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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 61 families residing. The Dhar village has population of 287 of which 154 are males while 133 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 25 which makes up 8.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhar village is 864 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhar as per census is 923, 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 77.10 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Dhar Male literacy stands at 87.23 % while female literacy rate was 65.29 %.

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 61 - -
Population 287 154 133
Child (0-6) 25 13 12
Schedule Caste 85 41 44
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.10 % 87.23 % 65.29 %
Total Workers 197 106 91
Main Worker 108 - -
Marginal Worker 89 15 74

Caste Factor

Dhar village of Shimla has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.62 % 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, 197 were engaged in work activities. 54.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 197 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.