Ayodhya district (formerly Faizabad district) is one of the 75

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in the northern

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Ayodhya Ayodhya () is a city situated on the banks of the Sarayu river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ayodhya district as well as the Ayodhya division of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ayodhya became th ...

is its administrative headquarters. The district occupies an area of , and had a population of 2,470,996 in the 2011 census. Ayodhya district shares its borders with 6 districts of Uttar Pradesh. It is bordered by Gonda and Basti districts on the northern side, Amethi and Sultanpur districts on the south, and Ambedkar Nagar and Barabanki districts share the border on the east and west. The official name of the district was changed from Faizabad to Ayodhya in November 2018.

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

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). The district had a population density of . Its

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over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.16%. The district had a

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of 961

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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%. 13.77% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes made up 22.46% of the population. At the 2011 Census of India, 83.00% of the population in the district identified their first language as

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, 13.50% as Awadhi and 3.14% as

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Politics

Ayodhya district has one Lok Sabha constituency and five Vidhan Sabha constituencies. Awadhesh Prasad of the

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is the sitting MP of Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency. Three of the five legislative assembly seats are held by the BJP and two by the

. Ved Prakash Gupta (BJP) is the MLA for

, Ram Chandra Yadav (BJP) for Rudauli, Awadesh Prasad (Samajwadi Party) for Milkipur, Amit Singh Chauhan (BJP) for Bikapur and Abhay Singh (Samajwadi Party) for Goshainganj.

Police stations

There are 19 Police stations in Ayodhya district. *Kotwali, Ayodhya *Inayat Nagar *Ayodhya Cantt. *Kumarganj *Kotwali Nagar *Khandala *Gosainganj *Tarun *Patranga *Pura Kalandar *Kotwali, Bikapur *Mawai *Maharajganj *Mahila Thana *Rudauli *Ram Janmabhoomi *Raunahi *Haiderganj *Baba Bazaar (newly created 2022).

Transport

By Rail

The major railway stations in the district are * Ayodhya Junction * Ayodhya Cantt * Rudauli railway station * Goshainganj railway station

By Air

Ayodhya International Airport is the international airport in Ayodhya district.

Education

* Avadh University, later renamed the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, was established in Faizabad, Ayodhya district in 1975. * Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology is a university situated in Kumarganj. * K.S. Saket P.G. College is a degree college situated in Ayodhya city.

Villages

* Baragaon

References

External links

Faizabad city website

Former Faizabad district website
{{Uttar Pradesh Districts of Uttar Pradesh Ayodhya division