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#REDIRECT [[Faizabad district]]
{{short description|District in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Other uses|Ayodhya (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name              = Ayodhya district
| settlement_type    = [[List of districts of Uttar Pradesh|District]]
| other_name        = Faizabad district
| total_type        = Total
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|photo1a = Ayodhya Ram Mandir Inauguration Day Picture.jpg {{!}} Ram Mandir on its inauguration day
|photo2a = Saryu.JPG {{!}} The River Saryu in Ayodhya
|photo1b = Sarayu River night view, Ayodhya 001.jpg {{!}} Diwali at Ram ki Paidi in Ayodhya
|photo3a = Ayodhya International Airport.jpg {{!}} Ayodhya International Airport, serving twin cities of Ayodhya and Faizabad
|photo3b = Gulabbari.JPG {{!}} Gulab Bari in Faizabad, the tomb of Shuja-ud-Daula, husband of Bahu Begum
|photo2b = Hanuman Garhi Temple, a major religious site in Ayodhya utter pradesh.jpg {{!}} [[Hanuman Garhi Temple]]; Famous temple in Ayodhya
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| image_caption      = Clockwise from top-left: [[Ram Mandir]] in Ayodhya, Diwali at [[Ram ki Paidi]] in Ayodhya, [[Hanuman Garhi Temple]] in Ayodhya, [[Gulab Bari]] in Faizabad, [[Ayodhya Airport|Ayodhya International Airport]] in Ayodhya, [[Sarayu River (Ayodhya)|Saryu River]] in Ayodhya
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| coor_pinpoint      = Ayodhya
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| subdivision_name  = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Ayodhya division|Ayodhya]]
| established_title  = Established
| established_date  =
| seat_type          = Headquarters
| seat              = [[Ayodhya]]
| parts_type        = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
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| p1                = 5
| area_total_km2    = 2,522
| area_footnotes    = <ref name=ayodhya.nic.in-aboutdistrict/>
| population_as_of  = 2011
| population_total  = 2,470,996
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census2011Gov"/><ref name=ayodhya.nic.in-aboutdistrict/>
| population_urban  = 689354
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 69.57%
| demographics1_title2 = [[Sex ratio]]
| demographics1_info2 = 961
| leader_title      = District Magistrate
| leader_name        = Chandra Vijay Singh (IAS)
| leader_title1      = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1      = {{olist |[[Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency]] - Ayodhya, Bikapur, Milkipur, Rudauli |[[Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency]] - Goshainganj}}
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| registration_plate = UP-42
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| blank_info_sec1    = [[National Highway 27 (India)|NH 27]], [[NH 330]], [[National Highway 330A (India)|NH 330A]], [[SH 30]]
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| website            = {{URL|https://ayodhya.nic.in}}
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'''Ayodhya district''' (formerly '''Faizabad district''') is one of the 75 [[districts of Uttar Pradesh|districts]] in the northern [[India]]n [[states and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The city of [[Ayodhya]] is its administrative headquarters.<ref name="ayodhya.nic.in-aboutdistrict" /><ref name="Tully2017">{{citation|last=Tully|first=Mark|title=India in Slow Motion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AmgQ3mcKL9wC&pg=PT18|year=2017|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-097-5|pages=18–}}</ref> The district occupies an area of {{convert|2,522|km2|sqmi}},<ref name="ayodhya.nic.in-aboutdistrict">{{Cite web |title=About district |work=District Ayodhya, Government of Uttar Pradesh |url=https://ayodhya.nic.in/ |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250801084302/https://ayodhya.nic.in/|archive-date=1 August 2025}}</ref> and had a population of 2,470,996 in the 2011 census.<ref name=ayodhya.nic.in-aboutdistrict/><ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Search Details – Faizabad District |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=190933 |access-date=6 November 2019 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in}}</ref> Ayodhya district shares its borders with 6 districts of Uttar Pradesh. It is bordered by [[Gonda district|Gonda]] and [[Basti district|Basti]] districts on the northern side, [[Amethi district|Amethi]] and [[Sultanpur district|Sultanpur]] districts on the south, and [[Ambedkar Nagar district|Ambedkar Nagar]] and [[Barabanki district|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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Faizabad district to be renamed as Ayodhya, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/faizabad-district-to-be-renamed-as-ayodhya-says-up-cm-yogi-adityanath/1374856/ |access-date=9 November 2019 |work=The Financial Express |date=6 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702193000/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/faizabad-district-to-be-renamed-as-ayodhya-says-up-cm-yogi-adityanath/1374856/|archive-date=2 July 2025}}</ref>
 
