By population, Arakhapur ranks #5 of 105 villages in Purusottampur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arakhapur is a village of 3,530 people in 755 households (Census 2011) in Purusottampur block, Ganjam district, Odisha, the 5th-largest of 105 villages in Purusottampur block. Literacy is 55%, 3 points below the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,085 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Ganjam district centre, 23 km from Rambha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 761041, served by Badakharida post office; the LGD village code is 412174. The nearest hospital or health centre is Homeopathic Hospital, 10 km away. The village votes in Kabisuryanagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pratap Chandra Nayak. The population is estimated at 4,162 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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