Schools in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh to remain shut tomorrow amid heavy rainfall
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Dasoli observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
The principal temple recorded for Pankhu mandal is Chiltha Mai. No temple of this dedication is on record within Dasoli itself.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Dasoli ranks #1 of 33 villages in Pankhu mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dasoli is a village of 759 people in 164 households (Census 2011) in Pankhu tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the largest of 33 villages in Pankhu tehsil. Literacy is 77%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 1,003 women per 1,000 men. It lies 68 km from the Pithoragarh district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262533, served by Pankhu post office; the LGD village code is 49576. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pipalkoti SD Ground Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is kailash chandra, and the village votes in Kapkote assembly constituency, represented by MLA Suresh Gariya. The population is estimated at 895 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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