Building Indonesia from the Suburbs Through Village Potential Data Collection (Podes) 2018 of Jambi Province

Village Potential Data Collection (Podes) is held three times in 10 years. Based on the 2018 Podes results, there were 1,562 government administrative areas at the village level consisting of 1,399 villages and 163 villages. Podes also recorded 141 sub-districts and 11 districts / cities.

BPS calculates the Village Development Index (IPD) which shows the level of village development in the categories of being independent, developing, and lagging. The higher the IPD, the more independent the village is. The number of independent villages 102 (7.29 percent), villages developed 1,228 (87.78 percent), and villages lagged behind 69 (4.93 percent),

In general, all dimensions of the compilation of IPD have increased. The dimension with the highest increase is the Implementation of Village Government, which is 8.71 points. While the dimension with the smallest increase is Transportation, which is 1.76 points.