Mesra is a town in the
Kanke CD block in the
Ranchi Sadar subdivision of the
Ranchi district
Ranchi district is the most populous district of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, is the district headquarters.
History
Iron slag, potsherds and iron tools have been found in the Chota Nagpur plateau dated to ...
in the
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state
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Jharkhand
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Geography
Location
Mesra is located at .
Area overview
The map alongside shows a part of the
Ranchi plateau, most of it at an average elevation of 2,140 feet above sea level. Only a small part in the north-eastern part of the district is the lower Ranchi plateau, spread over
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 ...
,
Rahe,
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 ...
and
Tamar CD blocks, at an elevation of 500 to 1,000 feet above sea level. There is a 16 km long ridge south-west of Ranchi. There are isolated hills in the central plateau. The principal river of the district, the
Subarnarekha, originates near
Ratu
''Ratu'' () is an Austronesian title used by male Fijians of chiefly rank. An equivalent title, ''adi'' (pronounced ), is used by females of chiefly rank. In the Malay language, the title ''ratu'' is also the traditional honorific title to r ...
, flows in an easterly direction and descends from the plateau, with a drop of about 300 feet at
Hundru Falls. Subarnarekha and other important rivers are marked on the map. The forested area is shaded in the map. A major part of the
North Karanpura Area and some fringe areas of the
Piparwar Area of the
Central Coalfields Limited, both located in the
North Karanpura Coalfield, are in Ranchi district. There has been extensive industrial activity in Ranchi district, since independence. Ranchi district is the first in the state in terms of population. 8.83% of the total population of the state lives in this district - 56.9% is rural population and 43.1% is urban population.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India, Mesra had a total population of 9,476, of which 5,433 (58%) were males and 4,023 (42%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,115. The total number of literate persons in Mesra was 6,722 (80.40% of the population over 6 years).
Education
Birla Institute of Technology, established in 1955 by the industrialist
B.M.Birla, is a deemed university, it offers degree, post graduate and Ph D programmes. Central facilities include CAD, library and instrumentation. The campus is completely residential with 11 hostels for boys and 3 for girls. It has a guest house, 2 bank branches, 3 ATMs, a post office and an Indian Railway counter in the campus.
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is an English-medium coeducational institution established at Mesra in 1988. It is a senior secondary school following the
Central Board of Secondary Education
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pattern.
DAV International School is an English-medium coeducational institution established at Mesra in 2005. It follows the
Central Board of Secondary Education
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pattern.
Manrakhan Mahto B Ed College was established in 2012 at Kedal, BIT Mor, PO Neori Vikas. It offers diploma, degree and post-graduate courses in education.
Transport
There is a station at Mesra on the
Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line. The Barkakana-Koderma sector is in operation and, as of 2021, the Ranchi-Barkakana sector is partially operable and is nearing completion.
National Highway 20 (earlier NH 33) (Ranchi-Ramgarh-Hazaribagh Road), an important roadway in Ranchi district, passes through Mesra.
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References
{{South Chotanagpur Division
Cities and towns in Ranchi district