Ratakhandi observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
By population, Ratakhandi ranks #78 of 153 villages in Hemgir mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ratakhandi is a village of 314 people in 83 households (Census 2011) in Hemgir block, Sundargarh district, Odisha, the 78th-largest of 153 villages in Hemgir block. Literacy is 73%, 7 points above the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 987 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 770013, served by Hemgir post office; the LGD village code is 383585. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Mathili, 21 km away. The sarpanch is Mangalbati Oram, and the village votes in Sonepur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Niranjan Pujari. The population is estimated at 370 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kanaktura →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratakhandi · this village | 314 | 73% | — |
| Ratakhandi · Balangir | 738 | 55% | 0 km N |
| Ratakhandi · Manamunda | 894 | 68% | 0 km N |
| Ratakhandi · Bisra | 662 | 52% | 0 km N |
| Ratakhandi · Biramitrapur | 1,907 | 52% | 0 km N |
| Ratakhandi · Reamal | 121 | 58% | 0 km N |
| Ratakhandi · Tushura | 1,479 | 55% | 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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