Jhumri Telaiya

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Jhumri Telaiya
Jhumri Tilaiya / Talaiya
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Jhumri Telaiya
Location in Jharkhand, India
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Jhumri Telaiya
Jhumri Telaiya (India)
Coordinates: 24°25′44″N85°32′08″E / 24.42894°N 85.53547°E / 24.42894; 85.53547
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Jharkhand
District Koderma
Tehsil Koderma
Wards28
Government
  Type Municipal governance in India (Municipal council)
  BodyJhumri Telaiya Municipal Council (Nagar Parishad)
Elevation
383 m (1,257 ft)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total
87,867
Languages
  Official Hindi, English, Urdu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal Index Number
825409
STD Code 6534
ISO 3166 code IN-JH
Vehicle registration JH-12
Website koderma.nic.in

Jhumri Telaiya (also spelled as Jhumri Tilaiya or Jhumri Talaiya) is a city in the Koderma subdivision of the Koderma District of Jharkhand, India. Jhumri Telaiya is also the most populus city in the Koderma District.

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Etymology

Jhumri is the name of the original village in the area, which has now become a neighbourhood of the city. The word "Telaiya" is the Hindi language word for a small lake (the Tilaiya Dam reservoir). Taal in Sanskrit means lake. Jhumari is also said to be a local folk dance. Jhumri may also stem from Jhoomar, similar to Jhumka, an ornamental earring.

History

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Jhanda Chowk

Jhumri Telaiya was once a major mica mining center. While laying a railroad through Kodarma in the 1890s, the British first discovered vast mica deposits in the region. [2] Mining started soon after and many mining houses were established:

were some of the top firms which operated in the area. [3] The city once boasted of the highest number of phone connections and phone calls made in India. [2] Most of the mica business was moved to government-owned corporations during 1973 - 1974, through a government venture called Bihar Mica Syndicate, which had mica mines in Sapahi, 40 km from Jhumri Telaiya. This government venture was renamed to Bihar State Mineral Development Corporation (BSMDC) and is now known as Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation. Most of the mica used to be exported to the USSR, for space and military equipment. The first firm to export mica was Birdhichand Bansidhar and later they set up their offices in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, etc. [4] With the dissolution of the USSR and the discovery of a synthetic substitute for mica, the mining activity declined in the 1990s.[ citation needed ]

The city was earlier a part of Hazaribagh district and was transferred to the newly created Koderma district on 10 April 1994. Originally a part of the state of Bihar, Jhumri Telaiya became part of the newly formed Jharkhand state in 2000. On 8 December 2008, the Jhumri Telaiya Municipality was declared as a minor urban area. [5] [6]

Association with Vividh Bharati

Originally a little-known town, Jhumri Telaiya became famous in India in the 1950s owing to its connection with the radio channels Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) and Vividh Bharati (a nationally broadcast radio service of the All India Radio). At a time when television and FM radio had not yet come to India, these afore-mentioned radio channels and their film-song-request programs were a national phenomenon. The largest number of requests from all over India for playing film songs addressed to these radio channels came from Jhumri Telaiya. [7]

The trend started in the early 1950s, when a mica businessman named Rameshwar Prasad started mailing 20 - 25 film-song-requests to Radio Ceylon per day. Regularly hearing Barnwal's name on the radio inspired the paan-shop owner Ganga Prasad Magadhiya and electronics shop owner Nandlal Sinha to similarly mail a large number of song requests. The growing fame of these three Jhumri Telaiya residents led to the emergence of a song-request fad among the people of the town. Young listeners from the town would compete among themselves to send out the most song requests in a day or month. The radio listeners thus became familiar with the town of Jhumri Telaiya. In the 1980s, a radio listeners' club was formed in the town. Subsequently, other towns also started competing with Jhumari Telaiya by sending out large numbers of song requests. The fad declined as television gained popularity, and postal costs increased. [8] Because of a large number of song requests and the town's unusual name, many listeners of Radio Ceylon/ Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and Vividh Bharti doubted its existence. [9] Thus, "Jhumri Talaiya" came to be associated with any lesser-known or insignificant place. This reference is found in several Hindi movies and songs. For example, the movie Mounto (1975) features a song titled Mein To Jhumri Talaiya Se Aeyee Hoon ("I've come from Jhumri Talaiya"). [10] In the film Sooryavansham, starring Amitabh Bachchan as a bus conductor, he issues a ticket to Jhumri Telayia.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in Koderma district in North Chotanagpur Division
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Location

Jhumri Telaiya is located in the Damodar River valley, North Chotanagpur Division. It has an average elevation of 383 m (1,257 ft). [11] It is situated about eight kilometres from Koderma. Both the towns are closely linked.some day going to be one big urban zone in Jharkhand. The entire town is divided by the grand cord line of Eastern Railway, which passes through the middle of the town.

