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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ramesh Kumar
Contact: 96****6547
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- LGD code
- 161999
- Pincode
- 212107
- Post office
- Jasra
- Population
- 764
- Households
- 128
- Literacy rate
- 58%
- Sex ratio
- 920 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 217
Census 2011 · in context
How Benauri compares
By population, Benauri ranks #162 of 323 villages in Bara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.0%
+2.3% vs mandal average
- Benauri
- 58.0%
- Bara mandal
- 55.7%
- Prayagraj district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
920
+22 vs mandal average
- Benauri
- 920
- Bara mandal
- 898
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Benauri
- 6.0
- Bara mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Benauri at a glance
Benauri is a village of 764 people in 128 households (Census 2011) in Bara tehsil, Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, the 162nd-largest of 323 villages in Bara tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 920 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 212107, served by Jasra post office; the LGD village code is 161999. The sarpanch is Ramesh Kumar, and the village votes in Sarojini Nagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajeshwar Singh. The population is estimated at 901 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benauri · this village | 764 | 58% | — |
| Bawandhara · Bara | 1,054 | 58% | — |
| Korari · Bara | 775 | 45% | — |
| Bhabhai · Bara | 246 | 52% | — |
| Hinauti Sangram · Bara | 128 | 59% | — |
| Chak Sarban · Bara | 0 | — | — |
| Hinauta Balraj · Bara | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Benauri
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- ALLAHABAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAKDHAR
- Total area (ha)
- 224.28
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 154.51
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Benauri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Benauri
- LGD code
- 161999
- Pincode
- 212107
- Post office
- Jasra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 764
- Population (projected 2026)
- 901
- Households
- 128
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 920
- Literacy rate
- 58.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mohanlalganj
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sarojini Nagar
- Member of Parliament
- R. K. Chaudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajeshwar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ramesh Kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Bara
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 212107
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Benauri
Other villages in Bara mandal
View all 60+ →- Jari
- Kanti
- Chilla Gauhani
- Bundawan
- Kanjasa Uparhar
- Deora
- Semra Kalbana
- Lohgara
- Chhiri
- Chhatahara Ghuretha
- Iradatganj
- Bashara Tarhar
- Bara Khas
- Pandar
- Gauhanee
- Amilia Tarhar
- Gadaiya Kalan
- Chamu
- Bheeta
- Garha
- Amreha
- Beekar
- Asarwai
- Lohra
- Harro
- Rehi Taluka Baijala
- Chak Ghoorpur
- Shivrajpur
- Belamundi
- Gadaiya Khurd
- Rera
- Chitauri
- Mawaiya Kalan
- Laund Kalan
- Virwal
- Khatangia
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, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)