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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jhumri Telaiya
| other_name = Jhumri Tilaiya / Talaiya
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Koderma district|Koderma]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Koderma (community development block)|Koderma]]
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| elevation_m = 383
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="census_2011">[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2003_PART_B_DCHB_KODARMA.pdf Kodarma District Census Handbook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113235127/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2003_PART_B_DCHB_KODARMA.pdf |date=13 November 2015 }}, 2011</ref>
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| area_code = 6534
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| registration_plate = JH-12
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'''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]].

== 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 ==
[[File:JHANDA DHOWK.jpg|thumb|upright|Jhanda Chowk]]
Jhumri Telaiya was once a major [[mica]] [[mining]] center. While laying a railroad through Kodarma in the 1890s, the [[British Raj|British]] first discovered vast mica deposits in the region.<ref name="ref_deccan_herald_rags">{{cite news | title = A rags to riches to rags story | date = 2005-05-12 | newspaper = Deccan Herald | url = http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may122006/sesame192202006511.asp | access-date = 2012-04-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406015352/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may122006/sesame192202006511.asp | archive-date = 6 April 2012 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Mining started soon after and many mining houses were established:
* C. H. Private Limited of Chattu Ram Bhadani and Horil Ram Bhadani and
* Birdhichand Bansidhar of Late Shree Lal Khatuwala
were some of the top firms which operated in the area.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://khatuwalagroup.com/about-us/|title=About us {{!}} Khatuwala Group|work=Khatuwala Group|access-date=2018-10-08|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009052721/http://khatuwalagroup.com/about-us/|archive-date=9 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The city once boasted of the highest number of phone connections and phone calls made in India.<ref name="ref_deccan_herald_rags"/> 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.<ref name="khatuwalagroup.com">{{Cite web |url=http://khatuwalagroup.com/ |title=Home | Khatuwala Group |access-date=8 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031104452/http://khatuwalagroup.com/ |archive-date=31 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> With the dissolution of the USSR and the discovery of a synthetic substitute for mica, the mining activity declined in the 1990s.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.gov.in/innerwin20.php?id=13515&title=Declaration%20of%20Jhumari%20Tilaiya%20as%20Nagar%20Parashad%20$docu_type=2&cat1= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130211740/http://india.gov.in/innerwin20.php?id=13515&title=Declaration%20of%20Jhumari%20Tilaiya%20as%20Nagar%20Parashad%20$docu_type=2&cat1= |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-01-30 |title=Declaration of Jhumari Tilaiya as Nagar Parashad |publisher=National Portal of India |access-date=2012-04-02 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.gov.in/allimpfrms/alldocs/13515.pdf |title=अधिसूचना 17 अगस्त 2009 |work=झारखण्ड गजट, संख्या 364, 26 श्रावण् 1931 शकाब्द |language=hi |date=2009-08-17 |location=Ranchi |publisher=National Portal of India |access-date=2012-04-02 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== 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]] ([[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.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book | author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha | author2=Paul Willemen | title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema | url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja | url-access=registration | year=1999 | publisher=British Film Institute | page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja/page/485 485] | isbn=978-0-85170-669-6 | access-date=7 November 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612172801/https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja | archive-date=12 June 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref>

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.<ref name="IndiaToday1992">{{cite journal |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/offtrack/story/19920430-mad-passion-for-music-turned-bihar-town-jhumritelaiya-into-a-legend-766211-2013-06-19 |title=Riding the radio waves |author=Farzand Ahmed |journal=India Today |volume=17 |year=1992 |publisher=Living Media India |page=134 |access-date=27 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818114827/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mad-passion-for-music-turned-bihar-town-jhumritelaiya-into-a-legend/1/306732.html |archive-date=18 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.indianexpress.com/news/where-are-you-going-this-winter--jhumri-telaiya-/325656/0 | title = Where are you going this winter? Jhumri Telaiya? | author = Sanghamitra Mazumdar | date=2008-06-21 | access-date = 2012-01-09 | newspaper = Indian Express | quote = Jhumri Telaiya is too quaint a name to be real—at least that’s what people who tuned into Vividh Bharati thought.}} </ref> 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").<ref>{{cite journal |
author = Sanchari Pal | title = Of Music, Mica and Mithai: The Fascinating Story of How Jhumri Telaiya Became a Legend | date = 2007-03-17 | url = https://www.thebetterindia.com/91535/jhumri-telaiya-koderma-jharkhand-mica-radio-kalakand/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200102001119/https://www.thebetterindia.com/91535/jhumri-telaiya-koderma-jharkhand-mica-radio-kalakand/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2020-01-02 }}</ref> In the film [[Sooryavansham]], starring [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as a bus conductor, he issues a ticket to Jhumri Telayia.

==Geography==
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===Location===
Jhumri Telaiya is located in the Damodar River valley, North Chotanagpur Division. It has an average elevation of {{convert|383|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/38/Jumri_Tilaiya.html |title=Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Jhumri Taliya |access-date=2 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024121124/http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/38/Jumri_Tilaiya.html |archive-date=24 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 (India)|Eastern Railway]], which passes through the middle of the town.

