Kolabira, Laikera, Kirmira and Jharsuguda. Belpahar sub-division includes 12 villages and two town. The most populous villages are Lakhanpur & Chhualiberna. The main festival of Chhualiberna is Narsingh Puja which held on month of December. Brajrajnagar is also famous for rampur's ramchandi mandir on bank of the Ib river. Rampur colliery is famous for the oldest coal mines in India. Another one most popular gram panchayat is Hirma, which is under Jharsuguda block; it is from dist. headquarter, and the main festival is Samalei Bali Jatra (Kandagarh). Demographics According to the 2011 census Jharsuguda district had a population of 579,505, roughly equal to the nation of Solomon Islands or the US state of Wyoming. This gives it a ranking of 530th in India (out of a total of 640). The district had a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 13.69%. Jharsuguda had a sex ratio of 951 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 78.36%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 18.05% and 30.50% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 42.26% of the population spoke Sambalpuri, 27.42% Odia, 9.59% Hindi, 6.42% Kisan, 2.21% Mundari, 1.86% Kharia, 1.43% Chhattisgarhi, 1.27% Bengali and 1.11% Sadri as their mother tongue. Politics Vidhan sabha constituencies The following is the 2 Vidhan sabha constituencies of Jharsuguda district and the elected members of that area. See also Adhapara Jharsuguda References External links Coal mining districts in India Districts of Odisha