| Dawar | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Jammu and Kashmir#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Coordinates: | 34.63°N 74.82°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | Union Territory |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bandipora |
| Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
| Subdivision Name3: | Gurez |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 4253[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[2] [3] |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Spoken |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Kashmiri |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 193503[4] |
Dawar is a village in Gurez Tehsil in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to the 2011 census of India, Dawar has 506 households.[5] The literacy rate of Dawar village was 86.80% compared to 67.16% of Jammu and Kashmir. In Dawar, Male literacy stands at 92.63% while the female literacy rate was 71.18%.
| Population | 4253 | 3038 | 1215 | |
| Children aged below 6 years | 306 | 163 | 143 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2432 | 1284 | 1148 | ||
| Literacy | 86.80% | 92.63% | 71.15% | |
| Workers (all) | 2471 | 2226 | 245 | |
| Main workers (total) | 1854 | – | – | |
| Marginal workers (total) | 617 | 467 | 150 |
Dawar is connected by road with other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by the Kanzalawn-Dawar Road and Bandipora-Gurez Road.
The nearest railway stations to Dawar are Sopore railway station and Baramulla railway station located at a distance of 114 and 124 kilometres respectively.
The nearest helipad is at Markoot Village at a distance of, and the nearest international airport is Srinagar International Airport located at a distance of and is a 5-hour drive.