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Jamalpur | |
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City | |
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| Nickname: Rail Nagri | |
  Jamalpur Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates: 25°18′N 86°30′E / 25.3°N 86.5°E[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) |
| PIN | |
| Vehicle registration | BR-08 |
| Sex ratio | 871 females per 1000 males ♂/♀ |
| Website | www |
Jamalpur is a city in the Indian state of Bihar. 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 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.
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- ^ "Munger Jamalpur Geography". mungerjamalpur.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Jamalpur City Census 2011 data". www.census2011.co.in/. Census Organization of India. Retrieved 13 August 2014.