Raighar

Raighar belongs to the inland uplands of southwestern Odisha, in a broad region where forests, cultivated valleys and local chiefly territories meet. Communities combined farming with the use of woodland resources, and their work followed the seasonal arrival of rain. Rice could be grown where water and soils permitted, while other crops and gathered products supported households in different environments. Paths and market gatherings connected villages whose languages and social traditions were often distinct.

Much of this upland lay within the domain of the Suryavanshi rulers of Jeypore.