Jampani means: A historical Indian term for a bearer of a jampan - a type of mountain chair or palanquin carried on poles by porters, widely used in hilly regions of colonial India. Jampani specifically refers to. The word is mostly archaic or historical; you will only encounter it in old texts, period drama, or school history rather than current teen conversation. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. As a place or proper-name reference it is purely descriptive.