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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
HD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Hema Devi
Contact: 98****2533
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- LGD code
- 7219
- Pincode
- 176320
- Post office
- Salooni
- Population
- 623
- Households
- 111
- Literacy rate
- 57%
- Sex ratio
- 1156 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 450
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhar (236) compares
By population, Dhar (236) ranks #13 of 167 villages in Saluni mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.0%
−2.1% vs mandal average
- Dhar (236)
- 57.0%
- Saluni mandal
- 59.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,156
+179 vs mandal average
- Dhar (236)
- 1,156
- Saluni mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Dhar (236)
- 5.6
- Saluni mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhar (236) at a glance
Dhar (236) is a village of 623 people in 111 households (Census 2011) in Saluni tehsil, Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, the 13th-largest of 167 villages in Saluni tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,156 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 176320, served by Salooni post office; the LGD village code is 7219. The sarpanch is Hema Devi . The population is estimated at 735 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Singadhar →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhar (236) · this village | 623 | 57% | — |
| Singa (237) · Saluni | 586 | 54% | — |
| Kundi (211) · Saluni | 474 | 71% | — |
| Shalla (212) · Saluni | 127 | 54% | — |
| D.P.F. Singa (238) · Saluni | 0 | — | — |
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Key facts — Dhar (236)
- LGD code
- 7219
- Pincode
- 176320
- Post office
- Salooni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 623
- Population (projected 2026)
- 735
- Households
- 111
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1156
- Literacy rate
- 57.0%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Hema Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Saluni
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 176320
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Dhar (236)
Other villages in Saluni mandal
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- Bhasua (170)
- Sarog (173)
- Sanghni (156)
- Dand (188)
- Byana (234)
- Gulel (199)
- Manjeer (228)
- Bachuni (76)
- Aihni (222)
- Jakhral (174)
- Indereshwar (223)
- Kundhal (186)
- Dhutta (197)
- Bhadroh (168)
- Singa (237)
- Kuthehad (203)
- Jalari (162)
- Langoi (187)
- Sanunh (166)
- Danoon (71)
- Badi (114)
- Kandhwara (270)
- Pudhan (120)
- Suraila Pukhri (73)
- Kundi (211)
- Bhadol (193)
- Airuwan (74)
- Ranjni (128)
- Talodi (70)
- Daloi (202)
- Jalai (86)
- Bhiyali (72)
- Ghadetra(113)
- Gahal (83)
- Maida (182)
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)