# Banika Gram Panchayat, Behjam, Lakhimpur Kheri – Gram Pradhan, Villages, PIN Code

> Banika is a gram panchayat in Behjam block of Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh (LGD code 73119, PIN code 262725).
> It has one revenue village: Banika.
> The Gram Pradhan is Sasikalan.
> It is in Kasta assembly constituency (MLA: Saurabh Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party) and Dhaurahra Lok Sabha constituency (MP: Anand Bhadauriya).

Source page: https://digitalpanchayat.org/uttar-pradesh/lakhimpur-kheri/behjam/banika/  
Updated 15 October 2026 · Sources: LGD, Election Commission of India, Census 2011 and other open government data

## Key facts
- **Name:** Banika / बनिका
- **Type:** Gram Panchayat
- **LGD code:** 73119
- **Block:** Behjam
- **Tehsil:** Lakhimpur
- **District:** Lakhimpur Kheri
- **Division:** Lucknow Division
- **State:** Uttar Pradesh
- **Villages:** 1
- **Assembly Constituency:** Kasta
- **Lok Sabha Constituency:** Dhaurahra
- **Gram Pradhan:** Sasikalan
- **MLA:** Saurabh Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- **MP:** Anand Bhadauriya (Samajwadi Party)
- **PIN code:** 262725, 262805
- **Coordinates:** 27.8444° N, 80.7106° E (approximate)
- **Schools:** 1
- **Post Offices:** 1
- **Polling Centres:** 1
- **Panchayat Secretary:** Sarvesh Kumar

## Elected representatives
- **Gram Pradhan:** Sasikalan
- **Panchayat Secretary:** Sarvesh Kumar
- **MLA:** Saurabh Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party), https://digitalpanchayat.org/leaders/saurabh-singh-mla-kasta/
- **MP:** Anand Bhadauriya (Samajwadi Party), https://digitalpanchayat.org/leaders/anand-bhadauriya-mp-dhaurahra/

## Villages
- Banika (बनिका)

## Frequently asked questions
### In which block and district is Banika Gram Panchayat?
Banika Gram Panchayat is in Behjam development block of Lakhimpur Kheri district, under Lakhimpur tehsil.

### What is the LGD code of Banika Gram Panchayat?
The Local Government Directory (LGD) code of Banika Gram Panchayat is 73119.

### How many villages are there in Banika Gram Panchayat?
Banika Gram Panchayat has 1 revenue village(s): Banika.

### Who is the Gram Pradhan of Banika Gram Panchayat?
The Gram Pradhan of Banika Gram Panchayat is Sasikalan; their mobile number is on this page under "View number" (source: UP Panchayati Raj Department, 2026-10-14).

### Which assembly constituency does Banika come under?
Banika comes under the Kasta Vidhan Sabha (assembly) constituency.

### Who is the MLA of Banika?
The MLA for Kasta is Saurabh Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) (2022 general election).

### Which Lok Sabha constituency is Banika in?
Banika is in the Dhaurahra Lok Sabha constituency.

### Who is the MP of Banika?
The Member of Parliament for Dhaurahra is Anand Bhadauriya (Samajwadi Party) (2024 Lok Sabha election).

### What is the PIN code of Banika?
The PIN code of Banika is most likely 262725, 262805. Confirm the exact PIN for your village with the nearest post office.

### Which is the nearest railway station to Banika?
The nearest railway station is Oel, about 4.6 km away (straight-line).

### How far is Banika from Lakhimpur Kheri?
Banika is about 13 km south-west of Lakhimpur Kheri district headquarters (straight-line distance).

### Where are the polling centres of Banika?
According to the State Election Commission, the polling centres for Banika are: प्राथमिक पाठशाला बनिका.

### Which is the nearest bank to Banika?
Nearby branches include Indian Bank, Oel (IFSC IDIB000O502), roughly 4.5 km away.

