Chutupalu is a village in the
Ormanjhi
Ormanjhi is a village in the Ormanjhi CD block in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of Ranchi district, Jharkhand, India.
Geography
Location
Ormanjhi is located at at an elevation of from mean sea level
A mean is a quantity representing th ...
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
India
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n
state
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of
Jharkhand
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.
History
Tikait Umrao Singh
Tikait Umrao Singh was a king and freedom fighter. He was king of small kingdom Bandhgawa which is located in Ranchi district in Jharkhand. In Indian rebellion 1857, he and his brother Ghasi Singh played pivotal role in preventing East India Comp ...
and
Sheikh Bhikhari
Sheikh Bhikhari Ansari (1819-1858) was born on 2 Oct 1819 in a weaver Ansari family at Lotwa-Khudia Village located in the city of Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. He fought in the Revolt of 1857 against the British rule in India. Sheikh Bhikhari Ansari ...
, two brave hearts, tried to stop, at Chutupalu, the British forces from occupying Ranchi, during the
Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against Company rule in India, the rule of the East India Company, British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the The Crown, British ...
, by cutting down trees and damaging culverts. Later, the British hanged them from a banyan tree in 1858 at Chutpalu ghati.
Geography
Location
Chutupalu 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, Chutupalu had a total population of 1,980, of which 1,002 (51%) were males and 978 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 312. The total number of literate persons in Chutupalu was 1,117 (66.97% of the population over 6 years).
Transport
National Highway 20 (earlier NH 33) (Ranchi-Ramgarh-Hazaribagh Road), an important roadway in Ranchi district, passes through Chutupalu.
Education
Chutupalu Middle School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1954. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class VIII.
Sanghamitra Teacher Training College, established by the World Buddha Foundation of Bodh Gaya at Chutupalu, offers a degree course in education.
References
{{South Chotanagpur Division
Villages in Ranchi district