Jortala observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Jortala is a village in Patharia mandal, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh with a population of 2,014 and 557 households. The literacy rate stands at 57.1%. The village is located at coordinates 23.872°N, 79.369°E with PIN code 470661.
By population, Jortala ranks #15 of 131 villages in Patharia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jortala is a village of 2,014 people in 557 households (Census 2011) in Patharia tehsil, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, the 15th-largest of 131 villages in Patharia tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 833 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Damoh district centre, 5 km from Aslana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470661, served by Damoh Bazaria post office; the LGD village code is 462212. The nearest hospital or health centre is Damoh Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Laxmi Mishra, and the village votes in Naryoli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Er. Pradeep Lariya. The population is estimated at 2,375 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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