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.

The map alongside shows a part of the Ranchi plateau, most of it at an average elevation of 2,140 feet above sea level.

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.

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

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