Petapeti Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Petapeti is a medium size village located in Khuntpani Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 130 families residing. The Petapeti village has population of 609 of which 319 are males while 290 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Petapeti village population of children with age 0-6 is 131 which makes up 21.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Petapeti village is 909 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Petapeti as per census is 658, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Petapeti village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Petapeti village was 55.44 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Petapeti Male literacy stands at 70.42 % while female literacy rate was 40.34 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Petapeti village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Petapeti village.

Petapeti Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	130	-	-
Population	609	319	290
Child (0-6)	131	79	52
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	580	304	276
Literacy	55.44 %	70.42 %	40.34 %
Total Workers	222	151	71
Main Worker	161	-	-
Marginal Worker	61	6	55

Caste Factor

In Petapeti village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.24 % of total population in Petapeti village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Petapeti village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Petapeti village out of total population, 222 were engaged in work activities. 72.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 222 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.