Atta is a village in

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tehsil of

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, India. It is situated on

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and located 2.2 km away from

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, 18 km from Phillaur, 45.8 km from Jalandhar, and 112 km from state capital

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. The village is administrated by

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who is elected representative of village.

History

Atta village, was founded in the year 1780, by Malhi Jatt Zamindars in the Dhak area of Doaba. It was named Atalgarh by the Malhi Jatts, later on it corrupted to its present form of Atta. Later in 1790, Sardar Sahu Singh, a Sohal Jatt, of village Athoula, was married in the family of Bara Pind Sahota Jatts. They gave him land, which extended from West of Bara Pind village up to Atalgarh (Atta) village. Sardar Sahu Singh Sohal settled in Atta village instead of his wives village. In the early mid 1800's, Sardar Lalu Singh Malhi of Atta village, joined the Sikh Army of Maharaja

Ranjit Singh Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839), popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab or "Lion of Punjab", was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. He s ...

at Lahore. Lalu Singh married his daughter to a high ranking Sikh Noble, Sardar Mehtab Singh Sandhu of village Mundapind, in Amritsar District of Majha Region. In 1848 During the Second Anglo Sikh wars, Mehtab Singh Sandhu was killed. His wife along with his three children moved to Atta village, where they were given land by her parents. To this day the village has four Jatt clans namely, Malhi, Sohal, Sahota and Sandhu each having their own Wards. Other Castes living in the village are Khatris, Arora, Aad Dharmi, Ramgarhia, Brahmin, etc. Before 1947 Partition, There were Numerous Muslim families belonging to the Arain Caste (Vegetable Growers), who were forced to leave for Newly created Pakistan.

Caste

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

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(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.

Transport

Rail

The nearest

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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

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and the nearest

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is 130 km away in

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other nearest

is located in Chandigarh.

References

{{Jalandhar district Villages in Jalandhar district Villages in Phillaur tehsil