[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.

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] Silli is located in the southern part of the Chota Nagpur plateau, and about 60 kilometers from the city of Ranchi.

It has a hilly topography and its dense tropical forests a combination that produces a relatively moderate climate compared to the rest of the state.

December and January are the coolest months, with temperatures dipping to the freezing point in some areas.

According to the 2011 Census of India, Silli CD block had a total population of 113,798, of which 101,054 were rural and 12,744 were urban.

[14] The percentage of Scheduled Tribes in Ranchi district, in 2011, was 47.67% of the population (rural) in the blocks.

[18] The only census town in Silli CD block is (2011 population figure in brackets): Muri (12,744).

[23] Languages of Silli block (2011)[24] 60-70% of the population of Ranchi district were in the BPL category in 2004–2005.

The hill streams remain almost dry, except in the rainy season, and does not offer much scope for irrigation.

[31] India’s first alumina refinery was commissioned, at Muri, by the erstwhile Indian Aluminium Company in 1948.

The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development.

[36] State Highway 1 (Ranchi-Silli-Muri Road), an important roadway in Ranchi district, passes through Muri.