Community policing activities are being prioritised to involve the simple village folk.

[2][3] Hemant Soren, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has claimed, in September 2021, that as a result of the effective action against left wing extremism, the “presence of hardcore Maoists has been limited to mainly four regions, namely Parasnath Pahar, Budha Pahar, Tri-junction of Seraikela-Khunti-Chaibasa district in Kolhan division and some of the areas along the Bihar border”.

[4] Simdega district lies in the south-western part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau.

It has been described as “a dissected upland of ancient crystalline rocks” The general elevation of the district is 300 to 700 metres (980 to 2,300 ft) above mean sea level.

The Major rivers of this area are Sankh, Deo, Girwa, and Palamara.

[7]Thethatangar police station serves Thethaitangar CD block.

[10][11] According to the 2011 Census of India, Thethaitangar CD block had a total population of 87,458, all of which were rural.

Languages of Thethaitangar block (2011)[14] According to the Population by Mother Tongue 2011 data, in the Thethaitangar subdistrict, Hindi was the mother-tongue of 43,844 persons forming 50.13% of the population, followed by (number of persons and percentage of population in brackets) Kharia (22,731/25.98%), Mundari (19,012/ 21.74%), Kurukh (1,356/ 1.55%), Urdu (419, 0.48%), and persons with other languages as mother-tongue (106/ 0.12%).

Comparatively smaller language groups with 200+ persons as their mother-tongue are mentioned in the text.

[16] Scheduled Tribes numbered 424,407 and formed 70.78% of the total population of Simdega district.

[23] According to the District Census Handbook, Simdega, the rural population depends mainly on agriculture for a living.

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