Dakolu Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dakolu is a medium size village located in Kumharsain Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 55 families residing. The Dakolu village has population of 227 of which 114 are males while 113 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakolu village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 12.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakolu village is 991 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakolu as per census is 1000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dakolu village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakolu village was 74.37 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dakolu Male literacy stands at 78.00 % while female literacy rate was 70.71 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dakolu village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Dakolu village.

Dakolu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	55	-	-
Population	227	114	113
Child (0-6)	28	14	14
Schedule Caste	113	58	55
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.37 %	78.00 %	70.71 %
Total Workers	140	73	67
Main Worker	99	-	-
Marginal Worker	41	6	35

Caste Factor

In Dakolu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.78 % of total population in Dakolu village. The village Dakolu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dakolu village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 70.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.