Census town · Nabarangpur district
Raighar
Raighar is a census town: a place the census counts as urban (5,000+ people, at least three-quarters of male main workers outside farming, 400+ people per km²) but which has no municipal body and is governed as part of a gram panchayat, in Nabarangpur district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 5,936 people in 1,364 households.
- Population (2011)
- 5,936
- Literacy
- 77.9%
- Area
- 2 km²
- Sub-district
- Raighar
- Census town code
- 427270
People and work in Raighar
- Population
- 5,936
- 3,108 male · 2,828 female
- Households
- 1,364
- about 4.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 77.9%
- men 85.3% · women 69.8%about the same as urban Nabarangpur (77.9%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 910
- below urban Nabarangpur (990)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 838
- People per km²
- 2,968
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,811 (30.5%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 776 (13.1%)
What the 2,318 workers did
- Cultivators57 (2.5%)
- Agricultural labourers219 (9.4%)
- Household industry92 (4.0%)
- Other work1,260 (54.4%)
- Marginal workers690 (29.8%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Place and climate
- Area
- 2 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Raighar
- Annual rainfall
- 1,214.5 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 43°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 600 km by road
- District headquarters
- Nabarangpur, 90 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jeypur, 130 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Berahmpur, 400 km
- Roads
- 4 km pucca, 50 km kutcha
- Homes with electricity connections
- 849
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 9 (5 government, 4 private)
- Middle schools
- 5 (3 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 3 (1 government, 2 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (0 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 2
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 10 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 6
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Stadiums
- 1
Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since.
Other towns in Nabarangpur
See also: Raighar sub-district · People of Nabarangpur district
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