About Dhar Village

Dhar is a small village in Junga tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 55, made up of 24 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,292 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Junga
Pincode	173217
Area (hectares)	76.31 hectares
Population	55
Male Population	24
Female Population	31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,292
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhar compares

By the 2011 count Dhar is the 48th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 230 residents. Its 76.31 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Dhar

Dhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhar from other places

Dhar lies about 29 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 18 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Dhar
Nearest railway station	Salogra	18 km
Nearest town	Solan	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Junga	20 km
District headquarters	Shimla	29 km

Villages closest to Dhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Junga tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Dhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhar village had a population of 55. That makes it the 48th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 230 residents.

Dhar village has 24 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhar has about 1292 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Dhar is 173217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhar covers 76.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhar falls under Junga tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhar is Salogra, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dhar.

Dhar is about 29 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhar is in Junga tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 18 km away. Solan is about 20 km away. Junga is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.