Chunar is a city located in Mirzapur district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

The Chunar Fort was established by Maharaja Vikramaditya, the King of Ujjain, in honour of the stay of his brother Raja Bharthari.

King Sahadeo made this fort as his capital and established the statue of Naina Yogini in a cave of Vindhya hill and put the name as Nainagarh.

He had a brave daughter who got married with Alha the then King of Mahoba whose marriage place in still preserved with the name of Sonava Mandap.

Beside this some other stories are also related with the fort as Magna- Deogarh, Ratan Deo's Burj (tower) and King Pithaura who named it Patthargarh as well.

Later on Shershah Suri obtained the possession of the fort by marrying the widow wife of Taj Khan Sarang-Khani, the Governor of Ibrahim Lodi.

Once emperor Jahangir appointed one Iftikhar Khan as Nazim and in the regime of Aurangzeb one of his Governor's Mirza Bairam built a mosque in 1663 AD.

In 1772 AD this fort was captured by East India Company who established in it a depot of Artillery and ammunition.

Warren Hastings retired for safety to Chunar where a force was collected by Major Phophan, which expelled Chait Singh from his stronghold in his neighbourhood.

[3][5] Chunar is known for producing handicraft items especially statues and toys, cup and plates from clay and plaster of paris.

A Post Office (PO) / Dak Ghar is a facility in charge of sorting, processing, and delivering mail to recipients.