Rairangpur (Odia pronunciationⓘ) is a city and a tehsil in the Mayurbhanj district situated on the banks of the river Khadkhai in the state of Odisha, India.

[2] Previously, the town was originally called 'Brahmin Ghati', named after the area's relatively hilly terrain.

However the earliest recorded mention of Bamanghati is featured in the Map of Bengal and Bahar, 1781 by Rennell, James.

Towards the end of March, 1866, the people of the Bamanghati pargana revolted against the rule of Shrinath Bhanja Deo for his inability to handle the Na Ankha Durvikhya famine, though this was suppressed by the Maharaja's administration shortly after.

The Mayurbhanj princely state heavily influenced Rairangpur's culture and politics from the 17th century AD till its accession to the Dominion of India in 1949.

Rairangpur acts as a liaison centre between Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, Durgapur in West Bengal and the iron ore mines in Gorumahisani, Badampahar and Suleipat.

The steel factories of Tata and the surrounding areas rely partly on the iron ores extracted from these mines.

The area suffers due to less attention in the political environment with few resources and funds allocated for development from government or private sources.

Air conditioned luxurious buses to Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Keonjhar, Rourkela, Tatanagar and Kolkata are available.

Being the most popular cricket tournament here, teams of different parts of the state and nearby participate and perform their talent.

Rairangpurians follow a moderate lifestyle and they live in peace and harmony and celebrate various religious festivals together.

Some of the Government & Private funded educational institutes are : Mr. Abhishek Pattanaik of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is the chairperson of the Rairangpur Municipality.

Mr. Jalen Naik of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the present MLA from Rairangpur Assembly Constituency, Mr. Nabacharan Majhi of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who was previous MLA won MP elections in 2024 recently and became a Member of Parliament from Rairangpur (Mayurbhanj).

Previous MLAs from this seat were Mr. Saiba Sushil Kumar Hansdah of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in 2014.