| Dhar Kalan | |
| Native Name Lang: | Phari Dogri |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
| Coordinates: | 32.4107°N 75.7966°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pathankot |
| Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
| Subdivision Name3: | Dhar Kalan |
| Government Type: | Panchayat raj |
| Governing Body: | Gram panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 524 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Total Households |
| Population Blank1: | 266 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1441 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Note: | Sex ratio 721/690 ♂/♀ |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 145022 |
| Area Total Ha: | 803 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone |
| Area Code: | 01870 |
| Registration Plate: | PB-68 |
| Iso Code: | IN-PB |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Post office |
Dhar Kalan is a village and administrative headquarter of Dhar Kalan tehsil in Pathankot district of Punjab State, India.[2] It is located about from district headquarter Pathankot and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.
Before formation of Pathankot district on 27 July 2011, Dhar Kalan along with Pathankot district was part of Gurdaspur district. For 2011 census it is listed under Gurdaspur district as census was completed before formation of the new district of Pathankot.
, The village had a total number of 266 houses and the population of 1441 of which 721 were males while 690 were females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of the village is 82.67%, highest than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 159 which is 11.27% of total population of the village, and child sex ratio is approximately 1038 higher than the state average of 846.[3]
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 17.43% of total population in the village. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per census 2011, 425 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of the village which includes 373 males and 52 females. According to census survey report 2011, 71.76% workers describe their work as main work and 28.24% workers are involved in marginal activity providing the livelihood for less than 6 months.
The nearest train station is located away in Dalhousie road and Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is away from the village.National Highway 154A passes through Dhar Kalan and provides connectivity to Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.