Atru

Atru Atalpuri
Town
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Coordinates: 24°49′N76°38′E / 24.81°N 76.63°E / 24.81; 76.63
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Baran (Hadoti Region)
Government
• Type	Democratic
• Body	Municipal Council
• Pradhan	Smt.Vandana Nagar (INC)
•  Member of Parliament Jhalawar-Baran (Lok Sabha constituency)	Dushyant Singh (BJP)
•  Member of Legislative Assembly Atru-Baran Legislative constituency	Radheshyam Bairwa (BJP)
Elevation	289 m (948 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	11,141 [1]
Demonym	Rajasthani
Languages
• Official	Hindi, English
• Native	Hadoti
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	325218
Telephone code	07451
Sex ratio	940 ♀/♂ [1]
Website	lsg.rajasthan.gov.in/ulbatru/

Atru is a town in the Baran district in Rajasthan, India. ^[2] It is a tehsil of Baran around 30 kilometres south of the Baran district.

History

A 1257 CE inscription of the Paramara king Jayavarman II was found on the pillar of the Gadgach temple in Atru. The 6-line inscription records the grant of a village to a poet. It is possible that Jayavarman extended the Paramara territories in present-day Rajasthan, resulting in his conflict with the Chahamana rulers of Ranthambore. ^[3]

Politics

The Member of Parliament from Atru is Dushyant Singh, who is a member of the BJP and also the son of ex-Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje.^{[ citation needed ]}

Climate

The town has a dry climate except during the monsoon season. The summer runs from March to mid-June, as in most parts of the country. The period from mid-June to September is the monsoon season, and the period from October to mid-November constitute the post-monsoon or retreating monsoon season. January is generally the coldest month with an average daily maximum temperature of 24.3 °C (75.8 °F), and an average daily minimum temperature of 10.6 °C (51.1 °F). Usually, the town has a dry climate except during monsoon season, when the weather becomes humid. The months from November to February constitute winter. The average rainfall experienced by the town is around 895.2 mm (35.2 inches).

Notable people

• Naresh Meena, Indian politician

References

1. "Atru Census data". censusindia.co.in.
2. "Map of Atru village in Atru Tehsil, Rajasthan in Google Maps, 3884800 | villagemap.in".
3. Harihar Vitthal Trivedi (1991). Inscriptions of the Paramāras (Part 2). Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume VII: Inscriptions of the Paramāras, Chandēllas, Kachchapaghātas, and two minor dynasties. Archaeological Survey of India. pp. 192–193. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1451755.