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Dhar Population - Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir

Dhar is a medium size village located in Chhatroo Tehsil of Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 366 families residing. The Dhar village has population of 1472 of which 776 are males while 696 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 256 which makes up 17.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhar village is 897 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhar as per census is 954, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Dhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhar village was 59.38 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Dhar Male literacy stands at 75.19 % while female literacy rate was 41.51 %.

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 366 - -
Population 1,472 776 696
Child (0-6) 256 131 125
Schedule Caste 130 69 61
Schedule Tribe 24 17 7
Literacy 59.38 % 75.19 % 41.51 %
Total Workers 707 380 327
Main Worker 387 - -
Marginal Worker 320 94 226

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.83 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.63 % of total population in Dhar village.

Work Profile

In Dhar village out of total population, 707 were engaged in work activities. 54.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 707 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.