Atta (village)

Atta
ਅੱਟਾ
Village
Atta
Atta

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°06′34″N 75°46′37″E / 31.1094297°N 75.7769912°E / 31.1094297; 75.7769912Coordinates: 31°06′34″N 75°46′37″E / 31.1094297°N 75.7769912°E / 31.1094297; 75.7769912
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Phillaur
Government
  Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 3,093[1]
  Sex ratio 1585/1508 /
Languages
  Official Punjabi
  Other spoken Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code 01826
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB 37
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Atta (Punjabi: ਅੱਟਾ) is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is situated on national highway 1 and located 2.2 km away from Goraya, 18 km from Phillaur, 45.8 km from Jalandhar, and 112 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is elected representative of village.[2]

Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 41.16% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Education

The village has a Punjabi Medium, Co-educational primary school (Govt. Primary School Atta) and J.S.F.H. Khalsa Senior Sec. School is 1.5 km away from the village.[3]

Transport

Rail

The nearest train station is situated in Goraya and Ludhiana Jn Railway Station is 31 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is 47 km away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is 130 km away in Amritsar other nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh.

References

  1. "Atta village Population Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
  2. "About the village". onefivenine.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. "Gps Atta School Jalandhar, Punjab". ICBSE. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
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