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Petaw Population - Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Petaw is a medium size village located in Jakhnidhar Tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand with total 134 families residing. The Petaw village has population of 486 of which 217 are males while 269 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Petaw village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 13.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Petaw village is 1240 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Petaw as per census is 886, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Petaw village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Petaw village was 78.57 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Petaw Male literacy stands at 94.51 % while female literacy rate was 66.39 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Petaw 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 Petaw village.

Petaw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 134 - -
Population 486 217 269
Child (0-6) 66 35 31
Schedule Caste 38 20 18
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.57 % 94.51 % 66.39 %
Total Workers 246 92 154
Main Worker 56 - -
Marginal Worker 190 52 138

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.82 % of total population in Petaw village. The village Petaw currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Petaw village out of total population, 246 were engaged in work activities. 22.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 246 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.