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By population, Solabandha ranks #72 of 217 villages in Khalikote mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Solabandha is a village of 735 people in 147 households (Census 2011) in Khalikote block, Ganjam district, Odisha, the 72nd-largest of 217 villages in Khalikote block. Literacy is 69%, 10 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 889 women per 1,000 men. It lies 111 km from the Ganjam district centre, 28 km from Nuagaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 761030, served by Khallikote post office; the LGD village code is 411895. The nearest hospital or health centre is Utkal Kidney Foundation Clinic, <1 km away. The village votes in Mohana assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dasarathi Gomanga. The population is estimated at 867 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solabandha · this village | 735 | 69% | — |
| Solabandha · Narasinghpur | — | — | 0 km N |
| Solabandha · Narasinghpur | 1,422 | 63% | 0 km N |
| Rasalpur · Baliapal | 2,348 | 71% | 0.7 km NW |
| Gunapur · Baliapal | 748 | 77% | 0.7 km NW |
| Gopapur · Ghatgaon | 511 | 71% | 0.7 km NW |
| Gopapur · Palalahada | 108 | 37% | 0.7 km NW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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