Gaura Hardo
village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Gaura Hardo, or just Gaura, is a village in Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It serves as the headquarters of Deenshah Gaura block, in the tehsil of Dalmau. It is located 33 km from Raebareli, the district headquarters, on the road from Dalmau to Salon. As of 2011, Gaura Hardo has a population of 8,001 people, in 1,446 households. It has five primary schools and one maternity and child welfare centre.
Gaura Hardo has a bazar called Achalganj and hosts markets twice per week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Cloth and vegetables are the main items traded. The village also hosts a Dussehra festival annually on Asvina Sudi 10 which draws thousands of attendees. The festival involves a dramatic reenactment from the Ramayana and vendors bring cattle, earthenware pottery, cloth, hosiery, and toys to sell at the event.
History
At the turn of the 20th century, in addition to the Achalganj bazar, Gaura Hardo had a post office and a school.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q108377687. Authority coordinates are 26.040, 81.178. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011.
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