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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
VL
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
vala lumbhabhai maldebhai
Contact: 99****3925
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- LGD code
- 515089
- Pincode
- 362268
- Post office
- Prabhas Patan
- Population
- 2,523
- Households
- 404
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,248
- Distance to district centre
- 46 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 265 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 334 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhader · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Barvaliya Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Solaj compares
By population, Solaj ranks #12 of 46 villages in Sutrapada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.7%
+11.1% vs mandal average
- Solaj
- 72.7%
- Sutrapada mandal
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
−6 vs mandal average
- Solaj
- 966
- Sutrapada mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
6.2
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Solaj
- 6.2
- Sutrapada mandal
- 5.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Solaj at a glance
Solaj is a village of 2,523 people in 404 households (Census 2011) in Sutrapada taluka, Gir Somnath district, Gujarat, the 12th-largest of 46 villages in Sutrapada taluka. Literacy is 73%, 11 points above the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. It lies 46 km from the Gir Somnath district centre, 18 km from Dhari, the nearest town, 9 km from Bhader railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 362268, served by Prabhas Patan post office; the LGD village code is 515089. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Barvaliya Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is vala lumbhabhai maldebhai, and the village votes in Dhari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kakadiya Jaysukhbhai Vallabhbhai (Kakadiya J.V.). The population is estimated at 2,975 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Solaj
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KODINAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 110
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SOLAJ
- Total area (ha)
- 1,034.67
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 700.46
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Solaj
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Solaj
- LGD code
- 515089
- Pincode
- 362268
- Post office
- Prabhas Patan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,523
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,975
- Households
- 404
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Coordinates
- 21.44844°N, 70.91031°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Amreli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhari
- Member of Parliament
- Bharatbhai Sutariya
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kakadiya Jaysukhbhai Vallabhbhai (Kakadiya J.V.)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- vala lumbhabhai maldebhai
- Block / Mandal
- Sutrapada
- Nearest railway station
- Jetalvad (13.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Solaj
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar265 kmcapital
- Mumbai334 km
- Hyderabad914 km
- Delhi1018 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhader9 km
- Bus stopAMARAPUR23 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Barvaliya Hospital5 km
- ATM / banksaurashtra gramin bank, keriyachad29 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil26 km
- CollegeGMERS Colleage47 km
- Police stationPolice Line47 km
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- GovindparaPatan-Veraval mandal4,574 pop
- PransliSutrapada mandal4,361 pop
- AjothaPatan-Veraval mandal4,101 pop
- IndroiPatan-Veraval mandal4,054 pop
- Gorakh MadhiSutrapada mandal3,623 pop
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View all 46+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)