The armed men, hailing from Mahoba district in the adjoining State, were planning for commit dacoity at Binwara village, about 75km away from the district headquarters here, a police official said.
Those arrested are identified as Dilip Lodhi, Manoj Lodhi, Kallu Lodhi, Dharamsingh Lodhi and Milan Lodhi, Binwara Police Station In-charge Vinayak Shukla said.
Police seized three country-made pistols, a few live cartridges and a car from them.
The bandits were planning to target the house of Binwara Sarpanch, Anil Tiwari, he said.
A case was registered and further investigations were on.