Atra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Unchehara mandal is Deoguna Hindu temples. No temple of this dedication is on record within Atra itself.
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 Septembertoday | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
Atra is a village in Unchehara mandal, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 4,090 across 856 households, making it relatively larger than other settlements in the mandal. The village has a literacy rate of 67.6% and is located at 26.075°N, 78.747°E.
By population, Atra ranks #6 of 235 villages in Unchehara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Atra is a village of 4,090 people in 856 households (Census 2011) in Unchehara tehsil, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 6th-largest of 235 villages in Unchehara tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 871 women per 1,000 men. It lies 252 km from the Satna district centre, 9 km from Jauri, the nearest town, 40 km from Erach Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 485661, served by Unchehara post office; the LGD village code is 463902. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Alampur, 7 km away. The sarpanch is sushma singh, and the village votes in Nagod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nagendra Singh. The population is estimated at 4,822 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Atara →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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