DEWACHAK, JAMUI

India / Bihar / Jamui /
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Jhajha is one of the important station in Indian Railways between Howrah and Delhi main line. Earlier it was one of the biggest steam engine loco shed in Asia. Biri(people use to smoke, like a cigarette; made from kendu leaf stuffed with tobacco) is the main in house industry here. Nagi and Nakti are the famous bird scentury where the migrated birds comes in winter. Simultala is a famous tourist place. Durgamandir, Jakhrajsthan and dudhijor are the famous place. Unfortunately still a block town but has all the criteria of being a subdivision. Four higher secondary schools and two colleges are here.

Following from an old tag : infreitasyahoo.com.au (guest) wrote 6 years ago

I lived in Jhajha in the early 1950s till the 60s. This was during my childhood. I returned again from Europe and left most reluctantly in 1972 to join my relatives in Australia. Jhajha is the most beautiful place on earth. It is the cradle of Krishna and the bosom of Sita. A muslim fakir told me when I was a little child that Rama left the forest Of Ayodhya and went south to find the beautiful Sita, his wife. But actually Rama turned east by mistake . After many weeks of travelling he rested on the banks of the Nakti river in Jhajha. When he awoke in the early winter morning he met Lakshman mending his broken bow. Eventually Lakshman and Rama turned south to find Sita. I am 65 years old now and still remember this beautiful story. After Jhajha,Simultala is the most beautiful place. I am very disappointed that Jhajha was not made the district headquarters. When I was in Jhajha in the 50s and 60s, the Jamui people used to come to Jhajha for shopping or to catch the train.as everything was available because Jhajha had a large European community.I am a european Catholic and now live in Sydney, Australia since 1972. I hope to visit Jhajha one last time with my grandchildren. So, goodbye my friends and good luck to you and beautiful Jhajha.
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Coordinates:   24°59'22"N   86°14'22"E

