"Section 144 CRPC was imposed in the area. The situation is now under control," Ranchi district Deputy Commissioner Vinay Kumar Choubey said here today.
Among the injured were 12 policemen, he said.
A total of 48 persons have been arrested in this connection, the police said.
Land dispute was stated to be the reason behind the clash between two groups of different communities, the police said.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced Rs five lakh to the family of the person who died in the violence, an official release said last night.