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About Solakhia Village

Solakhia is a mid sized village in Dantan I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 576, made up of 286 males and 290 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Solakhia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Solakhia village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Dantan I
Pincode 721426
Area (hectares) 70.25 hectares
Population 576
Male Population 286
Female Population 290
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Solakhia compares

By the 2011 count Solakhia is the 104th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 70.25 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Solakhia

Solakhia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Solakhia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Shijua, Sijua, Simulia Uttar Mongalmari and Singda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Solakhia

As per the Census of India 2011, Solakhia village had a population of 576. That makes it the 104th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Solakhia village has 286 males and 290 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Solakhia has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Solakhia is 721426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Solakhia covers 70.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Solakhia falls under Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Solakhia notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Solakhia.

Solakhia is in Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Solakhia today is likely to be higher.

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