Lapung Block

Lapung is a community development block in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of Ranchi district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Maoist activities, dissent

Jharkhand is one of the states affected by Maoist activities. , Ranchi district was among the highly affected districts in the state. "Areas of Tamar, Bundu, Sonahatu, Angarha, Sikidari Police Stations and Rahe O.P. have been widely affected by activities of CPI (Maoist) group till the end of year 2009. At the end of year 2010, The activities of CPI (Maoist) group has been minimized up to almost zero level."

According to the Jharkhand Police spokesperson and Inspector General (IG) Saket Singh, as reported on 8 December 2020, "The activities of CPI-Maoist are now confined to small pockets in the state because of our efforts." Civilian fatalities, a key index of security in a region, declined from 20 in 2019, to 8 in 2020, the lowest in this category since 2000, when there were 13 such fatalities. The 28 total fatalities recorded in 2020 are also the lowest overall fatalities recorded in the state in a year since 2000, when they stood at 36.

Ranchi being the capital city of the state has always been under minute scrutiny of all. The arrest, from his home in Ranchi on 9 October 2020, by the NIA, of 83-years old Rev. Fr. Stan Swamy, S.J., Jesuit priest and activist, working with tribals for decades, and his subsequent death in custody, in a Mumbai hospital, on 5 July 2021, has been widely discussed.

Geography

Lapung is located at .

Lapung CD block is located on the Ranchi plateau proper. It has an average elevation of above mean sea level and the land is undulating.

Lapung CD block is bounded by the Bero CD block on the north, Karra CD block in Khunti district on the east and a portion of the south, and Kamdara and Bharno CD blocks in Gumla district on a portion of the south and the west.

Lapung CD block has an area of 300.88 km².Lapung police station serves Lapung CD block. The headquarters of Lapung CD block is located at Lapung village.

Demographics

Population

According to the 2011 Census of India, Lapung CD block had a total population of 63,053, all of which were rural. There were 31,319 (50%) males and 31,734 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 10,303. Scheduled Castes numbered 2,348 (3.72%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 46,797 (74.22%).

The percentage of Scheduled Tribes in Ranchi district, in 2011, was 47.67% of the population (rural) in the blocks. The percentage of Scheduled Tribes, numbering 1,042,016, in the total population of Ranchi district numbering 2,914,253 in 2011, was 35.76%. The Oraons forming 18.20% of the population and the Mundas forming 10.30% of the population, were the main tribes. Other tribes included (percentage of population in brackets) Lohra (2.46), Bedia (1.32) and Mahli (1.09).

Literacy

census, the total number of literate persons in Lapung CD block was 31,804 (60.29% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 18,496 (70.93% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 13,308 (49.89% of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 21.04%.

census, literacy in Ranchi district was 77.13%. Literacy in Jharkhand was 67.63% in 2011. Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.

See also – List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate

Language and religion

Hindi is the official language in Jharkhand and Urdu