He is best known for his fiction and non-fiction works like McCluskieganj: The story of the only Anglo-Indian Village in India which was awarded with the Katha UK Honour at the House of Commons, London.
[1] His other works include Gayasursandhan: The inexplicable story of the inner heart of Gaya and Bodhgaya, Varshavan ki Roopkatha, a novel based on Agumbe village, Bihar: Criminalization of Politics, Satta ke Sutradhar: Azadi ke baad Bharat, Bhog: A novel, and Parichaya Patra: Essays in Bengali.
His recent releases include Ullas Ki Naav, a biography of singer and pop icon Usha Uthup in 2019 that was later translated in English by his daughter, journalist and writer Srishti Jha, titled The Queen of Indian Pop with Penguin India.
Jha released his next novel, Raja Momo Aur Peeli Bulbul in 2022 where he looks at Goa, the smallest state of India.
Jha also writes poetry that delves into the human condition, nature, universality and all things relative.