### Where can residents of Banika get land records (Khatauni)?
Open UP Bhulekh (upbhulekh.gov.in), choose district Lakhimpur Kheri and Tehsil Lakhimpur, then your village to see the Khatauni. A certified copy is available at a Common Service Centre or the Lakhimpur Tehsil office.

### How can I complain about work in Banika Gram Panchayat?
Raise it first in the Gram Sabha meeting. Then give a written complaint to the ADO (Panchayat) at Behjam block, or register it on IGRS (Jansunwai) (jansunwai.up.nic.in) / helpline 1076. Panchayat spending can be checked on egramswaraj.gov.in.

### Which gram panchayats are near Banika?
Sunsi (1.6 km), Kari Pokhar (1.6 km), Barter (2.0 km), Piprachhit (2.6 km) and Panyora (3.0 km)

### Who is the panchayat secretary of Banika?
The panchayat secretary of Banika is Sarvesh Kumar.

## Sources
- [Assembly constituency boundaries (post-2008 delimitation), datameet/maps](https://github.com/datameet/maps), CC BY 2.5 IN
- [Airports (OurAirports)](https://ourairports.com/data/), Public domain
- [Aspirational Districts and Aspirational Blocks Programmes](https://abp.championsofchange.gov.in/), Public government data
- [NASA POWER agro-climatology (long-term monthly normals)](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/), Public domain (NASA)
- [Digital Panchayat curated tables (divisions, ODOP, schemes)](https://github.com/aslisubhash/digital-panchayat-project), CC BY 4.0
- [Calculated by Digital Panchayat from the sources cited alongside](https://github.com/aslisubhash/digital-panchayat-project), CC BY 4.0
- [DIGIPIN national addressing grid, computed from the panchayat's reference point](https://www.indiapost.gov.in/vas/Pages/digipin.aspx), Open algorithm
- [SRTM 1-arc-second elevation (AWS Terrain Tiles, Skadi)](https://registry.opendata.aws/terrain-tiles/), Public domain (SRTM); see terrain-tiles attribution
- [Bank branches with IFSC/MICR (razorpay/ifsc-api)](https://github.com/razorpay/ifsc), MIT (public RBI data)
- [UP gram pradhan election results 2005–2021 (in-rolls/local_elections_up)](https://github.com/in-rolls/local_elections_up), MIT (compilation); public election results
- [ESA WorldCover 10 m land cover 2021 (v200)](https://esa-worldcover.org/), CC BY 4.0
- [Local Government Directory snapshot (planemad/india-local-government-directory)](https://github.com/planemad/india-local-government-directory), GODL-India
- [Lok Sabha 2024 constituency results](https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/), Public results
- [Government schemes (myScheme.gov.in)](https://www.myscheme.gov.in/), Public scheme information (dataset Apache-2.0)
- [National Family Health Survey 5 district fact sheets](http://rchiips.org/nfhs/), Public fact sheets
- [Panchayat Advancement Index, theme-wise gram panchayat scores](https://pai.gov.in/PS/Public/TW-GP.aspx), Public government data
- [Census of India 2011 Primary Census Abstract (district)](https://censusindia.gov.in/), Public
- [All-India post office and PIN directory with coordinates](https://data.gov.in/catalog/all-india-pincode-directory), GODL-India
- [National Panchayat Awards winners](https://panchayataward.gov.in/), Public government data
- [Railway stations (datameet/railways)](https://github.com/datameet/railways), CC0
- [UP SEC panchayat polling centres (in-rolls/up_polling_station_locations)](https://github.com/in-rolls/up_polling_station_locations), Public government data; compilation by in-rolls
- [Gram panchayat office-bearers report (PB-2 form)](https://panchayatiraj.up.nic.in/pblc_pg/Reports/PB2FormReport?ReportType=Filled&District=BALLIA), Public government report
- [UP Vidhan Sabha 2022 and Lok Sabha 2024 segment results](https://results.eci.gov.in/), Public results
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0