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Hansda observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
The principal temple recorded for Kharsawan mandal is Temple of Maa Jagadhatri. No temple of this dedication is on record within Hansda itself.
By population, Hansda ranks #101 of 134 villages in Kharsawan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hansda is a village of 243 people in 48 households (Census 2011) in Kharsawan block, Saraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, the 101st-largest of 134 villages in Kharsawan block. Literacy is 66%, 11 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 869 women per 1,000 men. It lies 74 km from the Saraikela Kharsawan district centre, 38 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 3 km from Mahali Marup railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 833101, served by Amda post office; the LGD village code is 378744. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Kharsawan, 4 km away. The sarpanch is bishu lal majhi. The population is estimated at 286 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Simla →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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