It is situated in the [[Damodar River#Damodar Valley|Damodar Valley]]. Alternative English transliterations of the town's name include Jhumri Tilaiya,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://koderma.nic.in/koderma/images/kodgazette.pdf | title = District Gazette of Koderma | publisher = District Administration, Koderma | access-date = 2012-04-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110112183418/http://koderma.nic.in/koderma/images/kodgazette.pdf | archive-date = 12 January 2011 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Jhumari Talaiya,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls10/ses6/1830039315.htm | title = Lok Sabha 10 Debate (Session 6) | publisher = Government of India | access-date = 2012-04-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055022/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls10/ses6/1830039315.htm | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> and Jhumari Tilaiya.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://urbanservices.gov.in/citiesjharkhand |title=Jharkhand- List of Cities |publisher=Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India |access-date=2012-04-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422123053/http://urbanservices.gov.in/citiesjharkhand |archive-date=2012-04-22 }}</ref>

The [[Tilaiya Dam]] reservoir is located near the town. The dam was the first dam and [[hydropower|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 Mat|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.

{{see also|Tilaiya Dam}}

== Administration ==

* Jhumri Telaiya is situated in the [[Koderma (community development block)|Koderma Block]] in Koderma [[tehsil]] of the [[Koderma district]].
* The Police Station is Telaiya P.S.
* The [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] code of Jhumri Telaiya is 825409.

==Transport==

===Roadways===
* Buses, jeeps and three-wheelers connect Jhumri Telaiya with nearby towns and villages. The town is accessible via the [[National Highway 20 (India)|National Highway 20 (NH 20)]], which is also known as Ranchi - Patna Road.
* Jhumri Telaiya is located 23 km away from [[Grand Trunk Road]] ([[NH 19]]).

===Railways===
* [[Koderma Junction railway station]] in Jhumri Telaiya is on the [[Grand Chord]] railway line of East Central Railway, connecting [[Howrah]] to [[Delhi]] via [[Dhanbad]]. Through it, the town is well connected to several of the major Indian cities including: [[Delhi]], [[Kolkata]], [[Mumbai]], [[Ranchi]], [[Patna]], [[Jamshedpur]], [[Ujjain]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Indore]], [[Harda]], [[Bhopal]], [[Lucknow]], [[Varanasi]], [[Ajmer]], [[Amritsar]] and [[Bhubaneswar]]. Three other lines which make it a junction are:
**[[Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line]]
**[[Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line]]
**[[Koderma Tilaiya line]] (under construction) by which Koderma junction is directly connected with:[[Rajgir]], [[Nawada]], [[Biharsharif]] and also a new route of [[Patna]].

===Airways===
* [[Gaya Airport]] is the nearest airport (is situated 106 km away from the town).
* [[Birsa Munda Airport]], [[Ranchi]] (is situated 159 Km away from the town).
* [[Jay Prakash Narayan Airport]], [[Patna]], is the capital of [[Bihar]] state (is situated 187 km away from the town).

==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 [[India Brand Equity Foundation|IBEF]] report.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ibef.org/download/JHARKHAND_060608.pdf | title = Investment Climate in Jharkhand | publisher = [[India Brand Equity Foundation]] | date = May 2008 | access-date = 2012-04-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141021082202/http://www.ibef.org/download/JHARKHAND_060608.pdf | archive-date = 21 October 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.reliancepower.co.in/business_areas/power_projects/coal_based_projects/tilaiya/factsheet.htm | title = Tilaiya UMPP | publisher = Reliance Power | access-date = 2012-04-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130330100747/http://www.reliancepower.co.in/business_areas/power_projects/coal_based_projects/tilaiya/factsheet.htm | archive-date = 30 March 2013 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/29/stories/2009012956311600.htm | title = Reliance Power bags Tilaiya mega project in Jharkhand | newspaper = [[The Hindu]] | date = 2009-06-29 | access-date = 2012-04-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090202153919/http://hindu.com/2009/01/29/stories/2009012956311600.htm | archive-date = 2 February 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref> 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 and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 4,601 and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 197.<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-JK.html | title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work = Jharkhand – District-wise | publisher = Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 16 December 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160319032558/http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-JK.html | archive-date = 19 March 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref>

As of 2001 India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> 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 dialect|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.<ref name=census3-2011/>

==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
* [[D.A.V. College Managing Committee|PVSS D.A V. Public School]]
* [[Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya]]
* [[Sainik School, Tilaiya]]
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* [[C D Girls High School, Jhumri Telaiya]]
* [[Grizzly Vidyalaya]]
* [[Iqra Public School]]
* [[Modern public school, Telaiya]]
* [[Sacred Heart School, Telaiya]]
* [[Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Telaiya]]
* [[UPGRADED HIGH SCHOOL JHUMRI]]

The colleges in the town include:
* [[Capital University, Jharkhand]]
* [[Jharkhand Vidhi Mahavidyalaya]]
* [[Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav College]]
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* [[Cambridge Teacher Training College, Telaiya]]
* [[Chatthuram Horilram Intermediate College]] (CH+2 College)
* [[Grizzly College of Education]]
* [[Jagannath Jain College]] (JJ College)
* [[Jharkhand Teachers Training College]] (B.Ed. College)
* [[Jhumri Telaiya Commerce College]], Karma
* [[Ramgovind Group of Colleges]]
** [[Ramgovind Institute of Technology]], (B.Tech. engineering College)
** [[Ramgovind Polytechnic Institute]], (diploma engineering college)

There are also [[industrial training institute]]s and other vocational training centres in the town.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060644/http://koderma.nic.in/koderma/map.jsp Thumbnail pictures of the Jhumri Telaiya town and Telaiya dam][https://web.archive.org/web/20140923014734/http://blog.jhumritelaiyacity.com/2014/04/images-of-telaiya-dam.html Images of Telaiya Dam]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140323081759/http://www.jhumritelaiyacity.com/ Website of Jhumri Telaiya]
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Jhumri Telaiya - Revision history

MaryellenBuckman at 07:45, 6 February 2026