Dhar is a district located in Madhya Pradesh state of India. There are total 13 blocks which comes under Dhar district, and there are total 1519 villages and 2 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Dhar district is 438 and number of houses in this district is 342975.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1790452. Out of total 1790452, male population count is 904366, where as female population count is 886086 in Dhar.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 302648 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 302648 children 156507 are boys and 146141 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Dhar district is 45%. 809106 out of total 1790452 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 53% and 484853 males are literate out of total 904366 male population, where as female literacy rate is 63% and 324253 out of total 886086 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Dhar district is 54%. 981346 out of total 1790452 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 46% and 419513 males are illiterate out of total 904366 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 63% and 561833 out of total 886086 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Dhar district is 884695 and non-working population is 905757 and out of 884695 working population 331353 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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