Lead story
30
September 2026
newsSTATE
Akhilesh Yadav pledges free irrigation and prompt payments for farmers if SP wins Uttar Pradesh
Reported by The News Mill.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
P
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRADHAN
Contact: 96****1056
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Arkhapur can update it.
- LGD code
- 180393
- Pincode
- 272301
- Post office
- Kalwari (Basti)
- Population
- 337
- Households
- 59
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1067 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 82
Census 2011 · in context
How Arkhapur compares
By population, Arkhapur ranks #940 of 1527 villages in Harraiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.7%
+0.8% vs mandal average
Arkhapur56.7%
Harraiya mandal55.9%
Basti district56.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,067
+100 vs mandal average
Arkhapur1,067
Harraiya mandal967
Household size
people per home
5.7
−0.8 vs mandal average
Arkhapur5.7
Harraiya mandal6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arkhapur at a glance
Arkhapur is a village of 337 people in 59 households (Census 2011) in Harraiya tehsil, Basti district, Uttar Pradesh, the 940th-largest of 1527 villages in Harraiya tehsil. Literacy is 57%, about the same as the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,067 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 272301, served by Kalwari (Basti) post office; the LGD village code is 180393. The sarpanch is PRADHAN, and the village votes in Sandila assembly constituency, represented by MLA Alka Singh. The population is estimated at 397 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chilma Parsan →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkhapur · this village | 337 | 57% | — |
| Chilma Parsan · Harraiya | 988 | 69% | — |
| Saimiya · Harraiya | 386 | 67% | — |
| Barhani · Harraiya | 0 | — | — |
Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Arkhapur
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BASTI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 21
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHILMAN
- Total area (ha)
- 34.57
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 25.07
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Arkhapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Arkhapur
- LGD code
- 180393
- Pincode
- 272301
- Post office
- Kalwari (Basti)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 337
- Population (projected 2026)
- 397
- Households
- 59
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1067
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Misrikh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sandila
- Member of Parliament
- Ashok Kumar Rawat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Alka Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRADHAN
- Block / Mandal
- Harraiya
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 272301
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Arkhapur
Other villages in Harraiya mandal
View all 60+ →- Amorha Khas
- Belwariya Jangal
- Sikandarpur Khas
- Kurda
- Ashokpur Tappa Puraina
- Baragal
- Jagannathpur
- Unji Mustahakam
- Shankarpur Tappa Belwa
- Bangawa Khas
- Raghunathpur
- Malauli Gosai
- Ramgarh Khas
- Shau Deeh
- Dharmupur
- Haidarabad
- Bihra
- Nagpur Kunwar
- Ubhanai
- Pakri Japti
- Belghat
- Jitipur Khas
- Ridhaura
- Belari Shukl
- Pokhra
- Belsar
- Mahua Dabar
- Kesarai
- Nakti Dei Bujurg
- Hardi Khas
- Nand Nagar
- Chauri
- Hari Gaon
- Nagpur Tikait
- Parsu Rampur
- Ratas Urf Kaptanganj
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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)