Faizabad district, officially Ayodhya district, is one of the 75 districts of
India
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n state of
Uttar Pradesh
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. The city of
Ayodhya
Ayodhya (; ) is a city situated on the banks of holy river Saryu in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Ayodhya, also known as Saketa, is an ancient city of India, the birthplace of Rama and setting of the great epic Ramayana. Ayodhya wa ...
, which is believed to be the birth place of
Hindu
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deity
Rama
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, is the administrative headquarters of the district. The official name of the district was changed from Faizabad to Ayodhya in November 2018 by
Yogi Adityanath
Yogi Adityanath (born on 5 June 1972 as Ajay Singh Bisht),
-led
Government of Uttar Pradesh
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. The district occupies an area of , and had a population of 2,470,996 in the 2011 census.
Awadhi
Awadhi (; ), also known as Audhi (), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern India and Nepal. It is primarily spoken in the Awadh region of present-day Uttar Pradesh, India. The name ''Awadh'' is connected to Ayodhya, the ancient city ...
is the common language of the people of Faizabad district.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Indian census, the district had a population of 2,470,996, of which males were 1,259,628 and females were 1,211,368. Population in the age group of 0–6 years was 360,082. This gave it a ranking of 178th in India (out of a total of 640). The district had a population density of . Its
population growth rate
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over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.16%. The district had a
sex ratio
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of 961
females
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A female has larger gametes than a male. Females ...
for every 1000 males. The total number of literates in the district were 1,450,901, which constitutes 58.7% of the population. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population was 70.63%. Scheduled Castes made up 22.46% of the population.
At the time of the
2011 Census of India
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, 83.00% of the population in the district spoke
Hindi
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, 13.50%
Awadhi
Awadhi (; ), also known as Audhi (), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern India and Nepal. It is primarily spoken in the Awadh region of present-day Uttar Pradesh, India. The name ''Awadh'' is connected to Ayodhya, the ancient city ...
Faizabad district has one Lok Sabha constituency and 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies. Lallu Singh from Bharatiya Janata Party is an MP of Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
And in the last 2022 assembly elections, the BJP has won 3 seats and Samajwadi Party has won 2 seats from the five assembly seats in this district. Ved Prakash Gupta (BJP) is the MLA from Ayodhya Assembly Constituency, Ram Chandra Yadav (BJP) from Rudauli Assembly Constituency, Awadesh Prasad (Samajwadi Party) won from Milkipur Assembly Constituency, Amit Singh Chauhan (BJP) from Bikapur Assembly Constituency and Abhay Singh (Samajwadi Party) is the MLA from Goshainganj Assembly Constituency.
Transport
By Rail
The major railway stations in the district are
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Ayodhya Junction
Ayodhya Junction railway station is a railway station in the city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh in India. It is one of two railway junction stations in the city; the other one is . The station is owned by Indian Railways.
Location
The station is ...
Goshainganj railway station
Goshainganj railway station is a railway station between Lucknow and Varanasi railway route in Goshainganj, Faizabad district (now Ayodhya district), Uttar Pradesh, India.
Services
There are about 31 trains which pass via Goshainganj out of w ...
By Air
Ayodhya Airport (under construction) is the international airport in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.