<Tr> <Th> Literacy </Th> <Td> 87.68% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> <P> www.ranchi.nic.in </P> www.ranchimunicipal.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Ranchi (/ ˈrɑːntʃi / pronunciation (help info)) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand . Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Orissa, western West Bengal and the eastern area of what is present - day Chhattisgarh . The Jharkhand state was formed on 15 November 2000 by carving out the Bihar divisions of Chota Nagpur and Santhal Parganas . </P> <P> The name Ranchi is derived from the previous name of the Oraon village at the same site, Archi . "Archi" derives from the Oraon word for bamboo grove or stave . According to legend, after an altercation with a spirit, a farmer beat the spirit with his bamboo stave . The spirit shouted archi, archi, archi and vanished . Archi became Rachi, which became Ranchi . One of the historically significant neighbourhoods of Rachi is Doranda (duran "दुरङ" means song and daah "दअः" means water in the Mundari language). Doranda lies between the Hinoo (Bhusur) & Harmoo Rivers, where the civil station, treasury and church established by the British Raj were destroyed by rebel forces during the Sepoy Mutiny . </P>

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