The population in the area is Maasai who regularly gather in the village for its market where animals, cloths, kitchen utensils etc.

The buildings in the village are one-storeyed, mostly cement walled with corrugated iron roofs, scattered at the banks of a small river.

[1] Terrat lies in the Simanjiro Plains, an important wet-season grazing area between Tarangire National Park and Mount Kilimanjaro.

Expanding crop production has come in conflict with wildlife, leading to government restrictions on cultivation in the plains.

[6] The main economic activities within village are livestock keeping, small scale farming and normal trading of goods and services.