Chanho block is a community development block in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
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Jharkhand is one of the states affected by Maoist activities. As of 2012[update], Ranchi district was among the highly affected districts in the state.[1] “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.”[2]
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.[3]
Ranchi being the capital city of the state has always been under minute scrutiny of all.[4]The arrest, from his home in Ranchi on October 9, 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.[5][6][7][8]
Chanho is located at 23.51°N 84.95°E‘
Chanho CD block is located on the Ranchi plateau proper. It has an average elevation of 2,140 feet (650 m) above mean sea level and the land is undulating.[9]
Chanho CD block is bounded by the Khelari CD block on the north, Burmu CD block on the east, Mandar and Bero CD blocks on the south and Kuru and Kairo CD blocks in Lohardaga district and Chandwa CD block in Latehar district on the west.[10][11][12]
Chanho CD block has an area of 272.80 km2.[13]Chanho police station serves Chano CD block.[14] The headquarters of Chano CD block is located at Chanho village.[15]
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