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'''Tamar block''' is a [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] that forms an administrative division in the Bundu subdivision of [[Ranchi district]], in the Indian state of [[Jharkhand]].  

Ranchi being the capital city of the state has always been under minute scrutiny of all.<ref>{{cite web | url =  https://jhpolice.gov.in/ranchi | title = District Police Profile - Ranchi | work = SP’s message and vision | publisher = Jharkhand Police  | access-date =  4 September 2021}}</ref> The arrest, from his home in Ranchi on October 9, 2020, by the [[National Investigation Agency|NIA]], of 83-years old [[Stan Swami|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/nia-court-to-pass-order-on-stan-swamy-bail-on-march-22/article34084504.ece|title=NIA court to pass order on Stan Swamy bail on March 22|newspaper=The Hindu|date=16 March 2021|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Regi |first1=Anjali |title=Fr. Stan Swamy arrested: Widespread protest |url=https://www.catholicfocus.in/fr-stan-swamy-arrested-widespread-protest/ |website=Catholic Focus |date=9 October 2020 |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/father-stan-swamy-accused-in-elgar-parishad-case-passes-away-3927641.html | title=Elgar Parishad Case: Activist Stan Swamy, 84, Passes Away Ahead of Hearing on Bail Plea | publisher=News18 | date=5 July 2021 | access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://indianexpress.com/article/india/stan-swamy-arrest-father-nia-6718311/  | title = ‘Distressed, troubled’: Ranchi Catholic Church issues statement on Stan Swamy’s arrest, demands his release  | publisher =  The Indian Express, 9 October 2020 | access-date = 4 September  2021}}</ref>

According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Tamar CD block had a total population of 132,672, all of which were rural. There were 67,073 (51%) males and 65,599 (49%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 19,793. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 15,315 (11.54%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 56,925 (42.91%).<ref name=census2011/>

The percentage of Scheduled Tribes in Ranchi district, in 2011, was 47.67% of the population (rural) in the blocks.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2019_PART_A_DCHB_RANCHI.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Ranchi, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Page 56, Table 14: Number and percentage of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (rural) population in CD Blocks, 2011 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 28 August 2021}}</ref> The percentage of Scheduled Tribes, numbering 1,042,016, in the total the total population of Ranchi district numbering 2,914,253 in 2011, was 35.76%. The [[Kurukh people|Oraons]] forming 18.20% of the population and the [[Munda people|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 tribe|Mahli]] (1.09).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2019_PART_A_DCHB_RANCHI.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Ranchi, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Pages 39-40: Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of Cenus 2011 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 28 August 2021}}</ref>

60-70% of the population of Ranchi district were in the [[Below Poverty Line|BPL]] category in 2004–2005.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45258/1/MPRA_paper_45258.pdf  | title =  Rural Poverty in Jharkhand, India| work = Table I: Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Jharkhand | publisher =  Munich Personal RePEc Archive | access-date =  1 September 2021}}</ref> In 2011-12, the proportion of BPL population in Ranchi district came down to 27.82%.<ref>{{cite web | url =  https://www.livemint.com/Specials/bqVly6xj4usB3DiTibS3DK/Spatial-poverty-in-Jharkhand.html | title = Spatial poverty in Jharkhand  | publisher = Mint  | access-date =  1 September 2021}}</ref> According to a study in 2013 (modified in 2019), the incidence of poverty in Jharkhand is estimated at 46%, but 60% of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes are still below poverty line. More than 75% of the work force is engaged in agriculture, although only 23% of the area is under cultivation.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45258/#:~:text=The%20incidence%20of%20poverty%20in%20Jharkhand%20is%20estimated,are%20main%20causes%20for%20poverty%20in%20Jharkhand%20state.  | title =  Rural Poverty in Jharkhand, India: An Empirical Study based on Panel Data  | publisher = MPRA  | access-date =  1 September 2021}}</ref>