About Dharar Village

Dharar is a large village in Amritsar I tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,704, made up of 1,955 males and 1,749 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 742 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Amritsar I
Pincode	143115
Area (hectares)	742 hectares
Population	3,704
Male Population	1,955
Female Population	1,749
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dharar compares

By the 2011 count Dharar is the 15th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 742 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Dharar

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

How far is Dharar from other places

Dharar lies about 20 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Jandiala, about 6.1 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 Dharar
Nearest town	Jandiāla Gurū	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Jandiala	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amritsar I	20 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	20 km

Villages closest to Dharar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amritsar I 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 Dharar

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharar village had a population of 3,704. That makes it the 15th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Dharar village has 1,955 males and 1,749 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharar has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Dharar is 143115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharar covers 742 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharar falls under Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Dharar is Jandiala, about 6.1 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 village for Dharar.

Dharar is about 20 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharar is in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district. Jandiāla Gurū is about 4.0 km away. Jandiala is about 6.1 km away. Amritsar I is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.