# Petaw Village, Jakhnidhar, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Jakhnidhar, Tehri Garhwal 

# Petaw

Petaw is a village in Jakhnidhar sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **486 people in 134 households**, the 20th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.4%.

- 486people (2011)
- 134households
- 78.6%literacy
- 1,240females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Petaw

Of every 100 households in Petaw in 2011, 93 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 75 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Petaw · ■ Jakhnidhar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**41%

Tap water ****94%**

**64%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****75%**

**50%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****24%**

**50%

Use banking services ****99%**

**96%

Television ****53%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**4%

None of these assets ****28%**

**20%

Own their home ****94%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Petaw?

■ Petaw · ■ Jakhnidhar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**77.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1240**

**1185

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**866

Working population ****50.6%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 66.4% for women. 42% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 16 (7%) · **■** Other work 40 (16%) · **■** Marginal 190 (77%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jakhnidhar

- Pipola523 people
- Kumardhar Maya Maroda521 people
- Mathiyali510 people
- Nandgaon486 people
- Kwanli476 people
- Chaund Jaspur461 people
- Genwali442 people
- Sondhar430 people

[All 138 villages in Jakhnidhar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/tehri-garhwal/jakhnidhar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Petaw?486 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Petaw in?Tehri Garhwal district (Jakhnidhar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Petaw?78.6% (Census 2011)