About Dhar Village

Dhar is a mid sized village in Dharangaon tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,025, made up of 513 males and 512 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 923.83 hectares hectares.

Dhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhar village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalgaon
Tehsil	Dharangaon
Area (hectares)	923.83 hectares
Population	1,025
Male Population	513
Female Population	512
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dhar compares

By the 2011 count Dhar is the 54th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,569 residents. Its 923.83 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 914.

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 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 18 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paldhi, about 7.5 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	Paldhi	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dharangaon	16 km
District headquarters	Jalgaon	18 km

Villages closest to Dhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dharangaon 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 1,025. That makes it the 54th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,569 residents.

Dhar village has 513 males and 512 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhar has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 914.

Dhar covers 923.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhar falls under Dharangaon tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dhar is Paldhi, about 7.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Dhar is about 18 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhar is in Dharangaon tehsil of Jalgaon district. Paldhi is about 7.5 km away. Dharangaon is about 16 km away. Jalgaon is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.