You will be shocked to know the story of this village...

S Venkateshwari
You will be shocked to know the story of this village...

You must have heard the names of villages and cities. Usually, they are named after the geographical location, historical evidence or some great achievement. But, there is such a village in UP whose name you will be shocked to know the story. The official name of this village has been accepted only recently.


The name of this village is Damadanpurwa. It is in kanpur Dehat. You will be shocked to hear the story of the name of this village. There are total 70 houses in this village out of which 50 belong to sons-in-law. Most of the sons-in-law are from the neighboring village of Sariapur. Here one after the other son-in-law came and settled down by building a house. When their population became more, people around started calling it Damadanpurwa. The government has accepted this village as the Majra of Sariapur village.

According to the news published, the elders of the village tell that the tradition of settling the son-in-law here started in 1970. In the same year, the Rajrani of Dariapur village was married to Savare of Jagamanpur village. Initially, Savare started living in his in-laws' house. Later, when the space was less, he was given the waste land of Damadanpurwa to build a house and from here one son-in-law started settling.

Villagers say that the population of Damadanpurwa at present is about 500. Out of this, 270 are voters. There are total 70 houses out of which 50 houses belong to sons-in-law. Damdanpurwa's board has also been installed in the village. people watch it, read it and even smile. Now the postal address of this village is also the same.

Telling the story of getting the identity of the village as Damadanpurwa, the elders say. When the school was first built in this village, Damadanpurwa was registered on it. Now the third generation son-in-law has also started settling in this village.

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