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Dhar Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Dhar is a medium size village located in Dharmsala Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 202 families residing. The Dhar village has population of 1054 of which 542 are males while 512 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 11.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhar village is 945 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhar as per census is 676, 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 81.40 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhar Male literacy stands at 92.74 % while female literacy rate was 69.91 %.

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 202 - -
Population 1,054 542 512
Child (0-6) 124 74 50
Schedule Caste 401 205 196
Schedule Tribe 592 302 290
Literacy 81.40 % 92.74 % 69.91 %
Total Workers 277 251 26
Main Worker 275 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Dhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 56.17 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 38.05 % of total population in Dhar village.

Work Profile

In Dhar village out of total population, 277 were engaged in work activities. 99.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 277 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.