Jema'a (also written Ajemaa and Jama'a) is a Local Government Area in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria with headquarters at Kafanchan.

The undulating lands also provide fertile grounds for agricultural activities.

[10][11] Jema'a Local Government Area consists of 12 subdivisions (second-order administrative divisions) namely:[12] Jema'a Local Government Area consist of a number of related ethnic groups and subgroups as well as a migrant population from other parts of the country, especially in the Local Government Area headquarters of Kafanchan .

[14] Others are: Atyap, Bajju, Berom, Gwong, Atuku, Ham, Igbo and Yoruba.

The people of the local government are predominantly farmers, cultivating cash crops such as cotton, peanuts and ginger; and food crops such as corn, millet and sorghum in subsistent qualities.