Ranchi district
Ranchi district is the most populous district of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, is the district headquarters. It was established as a district in 1899.
History
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Jharkhand
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Maoist activities, dissent
Jharkhand is one of the states affected by
Maoist
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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 December 8, 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 October 9, 2020, by the NIA, of 83-years old Rev. Fr. Stan Swamy, S.J.,
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
Rahe is located at .
Rahe CD block is located on the Lower Chota Nagpur Plateau. It has an average elevation of above mean sea level.
Rahe CD block is bounded by the
Angara
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CD block on the north,
Silli
Silli is a village in the Silli CD block in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Silli is located at .
The Subarnarekha River forms the boundary with Purulia district in West ...
and
Sonahatu
Sonahatu is a village in the Sonahatu CD block in the Bundu subdivision of the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Sonahatu is located at .
The Subarnarekha River forms the bo ...
CD blocks on the east,
Bundu
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on the south and
Namkum
Namkum is a community development block (CD block) forming an administrative division in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of Ranchi district in the state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Namkum is located at 23°21'N 85°22'E.
Namkum CD block is locate ...
CD block on the west.
Rahe CD block has an area of 180.42 km2.There is a police outpost at Rahe. The headquarters of Rahe CD block is located at Rahe village.
Demographics
Population
According to the
2011 Census of India
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, Rahe CD block had a total population of 53,916, all of which were rural. There were 27,334 (51%) males and 26,582 (49%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 7,532.
Scheduled Castes
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numbered 3,502 (6.50 %) and
Scheduled Tribes
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...
numbered 17,311 (32.11%).
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
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forming 18.20% of the population and the
Mundas
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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
The Mahli are a community in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha
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(1.09).
Literacy
census, the total number of literate persons in Rahe CD block was 32,094 (69.19% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 19,481 (83.02% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 12,613 (55.03% of the female population over 6 years). The
gender disparity
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(the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 27.99%.
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
This is a list of districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand ranked by literacy rate as per provisional data of 2011 census.
With a literacy rate of 67.63%, below the national average of 74.04%, as per the 2011 Census, Jharkhand ranks 32nd amongst ...
Language and religion
Hindi
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60-70% of the population of Ranchi district were in the BPL category in 2004–2005.In 2011–12, the proportion of BPL population in Ranchi district came down to 27.82%.According to a study in 2013 (modified in 2019), "the incidence of poverty in Jharkhand is estimated at 46%, but 60% of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes are still below poverty line."
Economy
Livelihood
In Rahe CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 9,496 and formed 35.11%, agricultural labourers numbered 13,663 and formed 50.52%, household industry workers numbered 1,184 and formed 4.38% and other workers numbered 2,703 and formed 9.99%. Total workers numbered 27,046 and formed 50.16% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 26,870 and formed 49.84% of the population.
Infrastructure
There are 59 inhabited villages in Rahe CD block. In 2011, 3 villages had power supply. 59 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 59 villages had hand pumps, and all villages have drinking water facility. 1 village had sub post office, 18 villages had mobile phone coverage. 49 villages had pucca (paved) village roads. 2 villages had taxi/vans, 5 villages had tractors. 3 villages had bank branches. 2 villages had
public distribution system
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, 51 villages had
assembly
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Organisations and meetings
* Deliberative assembly, a gathering of members who use parliamentary procedure for making decisions
* General assembly, an official meeting of the members of an organization or of their representa ...
In Ranchi district, 23% of the total area is covered with forests. “With the gradual deforestation of the district, more and more land is being brought under cultivation.” Terraced low lands are called ''don'' and the uplands are called ''tanr''. The hill streams remain almost dry, except in the rainy season, and does not offer much scope for irrigation.
In Rahe CD block, 53.53% of the total area was cultivable, in 2011. Out of this, 4.32% was irrigated land.
Backward Regions Grant Fund
Ranchi district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the
Backward Regions Grant Fund
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. The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 21 districts of Jharkhand.
Education
Rahe CD block had 3 villages with pre-primary schools, 56 villages with primary schools, 23 villages with middle schools, 4 villages with secondary schools, 6 villages with senior secondary schools, 3 villages with no educational facility. .*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand
Healthcare
Rahe CD block had 1 village with primary health centre, 5 villages with primary health subcentres, 1 village with maternity and child welfare centre, 1 village with maternity hospital. .*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included