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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 162041
- Pincode
- 212108
- Post office
- Shankargarh
- Population
- 2,232
- Households
- 366
- Literacy rate
- 58.2%
- Sex ratio
- 893 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 775
Census 2011 · in context
How Benipur compares
By population, Benipur ranks #40 of 323 villages in Bara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.2%
+2.5% vs mandal average
- Benipur
- 58.2%
- Bara mandal
- 55.7%
- Prayagraj district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
893
−5 vs mandal average
- Benipur
- 893
- Bara mandal
- 898
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Benipur
- 6.1
- Bara mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Benipur at a glance
Benipur is a village of 2,232 people in 366 households (Census 2011) in Bara tehsil, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, the 40th-largest of 323 villages in Bara tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 893 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 212108, served by Shankargarh post office; the LGD village code is 162041. The sarpanch is rajendra , and the village votes in Sarojini Nagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajeshwar Singh. The population is estimated at 2,632 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Benipur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SANKARGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 44
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BENIPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 696
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50
- Forest area (ha)
- 116
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Benipur
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Key facts — Benipur
- LGD code
- 162041
- Pincode
- 212108
- Post office
- Shankargarh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,232
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,632
- Households
- 366
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 893
- Literacy rate
- 58.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mohanlalganj
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sarojini Nagar
- Member of Parliament
- R. K. Chaudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajeshwar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- rajendra
- Block / Mandal
- Bara
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Other villages in Bara mandal
View all 60+ →- Jari
- Kanti
- Chilla Gauhani
- Bundawan
- Kanjasa Uparhar
- Deora
- Semra Kalbana
- Lohgara
- Chhiri
- Chhatahara Ghuretha
- Iradatganj
- Bashara Tarhar
- Bara Khas
- Pandar
- Gauhanee
- Amilia Tarhar
- Gadaiya Kalan
- Chamu
- Bheeta
- Garha
- Amreha
- Beekar
- Asarwai
- Lohra
- Harro
- Rehi Taluka Baijala
- Chak Ghoorpur
- Shivrajpur
- Belamundi
- Gadaiya Khurd
- Rera
- Chitauri
- Mawaiya Kalan
- Laund Kalan
- Virwal
- Khatangia
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, 2026-09-13
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)