RANCHI

[s. 632] : A town in Chota Nagpur, Bengal, PopulaIndia, capital of Lohardaga division. Station of the Go ner Mi ionary tion, 13,000. women mi ionaries, Society, with (1903) 7 93 native workers, 38 places of worship, 27 Sunday schools, 8 day schools, 2 boarding schools, 1 theological cla , 1 dispensary, 1 hospital, and 8,200 profe ed Christians, of whom 4,446 are communicants. Station also of the SPG, with (1903) 3 mi ionaries and their wives, 2 women mi ionaries, 178 native workers, 1 place of worship, 5 day schools, 2 boarding schools, and 13,867 profe ed Christians, of whom 6,209 are communicants. These statistics include the district with the town. 632