Bundu is a
CD block that forms an administrative subdivision in
Bundu subdivision of
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 ...
,
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...
, India.
Localities of Bundu Include Purana Bazar Toli, Mahavir Mandir Gali, Adarsh Nagar
Sahitya Marg Munda Colony etc.
Maoist activities, dissent
Jharkhand is one of the states affected by
Maoist
Maoism, officially Mao Zedong Thought, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed while trying to realize a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic o ...
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
Stan Swamy
Stanislaus Lourduswamy, Society of Jesus, SJ (26 April 1937 – 5 July 2021), popularly known as Stan Swamy, was an Catholic Church in India, Indian Catholic priest, a member of the Jesuit order, and a tribal rights activist for several decade ...
,
Jesuit
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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
Bundu is located at .
Bundu CD block is located on the
Ranchi plateau proper. It has an average elevation of above mean sea level and the land is undulating.
The
Dassam Falls
The Dassam Falls (also known as Dassam Ghagh) is a waterfall located near Taimara village in the Bundu subdivision of Ranchi district in the state of Jharkhand. The Falls are 144 feet in height, formed by the waterflow of the Kanchi River.
Etym ...
is a natural cascade across the Kanchi River, a tributary of the
Subarnarekha River
The Subarnarekha River flows through the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha.
Etymology
The name is a portmanteau of two words: "Subarna," meaning gold, and "Rekha," meaning line or streak in Indian languages. As per tradition, g ...
. The water falls from a height of . The sound of water echoes all around the place.
Dassam Falls at one of the edges of the
Ranchi plateau is one of the many
scarp falls in the region.
Bundu CD block is bounded by the
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 locat ...
and
Rahe CD blocks on the north,
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 I CD blocks on the east,
Arki (Tamar II) CD block in Khunti district on the south and
Khunti
Khunti is the headquarter of Khunti district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
It is in South Chotanagpur division and one of the 24 districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The district of Khunti was carved out of Ranchi district on 12 Sept ...
CD block in Khunti district on the west.
Bundu CD block has an area of 250.85 km
2.
Bundu
Bundu may refer to:
* Bundu (state), a former state in what is now Senegal
* Also known as the place where Aditya Kumar (BE/10023/12) was born and brought up
* Bundu, India, a town in Jharkhand, India
** Bundu block, the larger administrative u ...
police station serves Bundu CD block. The headquarters of Bundu CD block is located at
Bundu
Bundu may refer to:
* Bundu (state), a former state in what is now Senegal
* Also known as the place where Aditya Kumar (BE/10023/12) was born and brought up
* Bundu, India, a town in Jharkhand, India
** Bundu block, the larger administrative u ...
town.
Demographics
Population
According to the
2011 Census of India, Bundu CD block had a total population of 61,921, all of which were rural. There were 31,533 (51%) males and 30,388 (49%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 8,804.
Scheduled Castes numbered 3,378 (5.46%) and
Scheduled Tribes numbered 37,042 (59.82%).
[
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
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(1.09).
Literacy
census, the total number of literate persons in Bundu CD block was 35,261 (66.38% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 21,664 (80.40% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 13,597 (51.95% of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity
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(the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 28.45%.[
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 66.41%, below the national average of 74.04%, as per the 2011 Census, Jharkhand ranks 32nd amongst ...
Language and religion
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
is the official language in Jharkhand and Urdu
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has been declared as an additional official language.
Rural poverty
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 Bundu CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 10,966 and formed 29.49%, agricultural labourers numbered 16,437 and formed 44.21%, household industry workers numbered 1,772 and formed 4.77% and other workers numbered 8,007 and formed 21.53%. Total workers numbered 37,182 and formed 44.81% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 45,793 and formed 55.19% of the population.
Infrastructure
There are 87 inhabited villages in Bundu CD block. In 2011, 6 villages had power supply. 8 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 87 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 85 villages had hand pumps, and all villages have drinking water facility. 4 villages had post offices, 4 villages had sub post offices, 1 village had telephones (land lines), 15 villages had mobile phone coverage. 70 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 4 villages had bus service (public/ private), 20 villages had tractors. 3 villages had bank branches, 1 village had agricultural credit society, 71 villages had assembly polling stations.
Agriculture
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 Bundu CD block, 45.37% of the total area was cultivable, in 2011. Out of this, 4.80% 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
The Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) is an Indian government program designed to "address regional imbalances in development." The programme was launched by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Barpeta, Assam on 19 February 2007.
The BRG ...
. 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.
Transport
National Highway 43 (earlier NH 33) (Ranchi-Bundu-Tamar-Chandil-Jamshedpur), an important roadway in Ranchi district, passes through Bundu block.[Google maps]
Education
Bundu CD block had 2 villages with pre-primary schools, 76 villages with primary schools, 35 villages with middle schools, 3 villages with secondary schools, 1 village with senior secondary school, 8 villages with non-formal education centres. 9 villages with no educational facility.
.*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand
Healthcare
Bundu CD block had 13 villages with primary health subcentres, 1 village with dispensary, 14 villages with medicine shops .[
]
.*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included
References
{{South Chotanagpur Division topics
Community development blocks in Ranchi district