Mihijam

Mihijam
Town
Mihijam Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 23°52′N 86°52′E / 23.87°N 86.87°ECoordinates: 23°52′N 86°52′E / 23.87°N 86.87°E
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	40,463
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	815354
Vehicle registration	JH 10

Mihijam is a town and a notified area in Jamtara district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Pin code of Mihijam is 815354. ^[2]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[3] Mihijam had a population of 32,869. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Mihijam has an average literacy rate of 69%, lower than the national average of 74.08%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 61%. In Mihijam, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

History

In 1922, Mahendranath Gupta lived in Mihijam for nine months.^[4]:64

Mihijam is well known for the renowned homeopath, Dr. Pareshnath Banerji, who was so good at healing that people called him Rishi, or saint. It was because so many people from all over the country went to be treated by him that the state turned the small railway station into a major stop for all trains, even mail trains. Dr. Pareshnath Banerji's sons are Dr. Parimal Banerji and Dr. Prasanta Banerji, who started their own medical practices in Kolkata in the 1960s. Today, Drs. Parimal Banerji, his son Dr Paramesh Banerji and Dr Prasanta Banerji's names have spread across the world for making ground-breaking advances in Homeopathy.

References

1. "Census of India Search details". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
2. "Mihijam Pin code". citypincode.in. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
3. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
4. Gupta, Dharm Pal (1989). A Short Life of M., The Writer of the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (revised ed.). Chandigarh, India: Sri Ramakrishna Sri Ma Prakashan Trust. OCLC 33327769 (original edition 1977)