About Jerai Village

Jerai is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 965, made up of 525 males and 440 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.41 hectares hectares.

Jerai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jerai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sagar
Tehsil	Sagar
Area (hectares)	277.41 hectares
Population	965
Male Population	525
Female Population	440
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jerai compares

By the 2011 count Jerai is the 143rd largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 277.41 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Jerai

Jerai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jerai 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jerai from other places

Jerai lies about 14 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Nariaoli, about 3.2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Jerai
Nearest railway station	Nariaoli	3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	14 km
Nearest town	Saugor	14 km

Villages closest to Jerai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sagar tehsil.

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 Jerai

As per the Census of India 2011, Jerai village had a population of 965. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Jerai village has 525 males and 440 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jerai has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 884.

Jerai covers 277.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jerai falls under Sagar tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Jerai is Nariaoli, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Jerai is about 14 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jerai is in Sagar tehsil of Sagar district. Nariaoli is about 3.2 km away. Sagar is about 14 km away. Saugor is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.