Bani is a village in Chhatoh block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

[4] The 1951 census recorded Bani as comprising 4 hamlets, with a population of 490 people (257 male and 233 female), in 101 households and 87 physical houses.

[5] The 1961 census recorded Bani as comprising 4 hamlets, with a total population of 537 people (275 male and 262 female), in 107 households and 107 physical houses.

[3] The 1991 census recorded Bani as having a total population of 1,092 people (537 male and 555 female), in 219 households and 213 physical houses.

[4] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 311 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 46 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 0 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.