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Ranibhuin is a village in Narasinghpur mandal, Cuttack district, Odisha, with a population of 502 across 118 households. The village has a literacy rate of 55.4% and is located at coordinates 20.502°N, 84.907°E.
By population, Ranibhuin ranks #84 of 209 villages in Narasinghpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ranibhuin is a village of 502 people in 118 households (Census 2011) in Narasinghpur block, Cuttack district, Odisha, the 84th-largest of 209 villages in Narasinghpur block. Literacy is 55%, 12 points below the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 961 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Cuttack district centre, 18 km from Dashapalla railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 754032, served by Narasinghpur post office; the LGD village code is 398444. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jorum Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is sarat chandra khatua, and the village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 592 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kamaladiha →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranibhuin · this village | 502 | 55% | — |
| Ranibhuin · Kishorenagar | 499 | 59% | 0 km N |
| Kamaladiha · Narasinghpur | 2,216 | 76% | 1.7 km NW |
| Kamaladiha · Ramagiri | 255 | 30% | 1.7 km NW |
| Panchama · Golanthara | 3,605 | 55% | 1.8 km N |
| Panchama · Narasinghpur | 1,038 | 69% | 1.8 km N |
| Baliput · Jharsuguda | 315 | 78% | 2 km W |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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