Jairamnagar is a town and a railway station also named after that town. It is about 4.9 kilometers (3 miles) from Masturi and about 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) from Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The station code is JRMG.[1][2]

History

On 1 September 1939, the Bengal Nagpur Railway re-named it after Rai Bahadur Jairam Valji Chauhan, a notable Kutchi railway contractor. Jairamnagar is the only railway station in India named after a businessman. The town was known as Paragaht before its 1939 renaming.[1][2] Rai Bahadur Jairam Valji Chauhan was once the sole proprietor of the Jairamnagar village; he owned mining sites of dolomite, manganese, and limestone.[3][4][5]

Demographics and economy

Jairamnagar has a large pond, previously a limestone quarry, that belonged to Rai Bahadur Jairam Valji Chauhan. The pond's water is used by locals for daily needs such as cooking, washing, and bathing. A Shiva temple, built in 1922 by Jairam Valji Chauhan, sits nearby.

Jairamnagar is mainly known for its coal exports; residents are primarily coal workers and shopkeepers. Coal depots were converted from new farms, and most of the coal storage

The settlement has some well-known schools.

The population of the town was 5,293 in 2011.

References

  1. 1 2 Commercial & general directory of C. P. & Berar – Page 116|quote=This is the only railway station in the whole of India to have been named after a businessman, having a marble nameplate on the station platform.
  2. 1 2 It was originally known as Paraghat before it was re-named Jairamnagar by Mr A. Duncan, Agent & General Manager, B.N. Railway...on 1 September 1939
  3. ↑ Reed, Sir Stanley (1941). The Times of India directory and yearbook including who's who, Volume 28. p. 1087.
  4. ↑ Diary of Golden Days at Jharia: A Memoir & History of Gurjar Rashtriya Samaj of Kutch in Coalfields of Jharia – written by Natwarlal Devram Jethwa of Calcutta & Sinugra. (1998). Life sketch of Rai Bahadur Jairam Valji Chauhan. Page: 24.
  5. ↑ Location of Jairam Valji Colony

22°02′02″N 82°17′46″E / 22.034°N 82.296°E / 22.034; 82.296

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