Atarra
| Atarra | |
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| city | |
  Atarra Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 25°17′N 80°34′E / 25.28°N 80.57°ECoordinates: 25°17′N 80°34′E / 25.28°N 80.57°E | |
| 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 25°17′N 80°34′E / 25.28°N 80.57°E.[1] in Dist. Banda (Uttar Pradesh). It has an average elevation of 124 metres (406 feet). Atarra is situated in Jhansi-Allahabad rail link. 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 K.M. from Atarra.
Education
Atarra has a very reputed Post Graduate college named Atarra Post Graduate College, Atarra. The college was affiliated earlier with Kanpur University and now is affiliated with Budelkhand University Jhansi. The college provides Graduate, Post Graduate and Doctorate degrees in various streams of educations e.g. Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Mathematics, Hindi, Sanskrit, Political Science etc. including Military Science. Atarra has a government sponsored Ayurvedic College, which was built by Late Mr. Brahma Dev Bajpai of Rai Bahadur Raiyse family of Banda and inaugurated by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Engineering College of Information Technology is a new feather in its cap. Atarra is blessed with Hindu Intermediate College (HIC), Brahm Vigyan Intermediate College (BVIC) and Tathagat Gyansthaly Intermediate College having a Buddha Vihar.
Places
GAURA BABA DHAM is one of the most famous religious temple for the town and near by places. It is about 1 k.m. 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 like 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 k.m. away from the town. Great epic RAMAYAN related places like BHARATKOOP, CHITRKOOT are within 30 KM from ATARRA.
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