Hesla is a

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Patratu Patratu is a census town in the Patratu (community development block) in the Ramgarh subdivision of the Ramgarh district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Patratu is located at . It has an av ...

CD block in the

Ramgarh subdivision Ramgarh subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Ramgarh district in the North Chotanagpur division in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History Around 1740, Ramgarh was "Jungle District of Ramgarh". With the East India Company acquiring the ' ...

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Ramgarh district Ramgarh district is one of the 24 districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It was also a military district during the British Regime, referred to then as Ramgarh district. It is the part of State Capital Region (SCR). Ramgarh was made a di ...

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

Geography

Location

Hesla is located at .

Area overview

Ramgarh has a vibrant coal-mining sector. The map alongside provides links to five operational areas of Central Coalfields spread across South Karanpura Coalfield,

Ramgarh Coalfield Ramgarh Coalfield are located in Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Overview In 1917, L.S.S.O’Malley described the coalfields in the upper reaches of the Damodar as follows: “Near the western boundary of Jharia field is that ...

and West Bokaro Coalfield. Four of the six CD blocks in the district have coal mines – Patratu, Ramgarh, Mandu and Chitarpur. The high concentration of census towns in these blocks are noticeable on the map. Only two blocks, Gola and Dulmi, are totally rural areas. Ramgarh district lies in the central part of the

Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau () is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and th ...

. The Damodar valley covers most of the district. The forested areas in highlands to the north and the south of the valley can be seen in the map (mark the shaded areas). "Chotanagpur has a charm of its own… The entire area forms one of the most charming series of views imaginable. The far-off hills in the background in exquisite tints of blue or purple as the light falls, the nearer hills picturesquely shaped and luxuriant in every shade of green with their bold escarpments in black or grey, and the brown plains below furnishing their quota of colours." Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Hesla had a total population of 4,451, of which 2,335 (52%) were males and 2,116 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 519. The total number of literate persons in Hesla was 3,389 (86.16% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Ramgarh'', Hesla covered an area of 0.79 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, overhead tanks. It had 923 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 2 hospitals, 9 dispensaries, 9 health centres, 7 family welfare centres, 5 maternity and child welfare centres, 6 maternity homes, 3 nursing homes, 5 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 8 primary schools, 3 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school, 1 general degree college. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 stadium, 1 auditorium/ community hall. One important commodity it produced was coal.

Industry

Burnpur Cement has set up nearby an 800 tonnes per day clinkerisation and cement grinding unit in Patratu Industrial Area. Patratu Dam, was built to supply water for the Patratu Thermal Power Station. It has been built across the Nalkarni River, a tributary of the

Damodar River Damodar River (Pron: /ˈdʌmoˌdaː/) is a river flowing across the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. The valley is rich in mineral resources and is known for large-scale mining and industrial activity. It was also known as the Sorrow o ...

and has an 81 sq mi reservoir.

Transport

Hesla is on State Highway 2.Google maps

References

{{Ramgarh District Cities and towns in Ramgarh district