Jairamnagar

Jairamnagar is a town and a railway station also named after that town. It is about 4.9 kilometers from Masturi and about 14 kilometers from Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The station code is JRMG.

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. Rai Bahadur Jairam Valji Chauhan was once the sole proprietor of the Jairamnagar village; he owned mining sites of dolomite, manganese, and limestone.

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 Shivalinga, built in 1922 by Jairam Valji Chauhan.