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

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. The station code is JRMG.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.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
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History

On 1 September 1939, the

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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

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, and

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.Location of Jairam Valji Colony
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Demographics and economy

Jairamnagar has a large pond, previously a

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, 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

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, built in 1922 by Jairam Valji Chauhan.

References

Villages in Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh {{Chhattisgarh-geo-stub