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Dhara Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dhara is a small village located in Rohru Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 40 families residing. The Dhara village has population of 159 of which 85 are males while 74 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhara village population of children with age 0-6 is 13 which makes up 8.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhara village is 871 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhara as per census is 857, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dhara village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhara village was 78.08 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhara Male literacy stands at 87.18 % while female literacy rate was 67.65 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dhara 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 Dhara village.

Dhara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 40 - -
Population 159 85 74
Child (0-6) 13 7 6
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.08 % 87.18 % 67.65 %
Total Workers 108 58 50
Main Worker 58 - -
Marginal Worker 50 3 47

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.26 % of total population in Dhara village. The village Dhara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhara village out of total population, 108 were engaged in work activities. 53.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 108 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.