Pauri

1 in 7 schools here has an issue in the government’s record

311 of 2,273 girls’ and co-ed schools

1.7× the Uttarakhand average (1 in 13)

Block registry

Rank	Block	Schools with issuesIssues	How commonRate
01	Ekeshwar	29	1 in 4
02	Rikhanikhal	29	1 in 5
03	Nainidanda	32	1 in 5
04	Bironkhal	34	1 in 5
05	Pokhra	15	1 in 6
06	Thalisain	33	1 in 6
07	Kaljikhal	19	1 in 7
08	Dwarikahl	24	1 in 7
09	Pauri	15	1 in 8
10	Khirsu	15	1 in 9
11	Kot	12	1 in 10
12	Jaiharikhal	12	1 in 10
13	Pabau	12	1 in 12
14	Yamkeshwar	12	1 in 14
15	Dugadda	18	1 in 16

“Issues” means one thing here: no girls’ toilet, or one that does not work. That is all UDISE+ 2024-25 records. A school shown with none may still have plenty.

What else these schools report

Of the 311 schools in Pauri listed here, this is what their own UDISE+ 2024-25 records show. These counts describe those schools, not every school in Pauri.

303 No accessible toilet for disabled children
158 No working toilet for boys
126 No playground
120 No female teacher
110 A classroom needs major repair
74 No ramp for disabled children
56 Only one teacher for the whole school
54 Nowhere to wash hands
44 No electricity
27 No library
5 No teacher at all
3 No drinking water

Elected representatives in the area

The sitting members for the assembly seats these schools fall in. Listed because they are who to ask — not as a claim that they caused it.

Daleep Singh Rawat BJP Lainsdown · 80 of these schools Record
Satpal Maharaj BJP Chobattakhal · 74 of these schools Record
Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat BJP Srinagar · 61 of these schools Record
Rajkumar Pori BJP Pauri · 46 of these schools Record
Renu Bisht BJP Yamkeshwar · 45 of these schools Record
Ritu Khanduri Bhushan BJP Kotdwar · 5 of these schools Record

Photographs from Election Commission of India affidavits, as published by MyNeta (ADR).