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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KALYANI MAJHI
Contact: 89****0796
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- LGD code
- 419374
- Pincode
- 767062
- Post office
- Ullunda
- Population
- 1,224
- Households
- 330
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Sex ratio
- 990 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 592
- Distance to district centre
- 59 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 47 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 257 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 524 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barpali · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ramakrishna Poly Clinic · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Raksa compares
By population, Raksa ranks #12 of 159 villages in Ulunda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.1%
−0.1% vs mandal average
- Raksa
- 64.1%
- Ulunda mandal
- 64.2%
- Sonepur district
- 65.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
990
+24 vs mandal average
- Raksa
- 990
- Ulunda mandal
- 966
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Raksa
- 3.7
- Ulunda mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Raksa at a glance
Raksa is a village of 1,224 people in 330 households (Census 2011) in Ulunda block, Sonepur district, Odisha, the 12th-largest of 159 villages in Ulunda block. Literacy is 64%, about the same as the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Sonepur district centre, 26 km from Tora, the nearest town, 9 km from Barpali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 767062, served by Ullunda post office; the LGD village code is 419374. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ramakrishna Poly Clinic, 8 km away. The sarpanch is KALYANI MAJHI, and the village votes in Birmaharajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghunath Jagadala. The population is estimated at 1,443 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Raksa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SONAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 7
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Roxa
- Total area (ha)
- 409
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 265.45
- Forest area (ha)
- 3.32
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Raksa
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Key facts — Raksa
- LGD code
- 419374
- Pincode
- 767062
- Post office
- Ullunda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,224
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,443
- Households
- 330
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 990
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.14031°N, 83.52356°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Birmaharajpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghunath Jagadala
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KALYANI MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Ulunda
Getting there
How to reach Raksa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar257 kmcapital
- Kolkata524 km
- Hyderabad674 km
- Chennai960 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarpali9 km
- Hospital / PHCRamakrishna Poly Clinic8 km
- CollegeWomen's Jr College Play Ground60 km
- Police stationPolice Station58 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Raksa
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Leaning Temple of HumaTemple2.8 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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