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. 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%.
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.