Jerula observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Temples near Jerula
Named places of worship on record
Jerula is a small village in Mayureswar-II mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 84 across 22 households. Despite its small size, the village has a high literacy rate of 89.3%.
By population, Jerula ranks #120 of 131 villages in Mayureswar - II mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jerula is a village of 84 people in 22 households (Census 2011) in Mayureswar - II block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 120th-largest of 131 villages in Mayureswar - II block. Literacy is 89%, 27 points above the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 750 women per 1,000 men. It lies 6 km from the Birbhum district centre, 5 km from Mayureswar, the nearest town, 4 km from Sainthia Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731213, served by Mayureswar post office; the LGD village code is 316628. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Kundala, <1 km away. The sarpanch is PUTUL BAGDI, and the village votes in Labpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Debasis Ojha (Haku Da). The population is estimated at 94 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kundola →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerula · this village | 84 | 89% | — |
| Kundala · Mayureswar - II | 1,723 | 60% | 0.6 km SW |
| Sabek Haruki · Mayureswar - I | 679 | 56% | 0.8 km NE |
| Dariharuki · Mayureswar - I | 268 | 72% | 1.4 km E |
| Asuralay · Mayureswar - I | 158 | 40% | 1.6 km NE |
| Mahalas · Mayureswar - II | 797 | 71% | 1.8 km E |
| Akulpur · Mayureswar - II | 1,522 | 67% | 2.2 km S |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
1 Temple, 1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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