About Dhar Village

Dhar is a mid sized village in Sunderbani tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 534, made up of 285 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1090.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Sunderbani
Pincode	185156
Area (hectares)	1090.6 hectares
Population	534
Male Population	285
Female Population	249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhar compares

By the 2011 count Dhar is the 31st largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents. Its 1090.6 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

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 village. 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 47 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 49 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
Tehsil headquarters	Sunderbani	13 km
Nearest town	Akhnūr	30 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	47 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	49 km

Villages closest to Dhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sunderbani 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 534. That makes it the 31st largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents.

Dhar village has 285 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhar has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Dhar is 185156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhar covers 1090.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhar falls under Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dhar is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 49 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 village for Dhar.

Dhar is about 47 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhar is in Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district. Sunderbani is about 13 km away. Akhnūr is about 30 km away. Rajouri is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.