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{{For|Vidhan Sabha|Rudauli Assembly constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Rudauli
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| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.75|N|81.75|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ayodhya district|Ayodhya]]
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| elevation_m = 105
| population_total = 43091
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=27 October 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
| demographics1_info2 = [[Urdu]]<ref name="langoff"/>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code = 224120
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'''Rudauli''' is a town,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rudauli Town Area {{!}} District Ayodhya - Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} India|url=https://ayodhya.nic.in/public-utility/rudauli-town-area/|access-date=25 February 2021|language=en}}</ref> tehsil<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tehsil - There are five tehsils in the district. Sub Divisional Magistrate is Head of the office|url=https://ayodhya.nic.in/tehsil/|website=ayodhya.nic.in|access-date=22 February 2021|language=en}}</ref> and a [[municipal board]] in [[Ayodhya district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Rudauli is 50 km west of the district headquarters [[Ayodhya]].

==Geography==
Rudauli is located at {{Coord|26.75|N|81.75|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Rudauli.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Rudauli]</ref> It has an average elevation of 105 metres (344 feet).

==Demographics==
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{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Rudauli had a population of 36,804. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Rudauli has an average literacy rate of 47%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 53%, and female literacy is 40%. In Rudauli, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Governance and politics==
===Civic administration===
Rudauli is also a block in Ayodhya district in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Subdivision & Blocks - District Ayodhya Consists of 11 Blocks |url=https://ayodhya.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/|access-date=22 February 2021|language=en|website=ayodhya.nic.in}}</ref> There is a police station in Rudauli.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Police {{!}} District Ayodhya - Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} India|url=https://ayodhya.nic.in/police/|website=ayodhya.nic.in|access-date=22 February 2021|language=en}}</ref>

==Transportation==
===Road===
Rudauli is well connected with nearby cities of [[Ayodhya]], Barabanki and Lucknow, and also with [[Sohawal]], Mawai, [[Milkipur]], [[Kumarganj, Ayodhya|Kumarganj]], [[Goshainganj]] and [[Bikapur]] towns of Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh.

===Railway===
Rudauli, Ayodhya Cantt, Ayodhya Junction and Goshainganj are the nearest railway stations.

===Air===
[[Ayodhya International Airport]] is the nearest airport to the town.<ref>{{Cite news|title=UP Cabinet clears proposal to rename Ayodhya Airport as Maryada Purushottam Sri Ram Airport|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/industry/article/up-cabinet-clears-proposal-to-rename-ayodhya-airport-as-maryada-purushottam-sri-ram-airport/686291|last=Tyagi|first=Harshita|access-date=22 February 2021|work=Times Now|date=24 November 2020|language=en}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Majaz]], Urdu poet and maternal uncle of [[Javed Akhtar]]
* [[Phoolchand Gupta]], Hindi and Gujarati poet, writer and translator
* [[Parwana Rudaulvi]], Urdu Poet, Journalist, Writer and Translator

==References==
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{{Faizabad district}}
* [http://www.rudaulionline.com http://www.rudauli.co.in]

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Ayodhya district]]

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