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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kunchi is a village in Meja mandal, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh. The village has a population of 684 in 104 households with a literacy rate of 60.1%. Located at 24.672°N, 80.827°E, it falls under PIN code 212302.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
rakesh yadav
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- LGD code
- 163243
- Pincode
- 212302
- Post office
- Meja
- Population
- 684
- Households
- 104
- Literacy rate
- 60.1%
- Sex ratio
- 869 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 316
- Distance to district centre
- 238 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 198 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 242 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 567 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hati · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Jaitwara · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kunchi compares
By population, Kunchi ranks #245 of 393 villages in Meja mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.1%
+1.0% vs mandal average
- Kunchi
- 60.1%
- Meja mandal
- 59.1%
- Prayagraj district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
869
−49 vs mandal average
- Kunchi
- 869
- Meja mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
6.6
Same as the mandal average
- Kunchi
- 6.6
- Meja mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kunchi at a glance
Kunchi is a village of 684 people in 104 households (Census 2011) in Meja tehsil, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, the 245th-largest of 393 villages in Meja tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 869 women per 1,000 men. It lies 238 km from the Prayagraj district centre, 25 km from Gahira, the nearest town, 2 km from Hati railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 212302, served by Meja post office; the LGD village code is 163243. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Jaitwara, 8 km away. The sarpanch is rakesh yadav , and the village votes in Purwa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anil Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 806 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kunchi
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ALLAHABAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 54
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 54
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JAMUA
- Total area (ha)
- 69.69
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 39.21
- Forest area (ha)
- 7.55
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kunchi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kunchi
- LGD code
- 163243
- Pincode
- 212302
- Post office
- Meja
- Population (Census 2011)
- 684
- Population (projected 2026)
- 806
- Households
- 104
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 869
- Literacy rate
- 60.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.67249°N, 80.82721°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Unnao
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purwa
- Member of Parliament
- Sakshi Maharaj
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anil Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- rakesh yadav
- Block / Mandal
- Meja
Getting there
How to reach Kunchi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow242 kmcapital
- Delhi567 km
- Kolkata802 km
- Hyderabad846 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHati2 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Jaitwara8 km
- CollegeShri Ram Milan Junior High School , Kalyanpur56 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)