Chatra district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. The district was formed after separation from Hazaribagh district in 1991. Chatra is the administrative headquarters of this district. The most important battle fought between the insurgents and the British in Chotanagpur during the rebellion of 1857 was the “Battle of Chatra”.Chatra is passing through a very serious phase of extremists’ violence by the banned naxal outfit called the M.C.C. (Maoist Communist Centre). However in the recent past the Chatra Police have been quite successful in stemming the red tide of the naxal wave. The Chatra Police has made a number of important arrests of naxalite personnel as well as seized a number of arms and ammunition along with lethal explosive materials and devices. The success of the Chatra Police against the naxal outfits has to a large extent led to the limiting of naxal violence.