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Jamalpur is a city in the Indian stateofBihar. It is situated 9 km from the Munger city centre. Jamalpur is a part of Munger-Jamalpur twin cities.It is main railhead for reaching Munger city.
Jamalpur
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City
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Rail Nagri
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  Jamalpur Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates: 25°18′N 86°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 (30 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 151 m (495 ft) |
| Population | 105,221 |
| • Rank | 26th in Bihar |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Jamalpurian |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Regional | Angika |
| Literacy | |
| • Total | 87.38% |
| • Male | 92.58% |
| • Female | 81.40% |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
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| Vehicle registration | BR-08 |
| Sex ratio | 871 females per 1000 males ♂/♀ |
| Website | www |
Jamalpur is best known for the Jamalpur 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 oldest locomotive railway workshop. The city was established in 1862 during the British Raj, with the Railways Institute forming its cultural hub.
Jamalpur is named after 16th century Sufi saint Jamal Baba, whose dargah (shrine) is still present at East Colony Hospital Road, Jamalpur.
The city was established in 1862 during the British Raj, with the Railways Institute forming its cultural hub.
The paleolithic site of "Kali Pahar," atop Jamalpur Hill, was the location of an important find of Early and Middle Stone Age quartzite implements.[4][5]
Jamalpur is located at 25°18′51″N 86°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 the Munger city. The city centre of Munger 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 from Kolkata.
The nearest airport is Munger Airport near the Safiyabad area of Munger city. The nearest commercial, domestic airport is Lok Nayak Jayaprakash AirportinPatna, 199 kilometres (124 mi) away. The nearest international airport is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International AirportinKolkata, 460 kilometres (290 mi) from Jamalpur on NH 33.
As of the 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]
The Jamalpur Locomotive Workshop was the first full-fledged railway workshop facility in India, founded on 8 Feb 1862 by the East Indian Railway Company. The Jamalpur site was chosen for its proximity both to the Sahibganj loop, which was the main trunk route at the time and to the communities of gunsmiths and other mechanical craftsmen in Bihar.
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 railway foundry in India. It also had a workshop for repairing and building boilers. Today it has foundry, metallurgical lab facilities, and machine tool facilities. Its rolling mill and nut and bolt shop ceased operation in 1984.
The school attached to the workshop eventually became the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IRIMEE).
The Ananda Marga movement was founded in Jamalpur by native Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar in 1955.[6]