Jamuria

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Jamuria is located at. It has an average elevation of 111 metres (364 feet).

The Asansol-Durgapur region is composed of undulating latterite region. This area lies between two mighty rivers – the Damodar and the Ajay. They flow almost parallel to each other in the region – the average distance between the two rivers is around 30 km. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.

Singaran, a small stream about 35 km long has its origin near Ikra in the Jamuria area, flows past Topsi and Ondal and joins the Damodar near Waria.

Gram panchayats under Jamuria Panchayat Samiti are: Churulia, Madantore, Hijolgora, Chinchua, Shamalya, Bahdurpur, Dobrana, Kenda, Parasia and Topsi.
Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Jamuria had a population of 129,456. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Jamuria has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 47%. In Jamuria, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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Coordinates:   23°42'36"N   87°4'34"E

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  • Jamuria to get its first cultural hub named after Kazi Nazrul Islam Statesman News Service JAMURIA (Burdwan), Feb. 7: The first cultural hub of Jamuria, a small town in the Raniganj coalfield area is going to come up finally. Well-known poet, Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in Churulia, a small village under the a Jamuria block. Kazi Nazrul Shatabarshiki Bhawan, an auditorium named after the great son of Jamuria block will be inaugurated by chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on 10 February. This, however, is not Mr Bhattacharjee's first visit to Jamuria for a cultural reason. In the mid 1980s he would frequently visit Churulia as the information & culture minister of the state to inaugurate Nazrul Mela, a cultural fair organised by the Nazrul Academy. This academy has existed since 1958 when a group of youth assembled together and who took it upon themselves to preserve the creations of the poet in 1958. The locality, though, falls under the operating zone of the Eastern Coalfields Limited ~ a Coal India subsidiary, the coal major has never done anything to elevate the cultural atmosphere of the area, such as providing a proper infrastructure, since years. Neither the Dishergarh Power Supply Corporation that used to run a power generation centre nor the ECL ever thought of preserving the cultural heritage of the area. The Jamuria Municipality that came into operation only seven years ago, felt the need to set up the hub. In 1999 during the birth centenary celebration of Kazi Nazrul Islam, the civic body had planned to set up the auditorium. Mr Tapas Kobi, chairman of the civic body said: "Due to a certain dispute with the land where we wanted to set up the auditorium, the work for the project had remained suspended for a long time. Later, we resumed it in 2002. Even then it took four years for its completion owing to the dearth of funds." The total cost for building the auditorium with 750 seats built on five acres of is Rs 1.75 crore. Besides, the civic body's own fund, assistance from the MLA and MPLAD fund were also required for the purpose. Mr Kobi said: "The cultural devotees shall have a place to breathe freely at last in Jamuria. We have also developed a sports ground surrounding the auditorium." Jamuria organises a state wide drama competition every year for nurturing and encouraging young cultural talent. Mr Manoj Dutta, the chief organiser of the competition said: "Due to lack of proper infrastructure we had to struggle a lot to make the show run. Now with the beautiful auditorium we can easily accommodate more teams in the competition in the years to come."
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