Atarra

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Atarra
city
Atarra is located in Uttar Pradesh
Atarra
Atarra
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Banda
Elevation 124 m (407 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 42,434
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Atarra is a city and a municipal board in Banda district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Geography

Atarra is a medium-size town and Tehsil located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[1] in Dist. Banda (Uttar Pradesh). It has an average elevation of 124 metres (406 feet). Atarra is situated in Jhansi-Allahabad rail link and nearly 11 km from city Badausa. It has a big rice belt area having different kinds of flavored rice. Rice, Wheat, Pulses and Sugarcane are its major crops. It is believed that its name is derived based on Ramayan era great sage Maharshi Atri. Ramayan era great epic place Chitrakoot area is hardly 30 km from Atarra.

Education

Places

Gaura Baba Dham is a notable religious temple for the town and near by places. It is about 1 km far from railway station. A continuous non-stop 24 hours religious chanting of "Sita Ram, Sita Ram" is going on for more than last 35 years at Gaura Baba Dham. There are other temples such as Maha Mai temple, Sharda Mai temple, Gayatri Mata and Santoshi Mata temple. Pahadiya Devi is also a well known temple in the area, which is about 9 km from the town. Great epic Ramayan related places such as Bharatkoop, Chitrkoot are within 30 km from Atarra. Kalyani Mata Mandir which is located at Mahotra, Atarra.

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  1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Atarra