About Atara Village

Atara is a small village in Bhanpur tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 289, made up of 162 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 784 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.77 hectares hectares.

Atara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Atara village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Basti
Tehsil	Bhanpur
Area (hectares)	123.77 hectares
Population	289
Male Population	162
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	784
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Atara compares

By the 2011 count Atara is the 309th largest of the 397 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 850 residents. Its 123.77 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Atara

Atara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Atara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Atara from other places

Atara lies about 116 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Muftiganj, about 10 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 Atara
Nearest town	Lalganj	10 km
Nearest railway station	Muftiganj	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhanpur	30 km
District headquarters	Basti	116 km

Villages closest to Atara

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

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Common questions about Atara

As per the Census of India 2011, Atara village had a population of 289. That makes it the 309th largest of the 397 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 850 residents.

Atara village has 162 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Atara has about 784 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 997.

Atara covers 123.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Atara falls under Bhanpur tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Atara is Muftiganj, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Atara.

Atara is about 116 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Atara is in Bhanpur tehsil of Basti district. Lalganj is about 10 km away. Muftiganj is about 10 km away. Bhanpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.