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About Atarra Village

Atarra is a mid sized village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,267, made up of 674 males and 593 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 726.38 hectares hectares.

Atarra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Atarra village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Rajnagar
Area (hectares) 726.38 hectares
Population 1,267
Male Population 674
Female Population 593
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Atarra compares

By the 2011 count Atarra is the 68th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents. Its 726.38 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Atarra

Atarra is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Atarra as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Atarra from other places

Atarra lies about 31 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rajnagar K, about 6.4 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Atarra
Nearest railway station Rajnagar K 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajnagar 7.8 km
Nearest town Khajuraho Group of Monuments 13 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 31 km

Villages closest to Atarra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajnagar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Atarra

As per the Census of India 2011, Atarra village had a population of 1,267. That makes it the 68th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,638 residents.

Atarra village has 674 males and 593 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Atarra has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Atarra covers 726.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Atarra falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Atarra is Rajnagar K, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Atarra.

Atarra is about 31 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Atarra is in Rajnagar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Rajnagar K is about 6.4 km away. Rajnagar is about 7.8 km away. Khajuraho Group of Monuments is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Daharra (under 2 km), Gomakhurd (4.0 km) and Nad (4.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Atarra today is likely to be higher.

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