Atri/Attri is a clan

Clan

A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a...

 or gotra

Gotra

In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...

 of Rishi Attri. The people of this clan are predominantly Brahman

Brahman

In Hinduism, Brahman is the one supreme, universal Spirit that is the origin and support of the phenomenal universe. Brahman is sometimes referred to as the Absolute or Godhead which is the Divine Ground of all being...

, Jats and Rajputs.
Attris live in all parts of India but dominantly in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, Punjab and Haryana

Haryana

Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

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See also

• Brahman
  Brahman
  In Hinduism, Brahman is the one supreme, universal Spirit that is the origin and support of the phenomenal universe. Brahman is sometimes referred to as the Absolute or Godhead which is the Divine Ground of all being...
  
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• jaat

Attri's are Only jaats from State of Uttar Pradesh. They have 60 villages in Aligarh District of Uttar Pradesh. The Name of Few villages are Ghanghauli,Zikarpur, Kheria, Jaidpura, Jattari, Hamidpur, Gharwara, Usrah, Nagar, Syaraul, Khandeha etc.
Zikarpur is the place where land acquisition protest was started on 14 aug 2010.

Ghanghauli and Syaraul are the well-known Villages of Attri's. Attri also know as khaderiya. Khaderai and Nauhawar are brotherlike gotra's. Both of these gotra's have 100 villages(Nauhwar) and 60 Villages(Attri).