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{{short description|Village in Jammu and Kashmir}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dhara
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = Union Territory
| subdivision_name1 = Jammu and Kashmir
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = Jammu
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| subdivision_name3 = [[Chenab Valley]]
| subdivision_type4 = District
| subdivision_name4 = [[Doda district|Doda]]
| subdivision_type5 = Tehsil
| subdivision_name5 = [[Doda, Jammu and Kashmir|Doda]]
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| population_total = 3441
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics1_title1 = Spoken
| demographics1_info1 = [[Sarazi]], [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code = 182201<ref name="j561">{{cite web | title=Dhara Pin Code | website=India TV News | url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/pincode/jammu-and-kashmir/doda/dhara | access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref>
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'''Dhara''' is a village located in the [[Doda, Jammu and Kashmir|Doda Tehsil]] of the [[Doda district]] in the Indian administered Union Territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Forest employee injured after bear attack | website=Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir | url=https://www.earlytimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=262069 | access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Work starts to provide piped water under central scheme to hilltop village in J-K's Doda | website=ETV Bharat News | date=24 September 2022 | url=https://www.etvbharat.com/english/bharat/work-starts-to-provide-piped-water-under-central-scheme-to-hilltop-village-in-j-ks-doda/na20220924153248991991641 | access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
According to the 2011 Census, the village of Dhara had a significant population of children aged 0-6, comprising 21.51% of the total population, with 740 children in this age group. The average sex ratio in Dhara is 928, which is higher than the state average of 889. The child sex ratio in Dhara stands at 968, also higher than the Jammu and Kashmir state average of 862.<ref name="census2011">{{cite web | title=District Doda Handbook | website=Census 2011, Government of India |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/520/download/1728/DH_2011_0116_PART_A_DCHB_DODA.pdf | access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref>

As of the 2011 Census, Dhara had a total population of 3,441 people, with 1,785 males and 1,656 females residing in the village.<ref name="census2011"/>

== Education ==
Dhara village has a lower literacy rate compared to the overall literacy rate in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, the literacy rate in Dhara was 58.68%, while the state average was 67.16%. Among the population, male literacy stood at 72.04%, while female literacy was 44.12%.<ref name="census2011"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Villages in Doda district]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Chenab Valley]]

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