Jhumri Telaiya Is Real. Know All About This Jharkhand Town

Jhumri Telaiya is a town in Jharkhand’s Koderma district. The Koderma railway station is actually located in Jhumri Telaiya town

The sleepy town was once famous for the number of song requests it sent to Radio Ceylon and Vividh Bharati radio stations

Sending song requests was once a major pastime in the town. Some would send letters every day, keeping the post office busy

Its real fame was, however, due to mica, the shimmery mineral that drove the town's economy & made many of its people millionaires

Mica gives Jhumri Telaiya its Abhrak Nagri name. It is said East India Company found mica slabs in 1890s while laying rail tracks

Koderma is one of the oldest railway stations on the Delhi-Kolkata route, and several prominent trains stop here

Located on the Ranch-Patna highway (NH31), Jhumri Telaiya is well connected by road too

Capital Ranchi is about 165 km away. A picturesque road navigating the Damodar valley connects Jhumri Telaiya to the city

DVC Dam, also called Telaiya Dam, is located a few kilometres away and is a major tourist attraction

The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) dam came up in 1953. It was inaugurated by first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

Damodar Valley Corporation was the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India

DVC operates the Koderma Thermal Power Station, which has an installed capacity of 1000 MW

Jhumri Telaiya is also famous for its juicy Kalakand, a sweet made of cottage cheese further cooked in condensed milk