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Patera, Madhya Pradesh

tehsil in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, India

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ20594108 ↗
Source-derived summary

Patera is a city and a tahsil in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, India.

Patera is famous for kundalpur Jain temples. Kundalpur is 3.5 km away from Patera.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Patera has population 9,927. The literacy rate was 72.62%.

Transportation

Patera is well connected by roads. Daily bus service available in Patera. It's 32 km away from Damoh, 120 km away from Sagar, 17 km away from Hatta.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Patera, Madhya Pradesh” as tehsil in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Patera, Madhya and Pradesh.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Patera, Madhya and Pradesh providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Patera, Madhya Pradesh”, the useful work is to connect “tehsil in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, India” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20594108. Authority coordinates are 23.900, 79.570. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011.

Critical limits

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How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Patera, Madhya Pradesh primary sources, Patera, Madhya Pradesh archive and Patera research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
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This entry incorporates text from “Patera, Madhya Pradesh” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.