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Dhar Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dhar is a medium size village located in Rampur Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 59 families residing. The Dhar village has population of 266 of which 134 are males while 132 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 21 which makes up 7.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhar village is 985 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhar as per census is 1333, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhar village was 70.20 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhar Male literacy stands at 80.00 % while female literacy rate was 60.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dhar 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 Dhar village.

Dhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 59 - -
Population 266 134 132
Child (0-6) 21 9 12
Schedule Caste 4 1 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.20 % 80.00 % 60.00 %
Total Workers 171 88 83
Main Worker 107 - -
Marginal Worker 64 24 40

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.50 % of total population in Dhar village. The village Dhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhar village out of total population, 171 were engaged in work activities. 62.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 171 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.