About Raikala Village

Raikala is a mid sized village in Kendujhar Sadar tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,652, made up of 862 males and 790 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 491 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Raikala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raikala village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
Tehsil	Kendujhar Sadar
Pincode	758031
Area (hectares)	491 hectares
Population	1,652
Male Population	862
Female Population	790
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Raikala compares

By the 2011 count Raikala is the 17th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 760 residents. Its 491 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Raikala

Raikala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Raikala as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Raikala from other places

Raikala lies about 21 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Porjanpur, about 9.5 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Raikala
Nearest railway station	Porjanpur	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kendujhar Sadar	21 km
District headquarters	Kendujhar	21 km
Nearest town	Keonjhargarh	21 km

Villages closest to Raikala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kendujhar Sadar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Raikala

As per the Census of India 2011, Raikala village had a population of 1,652. That makes it the 17th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 760 residents.

Raikala village has 862 males and 790 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raikala has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Raikala is 758031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Raikala covers 491 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Raikala falls under Kendujhar Sadar tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Raikala is Porjanpur, about 9.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Raikala.

Raikala is about 21 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Raikala is in Kendujhar Sadar tehsil of Kendujhar district. Porjanpur is about 9.5 km away. Kendujhar Sadar is about 21 km away. Kendujhar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.