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Dhar Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Dhar is a medium size village located in Mukerian Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 207 families residing. The Dhar village has population of 1052 of which 529 are males while 523 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 12.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhar village is 989 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhar as per census is 1015, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Dhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhar village was 84.77 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Dhar Male literacy stands at 90.28 % while female literacy rate was 79.17 %.

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 207 - -
Population 1,052 529 523
Child (0-6) 133 66 67
Schedule Caste 157 70 87
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.77 % 90.28 % 79.17 %
Total Workers 237 217 20
Main Worker 161 - -
Marginal Worker 76 69 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.92 % 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, 237 were engaged in work activities. 67.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 237 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 77 were Agricultural labourer.