==Demographics==
 
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=7,39,402|13=1911|14=6,93,018|15=1921|16=6,94,764|17=1931|18=7,14,938|19=1941|20=7,82,639|21=1951|22=8,73,686|23=1961|24=9,60,818|25=1971|26=11,07,515|27=1981|28=13,61,862|29=1991|30=16,84,747|31=2001|32=20,88,928|33=2011|34=24,70,996|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>|align=center}}
 
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Ayodhya district (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11394/download/14507/DDW09C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Hindu]]|darkorange|84.75}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Uttar Pradesh|Islam]]|green|14.80}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.45}}
|caption=Distribution of religions
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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. The 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 [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web |year=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Faizabad|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1204/download/3830/DH_2011_0946_PART_A_DCHB_FAIZABAD.pdf|access-date= |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> The district had a population density of {{convert| 1054 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.16%. The district had a [[sex ratio]] of 961 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males. The total number of literates in the district was 1,450,901, which constitutes 58.7% of the population. The [[Literacy in India|effective literacy rate]] of those aged 7+ was 70.63%. 13.77% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes made up 22.46% of the population.<ref name="districtcensus" />
 
{{Pie chart
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|caption=Languages in Ayodhya district (2011 census)<ref name="languages"/>
|label1 = [[Hindi]] |value1 = 83.00 |color1 = orange
|label2 = [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] |value2 = 13.50 |color2 = indianred
|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 3.14 |color3 = green
|label4 = Others |value4 = 0.36 |color4 = grey
}}
 
At the [[2011 Census of India]], 83.00% of the population in the district identified their first language as [[Hindi]], 13.50% as [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] and 3.14% as [[Urdu]].<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10224/download/13336/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
 
{{clear}}
 
==Politics==
Ayodhya district has one Lok Sabha constituency and five Vidhan Sabha constituencies. [[Awadhesh Prasad]] of the [[Samajwadi Party]] is the sitting [[Member of parliament|MP]] of [[Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mishra |first1=Dheeraj |date=7 June 2024 |title=SP’s Ayodhya winner: ‘BJP kept saying hum Ram ko laaye hain, the reality is they did business in the name of Ram’ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/sp-ayodhya-winner-awadhesh-prasad-interview-9376440/lite/ |work=The Indian Express |access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref> Four of the five [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] seats are held by the BJP and one by the [[Samajwadi Party]]. Ved Prakash Gupta (BJP) is the MLA for [[Ayodhya Assembly constituency|Ayodhya]], Ram Chandra Yadav (BJP) for [[Rudauli Assembly constituency|Rudauli]], [[Chandrabhanu Paswan]] (BJP) for [[Milkipur Assembly constituency|Milkipur]], Amit Singh Chauhan (BJP) for [[Bikapur Assembly constituency|Bikapur]] and Abhay Singh (Samajwadi Party) for [[Goshainganj Assembly constituency|Goshainganj]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goshainganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates: SP's Abhay Singh wins Goshainganj with 72186 votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/goshainganj-uttar-pradesh-assembly-election-results-2022-live-updates-1923305-2022-03-10 |access-date=1 October 2022 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
 
