# Dotkuli Village, Chamorshi, Gadchiroli (Maharashtra)

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Village · Chamorshi, Gadchiroli 

# Dotkuli

Dotkuli is a village in Chamorshi sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,020 people in 246 households**, the 56th largest of 185 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 1,020people (2011)
- 246households
- 68.6%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Dotkuli PIN code and other codes

Dotkuli falls in Chamorshi sub-district, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockChamorshi
- Census village code539223

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Dotkuli from nearby towns?

- Chamorshi (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ)50 km by road
- Mul (nearest town)24 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Dotkuli?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Dotkuli; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bhendala
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chamorshi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 14 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dotkuli known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include bran. About 73% of the 466 hectares of village land is sown, and 90 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Dotkuli

Of every 100 households in Dotkuli in 2011, 62 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dotkuli · ■ Chamorshi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****60%**

**74%

Television ****15%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**91%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dotkuli?

■ Dotkuli · ■ Chamorshi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**970

Working population ****61.7%**

**55.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 59.9% for women. 61% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 228 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (22%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 44 (7%) · **■** Marginal 216 (34%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chamorshi

- Wakadi1,060 people
- Mohurli Mokasa1,059 people
- Navegaon Mal1,032 people
- Wagdara1,031 people
- Bhadbhidi alias Bilaspur1,013 people
- Thakurnagar1,006 people
- Shankarpur1,001 people
- Markandadeo994 people

[All 203 villages in Chamorshi](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/gadchiroli/chamorshi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dotkuli from Gadchiroli?50 km by road
- What is the population of Dotkuli?1,020 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dotkuli in?Gadchiroli district (Chamorshi sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Dotkuli?68.6% (Census 2011)