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Dhar Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Dhar is a medium size village located in Chamba Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 135 families residing. The Dhar village has population of 763 of which 371 are males while 392 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 167 which makes up 21.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhar village is 1057 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhar as per census is 1257, 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 50.00 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhar Male literacy stands at 60.61 % while female literacy rate was 39.46 %.

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 135 - -
Population 763 371 392
Child (0-6) 167 74 93
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 743 362 381
Literacy 50.00 % 60.61 % 39.46 %
Total Workers 563 279 284
Main Worker 197 - -
Marginal Worker 366 108 258

Caste Factor

In Dhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.38 % of total population in Dhar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhar village of Chamba.

Work Profile

In Dhar village out of total population, 563 were engaged in work activities. 34.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 563 workers engaged in Main Work, 113 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.