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Handaur Village, Poore Dunia Singh ka Purva, Pratapgarh, U.P, India

Handaur Village is located on Pratapgarh Raibareilly Road, approximately 23km from pratapgarh. Village is blessed with Loni river flowing through it. Mainly its an agricultual based village & mostly people are farmers. It boasts of three dominant communities, Thakur (rajputs), Muslims & Ahirs. While Thakurs are mainly decendent from Late Mr Duniya Singh who cames in this village in late 1860s. Most of the thakur are generations of him.

Village has a temple alongside road where villagers go for puja.

There are various historic places in this village, infact the name Handuar came from Hidimba(wife if Bheem from Hindu Mythology book Mahabharat). she used to live here on a small mountain near the village.