Jhumri Telaiya

Jhumri Telaiya is one of the famed city of Jharkhand is situated in the Koderma district. Some other alternate names for this town is Jhumri Tilaiya and Jhumri Talaiya. The word Talaiya, derives from the name 'Talab' or 'Tal' in hindi, which means Pond. Jhumri which is a village in Jharkhand, whereas the word "talaiya" comes from Hindi word "tal" which means pond. Jhumri gets its name from two different places one is the Jhumri village and another is Talaiya Pond. So, the word is clubbed as 'Jhumri Talaiya'. Jhumri Telaiya was once a major mica mining center, Also known as Abrak (Hindi of Mica) Nagri. While laying a railroad through Kodarma in the 1890s, the British first discovered vast mica deposits in the region. Mining activities started soon after and many mining houses were established. CH Private Ltd. of Chattu Ram Bhadani and Horil Ram Bhadani. Before CH, there was another major company controlled by the father and son duo of Ramananda and Sitaram Shah.

Jhumri Telaiya is a popular tourist place situated near Damodar Valley in the district of Koderma in Jharkhand. It provides tourists with divergent places in and around the town. This town is situated at just 8 kms away from Koderma and about 154 kms from state capital city of Ranchi. Jhumri Telaiya is broadly famous for the establishment of mica center and sponge iron plants. This place is found to be one of the corporate regions in the Jharkhand State.