 However, in the same year, when Jharkhand police identified 13 focus areas for combating Maoist extremism, Hazaribagh district was not one of them.Padma is located at .Padma CD Block is bounded by Barhi CD Block, on the north and a part of the east, Ichak CD Block on a part of the east and the south, and Mayurhand CD Block, in Chatra district, and Katkmsandi CD Block on the west.