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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dostpur is a village in Laharpur mandal, Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 1,263 across 225 households and a literacy rate of 58.4%. The settlement has substantial commercial infrastructure including 62 shops, 4 banks, 4 restaurants, 2 fast-food outlets, and 2 temples.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
kanti devi
Contact: 91****6598
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- LGD code
- 137911
- Pincode
- 261205
- Post office
- Reosa
- Population
- 1,263
- Households
- 225
- Literacy rate
- 58.4%
- Sex ratio
- 891 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 531
- Distance to district centre
- 253 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 223 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 165 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 581 km
- Nearest railway station
- Malipur railway station · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sandhya Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dostpur compares
By population, Dostpur ranks #217 of 322 villages in Laharpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.4%
+14.0% vs mandal average
- Dostpur
- 58.4%
- Laharpur mandal
- 44.4%
- Sitapur district
- 50.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
891
+1 vs mandal average
- Dostpur
- 891
- Laharpur mandal
- 890
Household size
people per home
5.6
Same as the mandal average
- Dostpur
- 5.6
- Laharpur mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dostpur at a glance
Dostpur is a village of 1,263 people in 225 households (Census 2011) in Laharpur tehsil, Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh, the 217th-largest of 322 villages in Laharpur tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 14 points above the tehsil average of 44% and the sex ratio is 891 women per 1,000 men. It lies 253 km from the Sitapur district centre, 35 km from Pilkichha, the nearest town, 16 km from Malipur railway station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 261205, served by Reosa post office; the LGD village code is 137911. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, bank. The sarpanch is kanti devi, and the village votes in Balamau assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rampal Verma. The population is estimated at 1,489 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dostpur
- 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)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SITAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DOSTPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 185.39
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 148.64
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dostpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dostpur
- LGD code
- 137911
- Pincode
- 261205
- Post office
- Reosa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,263
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,489
- Households
- 225
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 891
- Literacy rate
- 58.4%
- Coordinates
- 26.27320°N, 82.47188°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Misrikh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Balamau
- Member of Parliament
- Ashok Kumar Rawat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rampal Verma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- kanti devi
- Block / Mandal
- Laharpur
- Nearest bank
- Shubham Banking Seva Kendra (0.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Dostpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow165 kmcapital
- Delhi581 km
- Kolkata725 km
- Hyderabad1070 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMalipur railway station16 km
- Bus stopAkbarpur Bus station19 km
- Hospital / PHCSandhya Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankINDIA !<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil11 km
- CollegeDev Indravati PG Collage13 km
- Police stationpolice station27 km
Nearest to the village
- Bank / ATM
- INDIA !under 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ Bank
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Dostpur
5 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Dostpur
4 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Same pincode
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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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)