Petaw, Jakhnidhar

Petaw is a village located in the Jakhani Dhar Tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand. The village falls in Jakhnidhar block and comes under Petav Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Tehri Garhwal parliament constituency and Tehri assembly constituency.

As on December 2024, the current population of Petaw is 571 out of which 255 are males and rest 316 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1239 females per 1000 males. There are around 66 teenagers in Petaw. It has literacy rate of 68% which means around 388 persons can read and write. Total 45 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 157 households in Petaw, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 289. The pincode of Petaw is 249123 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Jakhnidhar Sub Post office
• Tipri Branch Post office
• Chheti Branch Post office
• Patniyadevi Branch Post office
• Pipola Branch Post office

Schools

Petaw has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Gic Jakhnidhar
• Svm Jakhnidhar
• Gic Bharetidhar
• Ssm Jakhnidhar
• Gic Radhudhar

Hospitals

Petaw has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Nandgaon Primary Health Center
• Jakhnidhar Additional Primary Health Center
• Nandgaon Sub-Center
• Khandogi Sub-Center
• Jakhnidhar Sub-Center