Angara block is an administrative CD block in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Maoist activities, dissent Jharkhand is one of the states affected by Maoist activities. , Ranchi district was among the highly affected districts in the state. "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." According to the Jharkhand Police spokesperson and Inspector General (IG) Saket Singh, as reported on 8 December 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. The 28 total fatalities recorded in 2020 are also the lowest overall fatalities recorded in the state in a year since 2000, when they stood at 36. Ranchi being the capital city of the state has always been under minute scrutiny of all. The arrest, from his home in Ranchi on 9 October 2020, by the NIA, of 83-years old Rev. Fr. 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. Geography Angara is located at . Angara CD block is located on the Ranchi plateau proper. It has an average elevation of above mean sea level and the land is undulating. The 320 ft high Hundru Falls is 21 km off the Ranchi-Purulia highway. Angara CD block is bounded by the Dulmi and Gola CD blocks in Ramgarh district on the north, Silli CD block on the east, Rahe and Namkum CD blocks on the south and Kanke and Ormanjhi CD blocks on the west. Angara CD block has an area of 398.56 km2.Angara police station serves Angara CD block. The headquarters of Angara CD block is located at Angara village. Demographics Population According to the 2011 Census of India, Angara CD block had a total population of 112,759, all of which were rural. There were 56,841 (50%) males and 55,918 (50%) females. Population in the age