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Dhar Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dhar is a medium size village located in Jubbal Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 154 families residing. The Dhar village has population of 721 of which 367 are males while 354 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 9.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhar village is 965 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhar as per census is 651, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhar village was 83.85 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhar Male literacy stands at 93.21 % while female literacy rate was 74.54 %.

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 154 - -
Population 721 367 354
Child (0-6) 71 43 28
Schedule Caste 15 6 9
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.85 % 93.21 % 74.54 %
Total Workers 300 205 95
Main Worker 194 - -
Marginal Worker 106 39 67

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.08 % 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, 300 were engaged in work activities. 64.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 300 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.