Jamtara | |
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City/Municipality | |
 Clock tower chowk with statue of Veer Kunwar Singh on horse back | |
  Jamtara Location in Jharkhand, India  Jamtara Jamtara (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°57′48″N 86°48′05″E / 23.9633°N 86.8014°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Jharkhand |
| District | Jamtara |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,802 km2 (696 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 155 m (509 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 90,426 |
| • Density | 439/km2 (1,140/sq mi) |
| Languages (*For language details see Jamtara block#Language and religion) | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 815351 |
| Telephone code | 06433 |
| Vehicle registration | JH-21 |
| Sex ratio | 959 ♂/♀ |
| Website | jamtara |
Jamtara is a city and a notified area in the Jamtara Sadar subdivision of the Jamtara district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. 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.[1] 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.[2] Those involved had bought luxury SUVs and put up fancy bungalows next to ramshackle cottages.
- ^ Singh, Shiv Sahay (12 August 2017). "The cyber con 'artists' of Jharkhand's Jamtara district". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "ED raids 5 locations in Jharkhand in first cyber conning PMLA case". The Economic Times.