While laying a railroad through Kodarma in the 1890s, the British first discovered vast mica deposits in the region.

The first firm to export mica was Birdhichand Bansidhar and later they set up their office in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Sri Lanka and other places.

[4] With the dissolution of the USSR and the discovery of a synthetic substitute for mica, the mining activity declined in the 1990s.

The growing fame of these three Jhumri Telaiya residents led to the emergence of a song-request fad among the people of the town.

Young listeners from the town would compete among themselves to send out the most song requests in a day or month.

Subsequently, other towns also started competing with Jhumari Telaiya by sending out a large number of song requests.

[8] Because of a large number of song requests and the town's unusual name, many listeners of Vividh Bharti used to doubt its existence.

[10] In the film Sooryavansham, starring Amitabh Bachchan as a bus conductor, he issued a ticket to Jhumri Telayia.

Jhumri Telaiya is located in the Damodar River valley, North Chotanagpur Division.

Places of interest near Jhumri Telaiya include Rajgir, Nalanda, Bodhgaya, Hazaribag Wildlife Sanctuary, Padma Palace, Sonbhandar Caves (rumored to have hidden Mauryan treasures), Dhwajadhari Hill, Satagawan Petro falls, the tomb of Sant Paramhans Baba at Domchanch, Makamaro Hills, Itkhori and Shaktipeeth Maa Chanchala Devi.

As per 2011 Census of India Jhumri Telaiya Nagar Parishad had a total population of 87,867, of which 45,903 were males and 41,963 females.

Apart from this Hindi, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Bengali, Marwari, and English are also spoken by people in this town.

As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Jhumri Telaiya Nagar Parishad was 60,076, out of which 34,398 were males and 25,678 were females.

The great business house employed thousands of employees, whose children were facining immense difficulties as there was no educational institution in the town and nearby districts.