Hezamara is a village in the Mohanpur subdivision of the
West Tripura
West Tripura is an administrative district in the state of Tripura in India. The district headquarters are located at Agartala. As of 2012 it is the most populous district of Tripura (out of 8).
Geography
Climate
District Profile
The inform ...
district in
Tripura
Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east a ...
, India. The village is located between
Sidhai-Mohanpur and
Simna on the main road. Hezamara also serves as a link to the town of
Khowai
Khowai is a town located in the Indian state of Tripura and a Municipal Council in Khowai district. The city lies on the banks of Khowai river and hence from the river the city gets its name. It was originally settled upon by Upendranath Roy. Lo ...
in Khowai subdivision.
The people are mainly
Tripuris
The Tripuri (also known as Tripura, Tipra, Tiprasa, Twipra) are an ethnic group originating in the Indian state of Tripura. They are the inhabitants of the Twipra/Tripura Kingdom in North-East India and Bangladesh. The Tripuri people through the ...
. The main economic activities are agriculture and small businesses, most related to the nearby
rubber
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and
tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northe ...
plantation
A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...
s.
The headquarters of the Hezamara Rural Development Block are located here; the present Block Development Officer (BDO) is Gourbindu Das.
See also
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Khumulwng
Khumulwng is a town in the West Tripura district in the Indian state of Tripura. It is the headquarters and the largest town of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council.
History
Khumulwng was established in 1991. The TTAADC headquar ...
, the headquarters of
TTAADC
The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is an autonomous district council administering the Tipra-dominated areas of the state of Tripura, India. Its council and assembly are situated in Khumulwng, a town 26 km away ...
.
Offices
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Hezamara ICDS Project
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Hezamara
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Hezamara
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Barakathal
Cities and towns in West Tripura district
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