Deharਦੇਹਰ

Where is Dehar?

Dehar is a village of Dera Baba Nanak tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dera Baba Nanak community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028896, and it covers 372 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,732 people in Dehar: 911 men and 821 women, living in 336 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 372 hectares, the population density works out to about 466 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 901 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 211, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 75 people, about 4 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.86 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.16 per cent and women at 57.73 per cent. The census recorded 559 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 509 main workers, the largest group, 179, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 178 other workers in trade, transport and services and 140 cultivators on their own land. A further 50 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dehar's land. Of the village's 372 hectares, 348 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (348 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 140 cultivators and 221 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government middle school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Dehar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dera Baba Nanak, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ransinke Tilla, Ali Nangal, Jiwan Nangal and Khawaja Wardag.

What is the population of Dehar?

The population of Dehar was 1,732 at the 2011 census, living in 336 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Dehar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Dehar has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.