Bikapur is a town, tehsil and

nagar panchayat A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,00 ...

Ayodhya district Ayodhya district (formerly Faizabad district) is one of the 75 districts in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city of Ayodhya is its administrative headquarters. The district occupies an area of , and had a population of 2,470,9 ...

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

state in India. Bikapur is 25 km south of the district headquarters

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 ...

city.

Demographics

In 2011 total population of Bikapur 14,453.

Governance and politics

Civic administration

Bikapur is also a block in Ayodhya district in Uttar Pradesh. There is a police station in Bikapur.

Villages

Villages in Bikapur tehsil include Dhamhar.

Places of interest

There are many nearest tourist attraction places like as Sitakund (2 km) which is 84 kosi parikarma site, Bharatkund (6 km) Bharat Hanuman Milaap sthal and Ayodhya (25 km) Birthplace of Lord Rama.

Transport

By Air

Ayodhya Airport Ayodhya Airport , officially named as Maharshi Valmiki International Airport, Ayodhyadham, is an international airport currently handling only domestic flights, serving the cities of Ayodhya and Faizabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Th ...

(under construction)(20 km) is the nearest international airport to Bikapur.

Prayagraj Airport Prayagraj Airport , also known as Allahabad Airport, is a domestic airport and an Indian Air Force base serving the city of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. Located in the Bamrauli suburb of the city, it is one of the oldest airports in India. ...

(150 km) and

Gorakhpur Airport Gorakhpur Airport (proposed to be renamed as Mahayogi Gorakhnath Airport) is a domestic airport and an Indian Air Force base serving the city of Gorakhpur, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) operates it ...

(150 km) are the nearby domestic airports and Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport, Lucknow (150 km) and

Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport is an international airport serving Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located at Babatpur, northwest of Varanasi. Formerly known as Varanasi Airport, it was officially renamed after Lal Bahadur Shastri, the ...

, Varanasi (160 km) are the nearby international airports to reach Bikapur.

By Rail

The Indian railway network connects Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj with Bikapur. Ayodhya Cantt, Ayodhya Junction, Goshainganj, Bharatkund, Chaure Bazar, Rudauli, Kurebhar, Sultanpur Junction are the nearby railway stations from Bikapur.

By Road

Bikapur is on the NH 330 and therefore has good road connectivity with

, Sultanpur, Pratapgarh and

Prayagraj Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benar ...

using the NH 330. Bikapur is also well connected by road with nearby towns Bhadarsa, Masodha, Sohawal, Tarun, Haiderganj, Goshainganj, Mehbubganj, Rudauli, Milkipur and Kumarganj.

References

Cities and towns in Ayodhya district {{Faizabad-geo-stub