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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 159 families residing. The Dhar village has population of 749 of which 389 are males while 360 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 8.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhar village is 925 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhar as per census is 1133, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhar village was 86.72 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhar Male literacy stands at 91.36 % while female literacy rate was 81.60 %.

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 159 - -
Population 749 389 360
Child (0-6) 64 30 34
Schedule Caste 381 186 195
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 86.72 % 91.36 % 81.60 %
Total Workers 446 238 208
Main Worker 313 - -
Marginal Worker 133 72 61

Caste Factor

In Dhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.87 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.13 % of total population in Dhar village.

Work Profile

In Dhar village out of total population, 446 were engaged in work activities. 70.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 446 workers engaged in Main Work, 248 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.