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Dhar Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Dhar is a medium size village located in Theog Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 89 families residing. The Dhar village has population of 391 of which 189 are males while 202 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 14.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhar village is 1069 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhar as per census is 806, 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 86.27 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhar Male literacy stands at 90.51 % while female literacy rate was 82.49 %.

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 89 - -
Population 391 189 202
Child (0-6) 56 31 25
Schedule Caste 105 53 52
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.27 % 90.51 % 82.49 %
Total Workers 240 118 122
Main Worker 239 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Dhar village of Shimla has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.85 % of total population in Dhar village. The village Dhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhar village out of total population, 240 were engaged in work activities. 99.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 240 workers engaged in Main Work, 190 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.