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Petur Population - Yavatmal, Maharashtra

Petur is a medium size village located in Wani Taluka of Yavatmal district, Maharashtra with total 264 families residing. The Petur village has population of 1072 of which 545 are males while 527 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Petur village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 10.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Petur village is 967 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Petur as per census is 1075, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Petur village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Petur village was 87.84 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Petur Male literacy stands at 92.28 % while female literacy rate was 83.19 %.

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

Petur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 264 - -
Population 1,072 545 527
Child (0-6) 110 53 57
Schedule Caste 48 26 22
Schedule Tribe 202 105 97
Literacy 87.84 % 92.28 % 83.19 %
Total Workers 637 354 283
Main Worker 437 - -
Marginal Worker 200 33 167

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 18.84 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.48 % of total population in Petur village.

Work Profile

In Petur village out of total population, 637 were engaged in work activities. 68.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 637 workers engaged in Main Work, 176 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 198 were Agricultural labourer.