Raikia, Kandhamal

Raikia is a Block, Tehsil and Panchayat Samiti in the Kandhamal district of Odisha.

As on April 2024, the current population of Raikia is 8.7 thousands out of which 4.1 thousands are males and rest 4.6 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this place is 1134 females per 1000 males. There are around 848 teenagers in Raikia. It has literacy rate of 76% which means around 6.6 thousands persons can read and write. Total 574 people belonging to scheduled caste and 4 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the place. There are around 1.9 thousands households in Raikia, which means every family has 4 members on average. The place has working population of 3 thousands.

Schools

Raikia has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Jeevan Jyoti Higher Secondary School Raikia Raikia
• Govt. High School, Mandakia
• Saraswati Sishu Mandiar, Raikia
• Govt. Girls High School, Raikia
• St. Catherines Girls High School, Raikia

Raikia Panchayat Samiti

Manini Pradhan is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Raikia, who can be contacted at email address ori-raikia@nic.in and mobile number 93370xxx09. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Prabin Kumar Banua, who can be reached at email address prabin.banua1@gmail.com and mobile number 63709xxx13. The Block address is Panchayat Samiti, Raikia, Pincode - 762101. You can reach there by taking a bus till Raikia bus stop which is around 5 km away. The Block has internet facility.There are eight computers, two laptops, four printers and one scanner available for various works.Raikia Panchayat Samiti consists of total 12 Gram Panchayat.

• Dadingia
• Gumamaha
• Indragarh
• Karada
• Mandakia
• Manikeswar
• Petapanga
• Raikia
• Ranaba
• Sugudabadi
• Beredakia
• Badabarba

Raikia Gram Panchayat

Raikia is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Raikia Tehsil in Kandhamal district of Odisha, which falls under Raikia block. Panchu Pradhan is the President of Raikia Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address ori-raikia@nic.in and mobile number 79787xxx05. The Secretary is Anil Kumar Pattanaik, who can be reached at email address anil9439306782@gmail.com and mobile number 94393xxx82. The Panchayat address is Raikia, Pincode - 762101. You can reach there by taking a bus till Raikia bus stop which is a bit far away.

Covered villages

Raikia Gram Panchayat manages total 2 villages.

• Gamandi
• Raikia