About Petaw Village

Petaw is a small village in Jakhnidhar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 486, made up of 217 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,240 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Petaw Overview

Census 2011 figures for Petaw village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Jakhnidhar
Pincode	249123
Area (hectares)	139.68 hectares
Population	486
Male Population	217
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,240
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Petaw compares

By the 2011 count Petaw is the 18th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 139.68 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Petaw

Petaw is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Petaw as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Panchoor, Parsari, Pata Palla and Pata Walla. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Petaw

As per the Census of India 2011, Petaw village had a population of 486. That makes it the 18th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Petaw village has 217 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Petaw has about 1240 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Petaw is 249123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Petaw covers 139.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Petaw falls under Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Petaw notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Petaw.

Petaw is in Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.