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'''Kanke block''' is a [[Community development block in India|community development block]] in the [[Ranchi Sadar subdivision]] of [[Ranchi district]], [[Jharkhand]], India.

Kanke CD block has an area of 347.11&nbsp;km².<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2019_PART_B_DCHB_RANCHI.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Ranchi, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Page 28: District primary census abstract, 2011 census |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 28 August 2021}}</ref>[[Kanke#Police station|Kanke]] and [[Pithuriya#Police station|Pithoria]] police stations serve Kanke CD block.<ref>{{cite web| url =  https://jhpolice.gov.in/ranchi| title= District Police Profile - Ranchi  |publisher= Jharkhand Police| access-date = 28 August 2021}}</ref> The headquarters of Kanke CD block is located at [[Kanke]] town.<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= Map of Ranchi district on the third page |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 28 August 2021}}</ref>

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 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>

[[Census towns]] in Kanke CD block are as follows (2011 population figure in brackets): [[Kanke]] (17,560]] and [[Arsande]] (9,582).<ref name=census2011/>

 

Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Kanke CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): [[Pithuriya]] (6,550), Katamkuli (5,903), Ichapiri (4,241), Neuri (6,907), Simliya (6,523), Kamre (6,114), Sukurhuttu (11, 862), Hosir (6,242), [[Mesra, Ranchi|Mesra]] (9,476), Dumardaga (7,100) and Boreya (4,151).<ref>{{cite web | url =  https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2019_PART_B_DCHB_RANCHI.pdf | title = District  Census Handbook, Ranchi, Series 21, Part XII B | work = Page 142,147 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand  | accessdate =  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  | accessdate =  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. The study opines, "Despite the abundance of industrial production, rural population has not benefited and majority are earning their livelihoods through agriculture. During last ten years agriculture could not grow in the state as per expectations, resulting higher [[rural poverty]]."<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  | accessdate =  1 September 2021}}</ref>