Deharਦੇਹਰ

Where is Dehar?

Dehar is a village of Chamkaur Sahib tehsil in Rupnagar district, Punjab, in the Puadh region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chamkaur Sahib community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038858, and it covers 217 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,093 people in Dehar: 578 men and 515 women, living in 223 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 217 hectares, the population density works out to about 504 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 891 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 120, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 551 people, about 50 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.33 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.1 per cent and women at 71.15 per cent. The census recorded 499 workers, about 46 per cent of the village. Of the 490 main workers, the largest group, 387, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 97 cultivators on their own land and 6 household industry workers. A further 9 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 217 hectares, 178 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (178 hectares). About 29 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. With 99 cultivators and 0 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 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 Chamkaur Sahib, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Chamkaur Sahib, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gagon, Mundian, Bara Gadhram and Haron.

What is the population of Dehar?

The population of Dehar was 1,093 at the 2011 census, living in 223 households in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Dehar have?

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