pargana of Gaura Jamun. It is located at the intersection of four minor district roads, some of which are prone to flooding during the rainy season.

History Jamo was historically the capital of the pargana called Gaura Jamun. It was also the seat of a taluqdari estate held by a branch of the Kanhpuria. The Jamo branch originated in a partition of lands among the four sons of one Balbhaddar Singh; the other three branches were Katari, Bhawan-Shahpur, and Raisi. The Baraulia taluqa was later formed as a junior branch of the Jamo taluqa.

At the turn of the 20th century, Jamo was described as consisting of a built-up block surrounded by a moat and 21 dependant hamlets. It had an aided school, maintained by the taluqdar and with only a few students. It had a village bank. The population as of 1901 was 1,967 people, and the majority of them were Brahmins, including the leading family of some prosperous moneylenders who owned several large houses in town. The village was described as good for agriculture with many shallow depressions providing plenty of water for irrigation. At that time, the Jamo taluqdar Mahabir Bakhsh Singh held 17 villages, all in the pargana of Gaura Jamun, but he was severely in debt and the estate was in effect mortgaged to a nobleman from Rewah State.

The 1951 census recorded Jamo as comprising 20 hamlets, with a total population of 2,170 people (1,065 male and 1,105 female), in 468 households and 447 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 1,525 acres. 70 residents were literate, all male. The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Gaura Jamo and the thana of Jagdishpur. The village had a district board-run primary school with 124 students in attendance as of 1 January 1951.

The 1961 census recorded Jamo (as "Jamon") as comprising 20 hamlets, with a total population of 2,075 people (1,041 male and 1,034 female), in 508 households and 454 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 1,525 acres and it had a post office at that point, as well as a government-run dispensary with 2 male and 2 female beds. The Uma Raman Higher Secondary School, established in August 1950, had a staff of 15 teachers (all male) and an attendance of 463 students (all male) that year.

The 1981 census recorded Jamo as having a population of 3,261 people, in 679 households, and having an area of 617.17 hectares. The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.

The 1991 census recorded Jamo as having a total population of 3,514 people (1,938 male and 1,576 female), in 731 households and 719 physical houses. The area of the village was listed as 617.00 hectares. Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 579, or 16.5% of the total; this group was 51% male (297) and 49% female (282). Members of scheduled castes numbered 1,062, or 30% of the village's total population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded. The literacy rate of the village was 32.5% (755 men and 200 women, counting only people age 7 and up). 1,231 people were classified as main workers (1,098 men and 133 women), while 3 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 2,280 residents were non-workers. The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 612 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 283 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 4 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 61 household industry workers; 41 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 14 construction workers; 73 employed in trade and commerce; 8 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 135 in other services.

Villages Jamo CD block has the following 91 villages:

Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011) Adilpur 163.8 1,817 Gautampur 45.3 1,126 Majhgawan 102.3 572 Machharia 41.8 401 Lakhnapur 89.4 401 Basantpur 177.8 1,864 Gopalpur 97.6 243 Lalupurdhabiya 80.2 566 Bahadurpur 59.6 562 Dakhinwara 380.4 3,840 Chituhala 151 1,338 Debra 47.9 759 Maharajpur 36.4 296 Rajamau 255.4 2,521 Ahad 211 1,207 Pure Dhanesh Dei 33.1 693 Achal Pur 138.8 1,279 Dulapur 92.4 821 Digha Gopalpur 158.1 1,071 Kamalpur 130 1,204 Parbatpur 193.4 821 Samahai 449.1 4,342 Baghaiyapur 64.1 480 Hargaon 270.3 2,124 Ghatampur 441 4,190 Babupur 243.8 2,513 Gaura 488.7 4,349 Rampurchaudhari 192.2 1,503 Purab Gaura 251.5 2,048 Katari 711.5 6,500 Richhaura 479.2 1,275 Munghi 251.1 2,143 Sukhi Baz Garh 592.6 5,476 Alipur 134.6 1,192 Jamo (block headquarters) 608.8 6,734 Lalupur Dhabiya 126.5 1,453 Dalilpur 165.1 915 Resi 504.6 4,554 Biripur 192.8 1,725 Angrawan 138.8 1,332 Balbhaddarpur 1,023.6 6,140 Shahpur 194.7 1,367 Bhawanigarh 150.4 1,227 Mawai 442.7 3,019 Umaradih 501.5 3,397 Ramgarhi 79.3 663 Bhikhipur 162.3 1,496 Bakhshgarh 361.1 1,628 Janapur 301.9 1,778 Kapasi 240.4 1,945 Ajabgarh 320.8 1,561 Suratgarh 392.8 1,529 Garhilal Shah 228.1 936 Goriya Bad 853.2 5,814 Puredhanesh Giri 25.8 286 Pure Chitai 393.7 1,689 Harkampur 253 1,960 Alpi Misir 19.6 47 Deosi Pur 111.3 711 Orra 404.3 2,046 Heruwa 175 1,274 Duramau 265.5 1,496 Barauliya 611.2 3,878 Jodhanpur 192.8 852 Hardo 358.4 2,395 Bajgarhi 452 2,215 Pure Ausan Singh 67.4 272 Rampur Naurangabad 144.6 741 Talmasiyan 277 0 Lalpur 144.7 572 Aidhi 930.1 7,690 Godipur 38.8 573 Gogamau 252.8 2,148 Bhoe 488 3,396 Ramshahpur 62.1 543 Naupur 93.7 1,249 Lorikpur 200.6 1,353 Dhanepur 116.2 995 Sarme 458.4 3,795 Paras Rampur 245.8 1,694 Barehti 309.4 1,685 Tikra 166.2 1,244 Shahpur Resi 150.2 1,044 Mayas 281.5 2,207 Nadiwan 486.5 2,549 Atrauli 190.1 1,220 Sirkhiri 145.9 1,058 Nimi 195.5 1,382 Ghosiyan 291.9 1,564 Block total 23,577.1 171,303Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011)

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