Jerat is a village in Patharia mandal, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 4,116 across 1,102 households and a literacy rate of 62.3%. It has one hospital and is located at 24.009°N, 79.305°E.
By population, Jerat ranks #5 of 131 villages in Patharia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jerat is a village of 4,116 people in 1,102 households (Census 2011) in Patharia tehsil, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, the 5th-largest of 131 villages in Patharia tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 875 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Damoh district centre, 16 km from Patharia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470666, served by Pathariya post office; the LGD village code is 462165. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Jyoti Bai Thakur, and the village votes in Naryoli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Er. Pradeep Lariya. The population is estimated at 4,853 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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