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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Redhakhol
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| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = redhakhol.jpg
| image_alt = Siva temple near Redhakhol
| image_caption = Siva temple near Redhakhol
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Odisha, India
| coordinates = {{coord|20|04|22|N|84|20|36|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Odisha]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sambalpur district|Sambalpur]]
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Odia language|Odia]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Redhakhol''' is a town and a [[notified area committee]] in [[Sambalpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Odisha]].It has the following banks: Canara Bank, DCB, SBI, Union Bank, UGB and Central Bank.

==Geography==
Redhakhol is located at {{Coord|21.07|N|84.35|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/21/Rampur2.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Redhakhol]</ref> It has an average elevation of {{convert|182|m|ft|abbr=on}}.


==History==
{{main|Rairakhol State}}
During the [[British Raj]] era, Rairakhol was the capital of [[Rairakhol State]], one of the several [[princely states]] of the [[Eastern States Agency]]. It had been a feudatory state to [[Bamra]] until the 18th century.<ref name="TGI">[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/r/rairakhol.html Rairakhol Princely State - "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 539]</ref><ref name="IGI">[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_067.gif ''Imperial Gazetteer of India,'' v. 21, p. 61.]</ref>

==Location==
[[National Highway 55 (India)|National Highway 55]] passes through Redhakhol. It is around 67 km south of [[Sambalpur]], the district headquarters.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Redhakhol had a population of 13,722. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Redhakhol has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 55%. In Redhakhol, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.india9.com/i9show/Rairakhol-63946.htm About Rairakhol]

{{Sambalpur district}}
{{Municipalities of Odisha}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Sambalpur district]]

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