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Dhar Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dhar is a small village located in Theog Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 30 families residing. The Dhar village has population of 141 of which 63 are males while 78 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 9 which makes up 6.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhar village is 1238 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhar as per census is 800, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhar village was 80.30 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhar Male literacy stands at 89.66 % while female literacy rate was 72.97 %.

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 30 - -
Population 141 63 78
Child (0-6) 9 5 4
Schedule Caste 66 31 35
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.30 % 89.66 % 72.97 %
Total Workers 57 31 26
Main Worker 54 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

In Dhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.81 % 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, 57 were engaged in work activities. 94.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 57 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.