Dakolu (175)
Narkanda block · Shimla
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 171212
· village code 23966
Population 2011
227
Census of India
Population 2020
270
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.9%
43 people · 1.9% a year
Households
66
+20.0% vs 55 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
227
Male / female
114 / 113
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
991
Children aged 0–6
28
Literacy rate
65.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
113 / 0
Working population
140
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.6%
Households
55
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
10
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
5
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
62
Non-farm households
3
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
12 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
12 / 12 / 6
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kotighat panchayat, Narkanda zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹2.84 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.87 lakh
Received directly
₹2.70 lakh
Spent
₹3.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.22 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.90 lakh · received ₹2.44 lakh · spent ₹2.74 lakh · left ₹4.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹93,971 · received ₹3.44 lakh · spent ₹45,659 · left ₹4.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.3333, 77.4169 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Shimla district ·
School
staffing across Shimla ·
…and across Himachal Pradesh