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Gram panchayat · Phiringia block · Kandhamal

Solaguda gram panchayat

Solaguda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 25 villages, home to 2,541 people in 602 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
25
Population (2011)
2,541
Literacy
52.0%
Area
38.1 km²
LGD code
118975

Villages of Solaguda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Tanasu10241644.3%22%66%
Takeriguda9737043.3%19%62%
Badapaju6630259.2%0%99%
Nedipadar5523165.9%32%23%
Pidiapanga4622074.6%38%29%
Tambisuga5021146.8%1%73%
Bakepanga5420550.3%32%20%
Muruja2310735.8%0%91%
Jalapadar208458.9%43%54%
Kumbharkhol167280.0%15%85%
Mindupriya177040.7%77%23%
Mundasahi115572.9%27%73%
Kadari104827.5%0%100%
Mionitodri93644.1%0%100%
Saleni93434.5%0%100%
Muskulipadar62445.0%0%46%
Rasipadar3205.9%0%100%
Dandabasu31743.8%0%100%
Katramal21057.1%0%100%
Rajingapadara3928.6%0%67%
Katakeri00–––
Sarupaju00–––
Tadrakaju00–––
Dameriguda–––––
Tadeakaju–––––

Villages: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Government of India — data dump of December 2022 via github.com/planemad/india-local-government-directory (December 2022). Figures: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level); a dash means the census figures could not be matched to the village.

People and work in Solaguda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,541
1,232 male · 1,309 female
Households
602
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
52.0%
below Phiringia block's villages (59.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,063
above Phiringia block's villages (1,049)
Children aged 0–6
396
15.6% of residents
Workers
1,268
49.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
504 (19.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,554 (61.2%)

What the 1,268 workers did

  • Cultivators165 (13.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers114 (9.0%)
  • Household industry10 (0.8%)
  • Other work62 (4.9%)
  • Marginal workers917 (72.3%)

Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level), summed over the panchayat's villages (2011).

Facilities in the villages of Solaguda

How many of the 20 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 23 villages cover 38 km², 13% of it sown with crops and 19% forest.

Education

  • Primary school10 of 20
  • Middle school3 of 20
  • Secondary school0 of 20
  • Senior secondary school1 of 20
  • Degree college0 of 20

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 20
  • Health sub-centre0 of 20
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 20

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 20
  • Hand pump10 of 20
  • Electricity for homes0 of 20

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 20
  • Public bus0 of 20
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 20

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 20
  • Commercial bank0 of 20
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 20
  • Weekly haat0 of 20
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (18), Maize (11), Horse Gram (11), Til (7), Turmeric (3), Millet (1), Ground Nuts (1), Ground Nut (1).

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since. Facilities in towns are not included.

Other gram panchayats in Phiringia block

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