| Atari | |
| Native Name Lang: | pan |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
| Coordinates: | 31.2478°N 75.9913°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar |
| Government Type: | Panchayat raj |
| Governing Body: | Gram panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 254 |
| Population Total: | 628[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Note: | Sex ratio 316/312 ♂/♀ |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 144510 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 01824 |
| Iso Code: | IN-PB |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Post office |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Ladhana Jhikka[2] |
Atari is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located away from postal head office Ladhana Jhikka, from Banga, from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]
As of 2011, Atari has a total number of 129 houses and population of 628 of which 316 include are males while 312 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Atari is 72.92%, lower than the state average of 85.26%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 58 which is 9.24% of total population of Atari, and child sex ratio is approximately 871 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[4]
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 63.38% of total population in Atari. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 236 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Atari which includes 200 males and 36 females. According to census survey report 2011, 85.59% workers describe their work as main work and 14.41% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[5]
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school founded in 1964.[6] [7] The schools provide mid-day meal which prepared in School premises as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme.[8] The school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14 as per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act.
Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur and Sikh National College Banga. Lovely Professional University is away from the village.
Banga railway station is the nearest train station however, Phagwara Junction railway station is away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is away in Amritsar.[9]