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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAMA SANKAR
Contact: 70****7427
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- LGD code
- 163491
- Pincode
- 212302
- Post office
- Meja
- Population
- 1,157
- Households
- 177
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Sex ratio
- 938 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 241
Census 2011 · in context
How Baksandi compares
By population, Baksandi ranks #171 of 393 villages in Meja mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.5%
+3.4% vs mandal average
- Baksandi
- 62.5%
- Meja mandal
- 59.1%
- Prayagraj district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
938
+20 vs mandal average
- Baksandi
- 938
- Meja mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
6.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Baksandi
- 6.5
- Meja mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baksandi at a glance
Baksandi is a village of 1,157 people in 177 households (Census 2011) in Meja tehsil, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, the 171st-largest of 393 villages in Meja tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 212302, served by Meja post office; the LGD village code is 163491. The sarpanch is RAMA SANKAR, and the village votes in Purwa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anil Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 1,364 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baksandi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHARATGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAKSANDI
- Total area (ha)
- 78.32
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 59.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baksandi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baksandi
- LGD code
- 163491
- Pincode
- 212302
- Post office
- Meja
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,157
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,364
- Households
- 177
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 938
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Unnao
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purwa
- Member of Parliament
- Sakshi Maharaj
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anil Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAMA SANKAR
- Block / Mandal
- Meja
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- Sonai
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- Handia
- Dohariya
- Lehari
- Nivaiya
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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)