Sidhra has mixed demography, where people from Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and Sikh community have lived peacefully.

Over the years, people from Kashmir, Chenab Valley, Poonch and Rajouri districts have settled in Sidhra on the outskirts of Jammu, as part of land allocations under Roshni Act.

Inasmuch as it provided better opportunities of education and other facilities, it also led to accusations of change in existing demographics[4] in the region, with the claim that 90% of the beneficiaries being from Muslim community.

After a campaign by Ikkjutt Jammu to highlight the alleged grab[7] of forest land under Roshni Act, in 2018, the then governor of erstwhile state J&K Mr. Satya Pal Malik repealed the act on the grounds that it had failed to realize the desired objectives and there were also reports of misuse of some its provisions.

The temple was inaugurated by Lieutenant governor of J&K Manoj Sinha, Union ministers Dr Jitendra Singh and G Kishen Reddy on 8 June 2023.

Tawi Vihar is the most developed Colony of Sidhra and home to bureaucrats, ministers and other high-ranking officials of J&K.