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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Arkha is a village in Sandila mandal, Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 337 spread across 74 households. The village has a literacy rate of 73% and is accessible by railway.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRITI SINGH
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- LGD code
- 140837
- Pincode
- 241304
- Post office
- Beniganj
- Population
- 337
- Households
- 74
- Literacy rate
- 73%
- Sex ratio
- 832 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 104
- Distance to district centre
- 212 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 184 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 114 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 507 km
- Nearest railway station
- Arkha · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- living · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Arkha compares
By population, Arkha ranks #394 of 416 villages in Sandila mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.0%
+23.8% vs mandal average
- Arkha
- 73.0%
- Sandila mandal
- 49.2%
- Hardoi district
- 54.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
832
−40 vs mandal average
- Arkha
- 832
- Sandila mandal
- 872
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Arkha
- 4.6
- Sandila mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arkha at a glance
Arkha is a village of 337 people in 74 households (Census 2011) in Sandila tehsil, Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh, the 394th-largest of 416 villages in Sandila tehsil. Literacy is 73%, 24 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 832 women per 1,000 men. It lies 212 km from the Hardoi district centre, 4 km from Unchahar, the nearest town, 2 km from Arkha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 241304, served by Beniganj post office; the LGD village code is 140837. The nearest hospital or health centre is living, 13 km away. The sarpanch is PRITI SINGH, and the village votes in Bilgram-Mallanwan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ashish Kumar Singh (Ashu). The population is estimated at 397 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkha · this village | 337 | 73% | — |
| Arkha · Sihawal | 181 | 67% | 0 km N |
| Unchahar · Unchahar | 13,365 | 63% | 4.4 km NW |
| Mustafabad · Bhanpur | 802 | 58% | 4.8 km NW |
| Mustafabad · Shahganj | 308 | 49% | 4.8 km NW |
| Mustafabad · Phulpur | 1,357 | 64% | 4.8 km NW |
| Mustafabad · Hasanganj | 2,620 | 55% | 4.8 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Arkha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BENIGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARSENDA
- Total area (ha)
- 53.62
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 45.87
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Arkha
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Key facts — Arkha
- LGD code
- 140837
- Pincode
- 241304
- Post office
- Beniganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 337
- Population (projected 2026)
- 397
- Households
- 74
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 832
- Literacy rate
- 73.0%
- Coordinates
- 25.87096°N, 81.31103°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Misrikh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bilgram-Mallanwan
- Member of Parliament
- Ashok Kumar Rawat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ashish Kumar Singh (Ashu)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRITI SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Sandila
- Nearest railway station
- Arkha (1.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Arkha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow114 kmcapital
- Delhi507 km
- Kolkata804 km
- Hyderabad988 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationArkha2 km
- Hospital / PHCliving13 km
- ATM / bankbankofbaroda12 km
- Petrol pumpHP7 km
- CollegeAutonomous State Medical College Kaushambi39 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Arkha1.9 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)