Doodh wala hisab: how to keep each house's monthly milk bill
Litres a day × days × rate, less the days they skipped. A worked month, a simple day sheet and how to stop arguments at the month's end.
Munshi Team · 12 Nov 2026 · 2 min read
A house's month bill is: (usual litres × days delivered) + extra litres − skipped days, all × the rate. Write the usual quantity once and mark only the days that were different.
A worked month
Example rate only. Your own rate is what you agree with each house.
| Litres | |
|---|---|
| 2 litres a day × 30 days | 60 |
| Extra 1 litre on 4 Sundays | +4 |
| Away for 5 days (2 litres each) | −10 |
| Month | 54 |
At Rs 220 a litre: 54 × 220 = Rs 11,880. Add anything still owed from last month, take off what they paid in advance.
The day sheet
Most houses take the same every day. Keep one sheet a day with everyone's usual quantity already written, and change only:
- who took more (guests, a wedding, Sunday);
- who took less;
- who was away (write 0).
That is four or five changes a day instead of sixty entries.
Bottles and cylinders
For water bottles or LPG, write what you left and the empties you took back. The difference is how many each house holds. When a customer stops, you know how many bottles to collect.
At the month's end
Give each house one bill with total litres, rate, amount and what was owed before. Sent on WhatsApp, it is on their phone when they say "itna nahi tha".
The doodh wala app does this for you: the rider's sheet fills itself every morning, bottles are counted, and month bills go on each house's khata and WhatsApp with one tap. Start free.
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