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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sohawal
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| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26|45|00|N|81|59|10|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Uttar Pradesh|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Faizabad district|Faizabad]] (officially Ayodhya district)
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 1346
| population_total = 25,123
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank = 9
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|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]]|accessdate=27 October 2020|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archivedate=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
| demographics1_info2 = [[Urdu]]<ref name="langoff"/>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Pin Code|PIN]]
| postal_code =224188
| registration_plate = UP-42
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
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'''Sohawal''' is a town and 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-US}}</ref> in [[Faizabad district]] (officially Ayodhya district) in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and is subpost office of [[Faizabad]]. Sohawal is 24 km west of district headquarters [[Ayodhya]].

==Demographics==
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{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|75}}
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†<small>Includes [[Sikh]]s (0%), [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (<0%).</small>
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{{As of|2011}} India [[census]], Sohawal had a population of 25,123. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sohawal has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 52%. In Sohawal, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

== Government and politics ==
Sohawal is a block in the Faizabad district in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Subdivision & Blocks {{!}} District Ayodhya - Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} India|url=https://ayodhya.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/|access-date=22 February 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>

The town is a part of Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India. Lallu Singh from Bharatiya Janata Party is the MP of Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 - Faizabad Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name|url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/parliamentary-constituencies/faizabad.html|access-date=26 February 2021|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>

==Transport==
===Road===
Sohawal is well connected with nearby cities [[Faizabad]] and [[Ayodhya]]. And also with [[Rudauli]], [[Goshainganj]] and [[Bikapur]] towns of Faizabad district.

===Railway===
Sohwal railway station serves the town of Sohawal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sohwal (SLW) Railway Station: Station Code, Schedule & Train Enquiry - RailYatri|url=https://www.railyatri.in/stations/sohwal-slw|access-date=26 February 2021|website=www.railyatri.in}}</ref>

===Air===
[[Ayodhya Airport]] is the nearest airport.<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>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Faizabad district}}

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