Chutupalu

Chutupalu
Village
View from the Ranchi Plateau between Ramgarh and Chutupalu
Chutupalu Location in Jharkhand, India3 Show map of Jharkhand Chutupalu Chutupalu (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°34′44″N85°31′03″E / 23.5788°N 85.5174°E / 23.5788; 85.5174
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Government
• Type	Federal democracy
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,980
Languages (*For language details see Ormanjhi block#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	835219
Telephone/ STD code	06530
Vehicle registration	JH 01
Literacy	80.40%
Lok Sabha constituency	Ranchi
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Ranchi
Website	ranchi.nic.in

Chutupalu is a village in the Ormanjhi CD block in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

History

Tikait Umrao Singh and Sheikh Bhikhari, two brave hearts, tried to stop, at Chutupalu, the British forces from occupying Ranchi, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, by cutting down trees and damaging culverts. Later, the British hanged them from a banyan tree in 1858 at Chutpalu ghati. ^[1]

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in Ranchi district in South Chotanagpur Division
M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, N: neighbourhood, T: tourist centre, D: dam, H: historical/ religious centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Chutupalu is located at 23°34′44″N85°31′03″E / 23.5788°N 85.5174°E / 23.5788; 85.5174 .

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, Rahe, Sonahatu 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, 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. ^[2] 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. ^{[3] [4]} There has been extensive industrial activity in Ranchi district, since independence. ^[5] 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. ^[6]

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). ^[7]

Transport

National Highway 20 (earlier NH 33) (Ranchi-Ramgarh-Hazaribagh Road), an important roadway in Ranchi district, passes through Chutupalu. ^{[8] [9]}

Education

Chutupalu Middle School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1954. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class VIII. ^[10]

Sanghamitra Teacher Training College, established by the World Buddha Foundation of Bodh Gaya at Chutupalu, offers a degree course in education. ^{[11] [12]}

References

1. "शेख़ भिखारी और टिकैत उमराव सिंह के शहादत की अमर कथा (The immortal story of the sacrifice of Sheikh Bhikhari and Tkait Umrao Singh)". in Hindi. Heritage Times, 12 January 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
2. "District Census Handbook, Ranchi, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 10-11: Physiography, Drainage. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
3. "Central Coalfields Limited". Areas – North Karanpura. CCL. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
4. "Central Coalfields Limited". Areas – Piparwar. CCL. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
5. "District Census Handbook, Ranchi, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 14: Industry. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
6. "District Census Handbook, Ranchi, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 10-11: Physiography, Drainage. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
7. "District Census Handbook, Ranchi , Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 373612, page 154-155. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
8. "District Census Handbook Ranchi, Census of India 2011, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 15 Transport. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
9. Google maps
10. "UPG Middle School". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
11. "Sanghamitra Teacher Training College". STTC. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
12. "Sanghamitra Teacher Training College". College Dekho. Retrieved 15 September 2021.