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Country
  
India

District
  
Gorakhpur district

State
  
Uttar Pradesh

Shuklapuri or Shukul Puri is a village and gram panchayat in Barhalganj, Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It has a post office with pin code 273402.

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Map of Shuklapuri, Uttar Pradesh 273402

Geography

This village is 6 km (3.7 mi) from Barahalganj between Barahalganj and Gola Bajar on Ram Janki Marg(State Highway 72).

Post Office-Shuklapuri,Gram Panchayat-Shuklapuri

Thana-Barahalganj,Tehseel-Gola Bajar

Tappa-Haveli,Pargana-Chillupar

District-Gorakhpur,State-Uttar Pradesh

Country-India,Pincode: 273402

Geographical facts

Coordinates-26° 18′ 24″ N, 83° 26′ 58″ E

  • Directly connected to every neighbour village by road because Shuklapuri has three roads and two gates.
  • One temple of Kali Maa and Lord Shiva, one Deeh Baba, one Aughad baba,one temple of Shani Dev
  • Four ponds in four direction and eight wells presently in village and surrounded by three gardens.

    • History

  • In British Raj the King & Queen of Naraharpur State came in village after their dismissal from Naraharpur by British Army and lived here for 2 days after that they went to Nepal but before going to Nepal they hide some of their arms in Shuklapuri.
  • In this village there is a 500-year-old Baniyan tree.
  • There are two wells which are more than 1000 years old.
  • In Shuklapuri there is a post office which is more than 100 years old and it is one of two post offices of British Raj in Gorakhpur District.

    • Castes

    There are four castes in village:

    1. Brahmin (Shukla)
    2. Yadav
    3. Maurya (Koiri)
    4. Kamhar

    Notable persons

  • Rajendra Prasad Shukla, politician

    • References

    Shuklapuri Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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