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Dhar Population - Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Dhar is a medium size village located in Saluni Tehsil of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh with total 111 families residing. The Dhar village has population of 623 of which 289 are males while 334 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 16.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhar village is 1156 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhar as per census is 1737, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Dhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhar village was 68.40 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhar Male literacy stands at 80.48 % while female literacy rate was 57.09 %.

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 111 - -
Population 623 289 334
Child (0-6) 104 38 66
Schedule Caste 345 160 185
Schedule Tribe 113 50 63
Literacy 68.40 % 80.48 % 57.09 %
Total Workers 450 216 234
Main Worker 71 - -
Marginal Worker 379 159 220

Caste Factor

In Dhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.38 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 18.14 % of total population in Dhar village.

Work Profile

In Dhar village out of total population, 450 were engaged in work activities. 15.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 450 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.