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Dhar Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dhar is a medium size village located in Shimla Rural Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 39 families residing. The Dhar village has population of 223 of which 112 are males while 111 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 12.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhar village is 991 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhar as per census is 400, 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 91.79 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhar Male literacy stands at 100.00 % while female literacy rate was 84.47 %.

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 39 - -
Population 223 112 111
Child (0-6) 28 20 8
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.79 % 100.00 % 84.47 %
Total Workers 68 61 7
Main Worker 64 - -
Marginal Worker 4 4 0

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Dhar village of Shimla district.

Work Profile

In Dhar village out of total population, 68 were engaged in work activities. 94.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 68 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.