[1][2] Hemant Soren, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has claimed, in September 2021, that effective action against left wing extremism has reduced the active involvement of such groups to only a few areas that includes the tri-junction of Khunti, Seraikela Kharsawan and West Singhbhum districts.

[3][4][5] Khunti district occupies a part of the Ranchi Plateau with hills and undulating terrain.

[12] According to the 2011 Census of India, Karra CD block had a total population of 109,082, all of which were rural.

The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 20.00%.

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 61.72% of the population in the district spoke Mundari, 27.79% Sadri, 5.78% Hindi and 2.9% Kurmali as their first language.

[16] According to the District Census Handbook, Khunti, 2011 census, ‘Other Religions’ formed 45.37% of the population, followed by Hindus (26.11%), Christians (25.65%), Muslims (2.47%), and those with negligible percentages of the population - Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs and religion not stated.

[17] Scheduled Tribes numbered 389,626 and formed 73.25% of the total population of Khunti district in 2011.

Other smaller tribal groups were Bhumij, Banjara, Chero, Khond and Kol.

[18] "The place has been in recorded annals of history for its long drawn struggle against the British under the aegis of Birsa Munda, the revolutionary hero of Jharkhand.