It is situated in the Damodar Valley. Alternative English transliterations of the town's name include Jhumri Tilaiya, [12] Jhumari Talaiya, [13] and Jhumari Tilaiya. [14]

The Tilaiya Dam reservoir is located near the town. The dam was the first dam and hydro-electric power station constructed by the Damodar Valley Corporation across the Barakar River.

Places of interest near Jhumri Telaiya include Rajgir, Nalanda, Bodhgaya, Hazaribag Wildlife Sanctuary, Padma Palace, Sonbhandar Caves (rumored to have hidden Mauryan treasures), Dhwajadhari Hill, Satagawan Petro falls, the tomb of Sant Paramhans Baba at Domchanch, Makamaro Hills, Itkhori and Shaktipeeth Maa Chanchala Devi. There is a famous temple on a hillock named Chanchal Pahad (Pahad means hill in Hindi). It was known for hot springs in the past. Though the springs have dried now, the temple is still popular for Hindu rituals.

Administration

Transport

Roadways

Railways

Airways

Industries

Although the mica mining activity has declined, Jhumri Telaiya still remains an important mica center in the Koderma-Hazaribagh Industrial Area, according to a 2008 IBEF report. [15] Telaiya has become incubator for small scale industries because of its proximity to easy access to minerals, good road-rail connectivity and good power infrastructure (due to the Damodar Valley Corporation sub station).

The region is a Ranchi Industrial Area Development Authority (RIADA) industrial area, which has hand pump and mica powder manufacturing units. Telaiya has numerous sponge iron plants and mica units. The Telaiya Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) is an upcoming coal-based power in the Hazaribagh district, not far away from Jhumri Telaiya. [16] [17] The Koderma Thermal Power station at Banjhedih is another power plant in the area.

On the banking sector, many national and private banks are available including State Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, United Bank of India, Allahabad Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank etc. along with their ATMs.

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Jhumri Telaiya Nagar Parishad had a total population of 87,867, of which 45,903 were males and 41,963 females. Scheduled Castes numbered 4,601 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 197. [18]

As of 2001 India census, [19] Jhumri Telaiya had a population of 69,444. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Jhumri Teliya has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 52%. In Jhumri Teliya, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. Khortha is the major language spoken in the town. Apart from this Hindi, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Bengali, Marwari, and English are also spoken by people in this town.

Literacy

As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Jhumri Telaiya Nagar Parishad was 60,076, out of which 34,398 were males and 25,678 were females. [18]

Education

The town had no school until 1940. Chattu Ram & Horil Ram Pvt limited ( CH Pvt limited ) family is credited to establish the first school in the town. The great business house employed thousands of employees, whose children were facining immense difficulties as there was no educational institution in the town and nearby districts. On seeing the difficulty of the workers the visioniery directors of the CH family Chattu Ram Bhadani and Darshan Bhadani laid the foundation of schools. Large chunk of land were donated and Chattu Ram Horil Ram High school ( CH high school), Chattu Ram Darshan Ram Girls School( CD girls school) were established. For many years these schools were run under the trusteeship of CH family.

Currently there are over 25 schools in and around Jhumri Telaiya, including

The colleges in the town include:

There are also industrial training institutes and other vocational training centres in the town.[ citation needed ]

References

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  6. "अधिसूचना 17 अगस्त 2009" (PDF). झारखण्ड गजट, संख्या 364, 26 श्रावण् 1931 शकाब्द (in Hindi). Ranchi: National Portal of India. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
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  8. Farzand Ahmed (1992). "Riding the radio waves". India Today. 17. Living Media India: 134. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  9. Sanghamitra Mazumdar (21 June 2008). "Where are you going this winter? Jhumri Telaiya?". Indian Express. Retrieved 9 January 2012. Jhumri Telaiya is too quaint a name to be real—at least that's what people who tuned into Vividh Bharati thought.
  10. Sanchari Pal (17 March 2007). "Of Music, Mica and Mithai: The Fascinating Story of How Jhumri Telaiya Became a Legend". Archived from the original on 2 January 2020.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. "Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Jhumri Taliya". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  12. "District Gazette of Koderma" (PDF). District Administration, Koderma. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  13. "Lok Sabha 10 Debate (Session 6)". Government of India. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  14. "Jharkhand- List of Cities". Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  15. "Investment Climate in Jharkhand" (PDF). India Brand Equity Foundation. May 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  16. "Tilaiya UMPP". Reliance Power. Archived from the original on 30 March 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  17. "Reliance Power bags Tilaiya mega project in Jharkhand". The Hindu . 29 June 2009. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  18. 1 2 "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". Jharkhand – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  19. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.