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Dhar Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dhar is a medium size village located in Cheta Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 120 families residing. The Dhar village has population of 810 of which 407 are males while 403 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 14.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhar village is 990 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhar as per census is 873, 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 65.61 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhar Male literacy stands at 73.26 % while female literacy rate was 58.05 %.

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 120 - -
Population 810 407 403
Child (0-6) 118 63 55
Schedule Caste 253 127 126
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.61 % 73.26 % 58.05 %
Total Workers 451 243 208
Main Worker 230 - -
Marginal Worker 221 61 160

Caste Factor

Dhar village of Shimla has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.23 % 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, 451 were engaged in work activities. 51.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 451 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.