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By population, Ratakhandi ranks #6 of 123 villages in Biramitrapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ratakhandi is a village of 1,907 people in 408 households (Census 2011) in Biramitrapur block, Sundargarh district, Odisha, the 6th-largest of 123 villages in Biramitrapur block. Literacy is 52%, 2 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. It lies 352 km from the Sundargarh district centre, 34 km from Kotapar Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 770039, served by Kuarmunda post office; the LGD village code is 384348. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Mathili, 21 km away. The sarpanch is Jasinta nag, and the village votes in Athamallik assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nalini Kanta Pradhan. The population is estimated at 2,248 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratakhandi · this village | 1,907 | 52% | — |
| Ratakhandi · Balangir | 738 | 55% | 0 km N |
| Ratakhandi · Manamunda | 894 | 68% | 0 km N |
| Ratakhandi · Bisra | 662 | 52% | 0 km N |
| Ratakhandi · Reamal | 121 | 58% | 0 km N |
| Ratakhandi · Tushura | 1,479 | 55% | 0 km N |
| Ratakhandi · Reamal | 606 | 54% | 0 km N |
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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