Bundu is a CD block that forms an administrative subdivision in Bundu subdivision of Ranchi district, Jharkhand, India. 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 Bundu is located at . Bundu 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 Dassam Falls is a natural cascade across the Kanchi River, a tributary of the Subarnarekha River. The water falls from a height of . The sound of water echoes all around the place. Dassam Falls at one of the edges of the Ranchi plateau is one of the many scarp falls in the region. Bundu CD block is bounded by the Namkum and Rahe CD blocks on the north, Sonahatu and Tamar I CD blocks on the east, Arki (Tamar II) CD block in Khunti district on the south and Khunti CD block in Khunti district on the west. Bundu CD block has an area of 250.85 km2.Bundu police station serves Bundu CD block. The headquarters of Bundu