Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaJhumri Telaiya is the main city of Koderma district in Jharkhand, once known as the mica capital and a junction on the Grand Chord rail line. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire station and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the district.
Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: National emergency number for police, fire and ambulance. The Koderma district website does not print it. Works from any phone · 101: National fire number. The Koderma district pages do not print it, so if it does not connect, call 112 · 108: National ambulance number. The Koderma district pages do not print it, so if it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Printed as the police control number on the Koderma district website. Also reachable through 112
Print the Jhumri Telaiya emergency card for the fridge or the front door, and cut out the wallet cards. It holds 112, 101, the ambulance and police numbers, and the Jhumri Telaiya fire, disaster and civic numbers from this guide. There are blank lines for your family contacts and the nearest hospital.
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Checked 15 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
In January 2021 the roof of a mica mine caved in at Phulwariya in Koderma district while about eight people were collecting mica scraps. At least six were buried, two were pulled out alive, and others were still being searched for when the report was filed.
On 9 April 2025 lightning hit a private school building with an asbestos roof and iron benches in Lalkapani village, Markacho area of Koderma district. Nine students received electric shocks and were taken to a health centre, and all were out of danger.
The Barakar river and the Tilaiya dam reservoir lie close to the town. Across Jharkhand 161 people drowned between May and July 2025, so keep children away from the reservoir edge, spillways and swollen streams.
Lightning killed 180 people across Jharkhand between May and July 2025, more than any other disaster in those three months. The state has approved a lightning early warning project with loudspeaker alerts, so heed any alerts and go indoors.
1 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Koderma Fire Station | Koderma district · Koderma | Call9304953425 |
The 2020 state fire service contact list has no row for Jhumri Telaiya; the one Koderma district station office phone is shown, with no address, so check which station covers your area. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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