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Mandar block

Mandar (mandar) is a community development block in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of Ranchi district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Mandar CD block is located on the Ranchi plateau proper. It has an average elevation of 2,140 feet (650 m) above mean sea level and the land is undulating.

Mandar CD block is bounded by the Burmu CD block on the north, Ratu CD block on the east, Itki and Bero CD blocks on the south and Chanho CD block on the west.

Mandar CD block has an area of 238.24 km2.Mandar police station serves Mandar CD block. The headquarters of Mandar CD block is located at Mandar village.

According to the 2011 Census of India, Mandar CD block had a total population of 128,585, all of which were rural. There were 66,134 (51%) males and 63,451 (49%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 19,595. Scheduled Castes numbered 1,649 (1.28%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 77,143 (59.99%).

The percentage of Scheduled Tribes in Ranchi district, in 2011, was 47.67% of the population (rural) in the blocks. The percentage of Scheduled Tribes, numbering 1,042,016, in the total population of Ranchi district numbering 2,914,253 in 2011, was 35.76%. The Oraons forming 18.20% of the population and the Mundas forming 10.30% of the population, were the main tribes. Other tribes included (percentage of population in brackets) Lohra (2.46), Bedia (1.32) and Mahli (1.09).

Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Mandar CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Karge (4,665), Barambe (4,230), Mandar (4,027) and Nagra (5,929).

As of 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in Mandar CD block was 73,709 (67.63% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 42,015 (76.28% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 31,694 (58.79% of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 17.49%.

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