Wikipedia
Risida is a place located in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha, India at 20.14633 North Latitude and 83.06109 East longitude. It is located on the Tel River basin at the quadra-junction of Kalahandi, Balangir, Boudh, and Kandhamal. Since the British Rule Risida has developed into a commercial and educational centre. This place has hundreds of marketing stalls. Risida is 84 kilometres from Bhawanipatna, the district headquarters of Kalahandi and 450 kilometres from Bhubaneswar. A large weekly market called Hat is organised on Saturday. About 55,000 people gather on that day. The speciality of the Hat is cattle market.
Risida (in Oriya : rICIwA A)is a cluster of three revenue villages of Risida Kumbharpada, Risida Kandhapada and Salandiamunda. Name ‘Risida’ has been derived from the sage (Rishi) Rusabha. It was a place where the hermitage of Rusabha* was situated. The copper plates mentions the ‘Telipadar’ of Risida. Telipadar was a settlement of Fourth Century A.D. During the British Rule, the King of Kalahandi Udit Deo came to Risida for land survey in 1883.He divided Risida into three revenue settlements headed by a Gauntia (head of the village for revenue collection). Now it is in the Karlamunda Block of Kalahandi district, Odisha.