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Jamalpur | |
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City | |
 Jamalpur Waterfalls  IRIMEE Jamalpur  St. Mary's Church in East Colony  Corridor ofJamalpur Locomotive Workshop  RadhaKrishana Temple at Kali Pahadi | |
| Nickname: Rail Nagri | |
  Jamalpur Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates:25°18′N86°30′E / 25.3°N 86.5°E /25.3; 86.5[1] | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Munger |
| Region | Ang Pradesh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Jamalpur Municipal Council |
Area | 90 km2 (35 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 151 m (495 ft) |
| Population | 105,221 |
| • Rank | 26th in Bihar |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Jamalpur |
| Languages bhojpuri | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Regional | Angika |
| Literacy | |
| • Total | 87.38% |
| • Male | 92.58% |
| • Female | 81.40% |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | |
| Vehicle registration | BR-08 |
| Sex ratio | 871 females per 1000 males♂/♀ |
| Website | www |
Jamalpur is a city in the Indianstate ofBihar. It is situated 9 km from theMunger city centre. Jamalpur is a part of Munger-Jamalpurtwin cities. It is main railhead for reaching Munger city.
Jamalpur is best known for theJamalpur Locomotive Workshop, which employs more than 25,000 people at its training institution,The Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Annual turnover is Rs. 10.56 billion with 111,485 employees. This is Asia's largest and oldestlocomotive railway workshop. The city was established in 1862 during theBritish Raj, with the Railways Institute forming its cultural hub.
As ofthe 2011 census[update], Jamalpur had a population of 399,697, with a ratio of 880 females for every 1,000 males. The average literacy rate is 87.38%; for men it is 92.58%, and for women it is 81.40%. There are 15,543 children in Jamalpur aged 0 to 6, with a ratio of 876 girls for every 1,000 boys.[3]
Jamalpur is named after 16th centurySufi saint Jamal Baba, whosedargah (shrine) is still present at East Colony Hospital Road, Jamalpur.
Jamalpur is located at25°18′51″N86°29′22″E / 25.314236°N 86.489525°E /25.314236; 86.489525 with an average elevation of 151 metres (495 ft).
The suburb is a part of theMunger city. The city centre ofMunger is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northwest of the Jamalpur area of Munger city. There is a road as well as a rail link,Munger Ganga Bridge, which was completed recently. Jamalpur is an overnight rail or road journey fromKolkata.
The nearest airport isMunger Airport near the Safiyabad area of Munger city. The nearest commercial, domestic airport isLok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport inPatna, 199 kilometres (124 mi) away. The nearest international airport isNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport inKolkata, 460 kilometres (290 mi) from Jamalpur onNH 33.
The city was established in 1862 during theBritish Raj, with the Railways Institute forming its cultural hub.
ThePaleolithic site of "Kali Pahar," atop Jamalpur Hill, was the location of an important find of Early and Middle Stone Age quartzite implements.[4][5]
TheJamalpur Locomotive Workshop was the first full-fledged railway workshop facility in India, founded on 8 Feb 1862 by theEast Indian Railway Company. The Jamalpur site was chosen for its proximity both to theSahibganj loop, which was the main trunk route at the time and to the communities of gunsmiths and other mechanical craftsmen inBihar.
The workshop was initially for repairing locomotives and assembling new ones from salvaged parts. By the early 20th century, however, it had progressed to producing its own locomotives. It produced the first one,CA 764 "Lady Curzon", in 1899. In 1893, it became the site of the first railwayfoundry in India. It also had a workshop for repairing and building boilers. Today it has foundry,metallurgical lab facilities, and machine tool facilities. Itsrolling mill andnut andbolt shop ceased operation in 1984.
The school attached to the workshop eventually became theIndian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IRIMEE).
TheAnanda Marga movement was founded in Jamalpur by nativePrabhat Ranjan Sarkar in 1955.[6]
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