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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dando is a village in Bara mandal, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh. It has a population of 308 across 51 households, with a literacy rate of 64.9%. The village is located at coordinates 25.617°N, 81.015°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
shashi singh
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- LGD code
- 161964
- Pincode
- 212106
- Post office
- Jari Bazar
- Population
- 308
- Households
- 51
- Literacy rate
- 64.9%
- Sex ratio
- 812 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 105
- Distance to district centre
- 140 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 135 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 137 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 503 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khaga · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Kot · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dando compares
By population, Dando ranks #229 of 323 villages in Bara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.9%
+9.2% vs mandal average
- Dando
- 64.9%
- Bara mandal
- 55.7%
- Prayagraj district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
812
−86 vs mandal average
- Dando
- 812
- Bara mandal
- 898
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Dando
- 6.0
- Bara mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dando at a glance
Dando is a village of 308 people in 51 households (Census 2011) in Bara tehsil, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, the 229th-largest of 323 villages in Bara tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 812 women per 1,000 men. It lies 140 km from the Prayagraj district centre, 9 km from Sikari, the nearest town, 18 km from Khaga railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 212106, served by Jari Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 161964. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Kot, 14 km away. The sarpanch is shashi singh , and the village votes in Sarojini Nagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajeshwar Singh. The population is estimated at 363 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dando
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JARI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 26
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MAJHIYARI KALA
- Total area (ha)
- 86.5
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 56.15
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dando
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dando
- LGD code
- 161964
- Pincode
- 212106
- Post office
- Jari Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 308
- Population (projected 2026)
- 363
- Households
- 51
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 812
- Literacy rate
- 64.9%
- Coordinates
- 25.61715°N, 81.01456°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mohanlalganj
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sarojini Nagar
- Member of Parliament
- R. K. Chaudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajeshwar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- shashi singh
- Block / Mandal
- Bara
Getting there
How to reach Dando
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow137 kmcapital
- Delhi503 km
- Kolkata819 km
- Hyderabad952 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhaga18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Kot14 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India39 km
- CollegeGGIC Rajapur (Government Girls Inter College)29 km
- Police stationPolice Baberu33 km
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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, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)