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  • Its really nice to see my native place on this world map.Thanx WikiMapia
  • But I could not fined most locality of jhajha like jhajha bazar purani bazar khalasi mohalla railway colony etc.
  • my city is one of the best city in the whole world for me. i like it so much.even though i used to live in pune. thanks wiki mapia.
  • i like my city so much . ia just coming my hometown
  • i am of european descent. i spent most of my childhood and adolscent years in the 50s aqnd early 60s with my family in the railway colony in block 59 and 60. my dad was a railway official and worked in the railway loco shed. we left jhajha when dad retired in the early 70s and left for sydney, australia where we joined our relatives. i have fond memories of playing soccer and cricket in the bare maidan and visit dr, ahmed when we were ill,or cross the maidan diagonally to khallasi mohalla to watch movies. as there was a large european population in the rly colony we used to have dances abd fun times at the railway institute. picnicking at nagi dam or going fishing in the railway talaos just opposite purani bazar and railway yards. the hills of jhajha isw breathtakingly beautiful and the beauty of jhajha is still in my mind. my father was a great friend of the maharaja of gidhaur and had friens in jamui. oh, jhajha beautiful jhajha, you are the most beautiful place on earth, i8 think of thee everyday and at 65 still hope to see you one last time before i die.
  • After a long time spending abroard finally going to my home town. This is the beautiful moment I want to share.
  • yeh jhajha nahin hai meri jaan
  • yes nw i got d heaven.. its realyyyy culll n beautiful place, feel like heaven.. u can't imgin, dis place belongs to BIHAR... cul weather specialy in winter... mountain and river are jst like star.. which makes beautiful.. n the sm places like pipradih,purani bazar is realy cul... :~)))
  • It is the most important station in bihar thanks to visit my native place.
  • jhajha is one of the most heaven city on the earth .u will found there heven things like river ,mount,pound and one of the more important things in jhajha, jhajha people, they are very lovly and carring.
  • Jhajha
  • a heaven in india is our native place ............... this is jhajha
  • that"s my home city this area mostly surrounded by FOREST so it is show more beautiful like jammu kashmir environment gifted same as jhajha city
  • I spend my childhood in Jhajha. The most beautiful city in the world. The mountains, river Yakshraj Sthan (Hanuman Mandir) between two mountains, purani bazaar and Durga Mandir. I love to go Jhajha any time any way any how. My so many friends are still there and I am dying to meet them. This Chhat Puja I am planning to visit Jhajha
  • jhajha iz an awesome place .. d 8mosphere n climate iz superb here .. what ever i do nd where i go but d please nd satisfaction I found here can't found anywhere else . vo dhudhi jor nd teen talab me ghanto swimming karna, vo wireless ofc ( mountain) se jhajha town nd railway track ka view, jagraj asthan ke jangalo me ghumna nd ber detor khana ,pach pehdi me picnic karna, late night station ja ke chai pina , ghanto maa vasanti mandir gausala ke prangan me shanti se baithna ,vo chandwari me cricket .. sweet nd unforgetable memory .... :)
  • Its like a heaven 4 me,,,,,since im very far from my home ......i miss it too.....i love my jhajha as i like my mother
  • MY HOME N BIRTH PLACE JHAJHA,BENIBANK
  • My city is one of the best city in the whole world for me,i like it so much,even though i live in kolkata.u will find city is surrounded by three walls of hills which makes city as beautifull as heaven, for me its just like a heaven on earth.u can feel the freshness of air where ever u roam,,,u will feel the heavenly specially in winter time because as the city is bounded with hills,river,ponds and jungles covered with trees and plants.we can find varieties of fruits in trees like-canolda,ditori,ber etc which are very tasty and only can get in the jungles of jhajha.there so many famous areas like-pipradih,durgamandir,purani bazar,khalasi mohalla,railway colonies areas and many more,the best part of jhajha is that people are very kind,sover,helpfull and friendly,they welcome every visitors as their family members with very warm regards.earlier it was one of biggest loco shed in asia and still plays very important role conecting howrah-newdelhi route,my grand parents were railway employees and my father too is ex-employee in railway division,,i hear so many beautiful stories of jhajha and peoples of jhajha from my papa.famous places are like durga mandir,yaksharajasthan,dudijor,nagi and nakti dam.there are good schools and colleges like st.joseph's school,st.xavier's school which is now renamed as sardonyx school,girls high school,m.g.college,dev sundari college.people who stays outside comes to spends their vacations in jhajha.our main festival is chhaat puja,you can feel the unity and kindness of jhjha's people. My home n birth place is jhajha, A HEAVEN IN INDIA IS OUR NATIVE PLACE.........ITS JHAJHA
  • Gilbert Edgar Freitas, Sydney, Australia. wrote : I came to JhaJha in the late 1940's as a boy because my late father was a railway official and was posted there. This was just after India got Independence from the British. At that time there was a big European community in JhaJha and most of them, like my father worked for the Indian Railways. Those were the days of great fun and frolic for we children and teenagers spent a lot of time during the school holidays picnicking, shooting and fishing. Sometimes we kids used to group up and go to the lake where all the beautiful birds assembled. We sat by the Nakti river, played games, cooked our lunch and sang songs. At that time there was no dam. In the mid 50's the Bihar government constructed a dam and the volume of water increased. During the winter, the ducks came and so did the geese. Occasionally we saw deer and neel gai. Sometimes we heard the roar of the tiger in the evenings or the cry of a panther. The Santals told us that the tigers came from a place called Dumka which was seven hills away. But the good times had to end as some of us finished schooling and had to go to the big cities to further our education. But most of our fathers retired and left India to go to England, USA, Canada and Australia. JhaJha and Nagi Dam and Simultala are the most beautiful places on earth. I will never forget the beautiful birds, animals and most of all the beautiful hills, especially when sitting in front of a steam locomotive and coming down from Simultala into JhaJha, with the three talaos on your left and the magnificent hills to the right and the railway colony in front. Just breathtaking. Will never forget my beautiful JhaJha. I have gone old now and at 67 still hope that one day I will visit the Nagi dam and JhaJha with my grandchildren for the last time before I pass on.
  • Jhajha is facing today naxal problems a lot which is more dificult to progress against any other city around it.
  • I simply want to share my thought's about JhaJha....my born in JhaJha and and grew up in jhajha my childhood in jhajha so jhajha really nature's gift for us n we miss lot of past day's of JhaJha......
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