== Police stations==
There are 19 Police stations in Ayodhya district.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uttar Pradesh Police {{!}} Police Units {{!}} Ayodhya {{!}} Officials |url=https://uppolice.gov.in/frmOfficials.aspx?faizabad&cd=OAAwADcA |access-date=27 December 2022 |website=uppolice.gov.in}}</ref>
 
*Kotwali, Ayodhya
*Inayat Nagar
*Ayodhya Cantt.
*Kumarganj
*Kotwali Nagar
*Khandasa
*Gosainganj
*Tarun
*Patranga
*Pura Kalandar
*Kotwali, Bikapur
*Mawai
*Maharajganj
*Mahila Thana
*Rudauli
*Ram Janmabhoomi
*Raunahi
*Haiderganj
*Baba Bazaar<ref>{{Cite news |title=Uttar Pradesh to get 18 new police stations for increased policing |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/uttar-pradesh-to-get-18-new-police-stations-for-increased-policing/articleshow/94206679.cms?from=mdr |access-date=27 December 2022}}</ref> (newly created 2022).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Police {{!}} District Ayodhya - Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} India |url=https://ayodhya.nic.in/police/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322125146/https://ayodhya.nic.in/police/|archive-date=22 March 2025}}</ref>


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==Transport==
{{R from alternative name}}
===By Rail===
{{R printworthy}}
The major railway stations in the district are
* [[Ayodhya Junction railway station|Ayodhya Junction]]
* [[Ayodhya Cantt railway station|Ayodhya Cantt]]
* [[Rudauli railway station]]
* [[Goshainganj railway station]]
 
===By Air===
[[Ayodhya International Airport]] is the international airport in Ayodhya district.
 
==Education==
* [[Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University|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==
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*[[Baragaon, Ayodhya|Baragaon]]
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
==External links==
{{commons category}}
{{Wiktionary|Faizabad}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071103112930/http://www.faizabadcity.com/ Faizabad city website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170831093500/http://faizabad.nic.in/ Former Faizabad district website]
 
{{Geographic location
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|North    = [[Gonda district]]
|Northeast = [[Basti district]]
|East      = [[Ambedkar Nagar district]]
|Southeast =
|South    = [[Sultanpur district]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Bara Banki district]]
|Northwest =
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Latest revision as of 04:43, 10 April 2026


For other uses, see Ayodhya (disambiguation).
Ayodhya district
Faizabad district
District
Ram Mandir on its inauguration day
Diwali at Ram ki Paidi in Ayodhya
The River Saryu in Ayodhya
Hanuman Garhi Temple; Famous temple in Ayodhya
Ayodhya International Airport, serving twin cities of Ayodhya and Faizabad
Gulab Bari in Faizabad, the tomb of Shuja-ud-Daula, husband of Bahu Begum
Clockwise from top-left: Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Diwali at Ram ki Paidi in Ayodhya, Hanuman Garhi Temple in Ayodhya, Gulab Bari in Faizabad, Ayodhya International Airport in Ayodhya, Saryu River in Ayodhya
Location of Ayodhya district in Uttar Pradesh
Location of Ayodhya district in Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates (Ayodhya): 26°47′N 82°08′E / 26.783°N 82.133°E / 26.783; 82.133
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DivisionAyodhya
HeadquartersAyodhya
Tehsils5
Government
 • District MagistrateChandra Vijay Singh (IAS)
 • Lok Sabha constituencies
  1. Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency - Ayodhya, Bikapur, Milkipur, Rudauli
  2. Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency - Goshainganj
 • Vidhan Sabha constituencies
Area
[1]
 • Total2,522 km2 (974 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2][1]
 • Total2,470,996
 • Density980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
 • Urban
689,354
Demographics
 • Literacy69.57%
 • Sex ratio961
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationUP-42
Major highwaysNH 27, NH 330, NH 330A, SH 30
Websiteayodhya.nic.in

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.[1][3] The district occupies an area of 2,522 square kilometres (974 sq mi),[1] and had a population of 2,470,996 in the 2011 census.[1][2] 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.[4]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901739,402—    
1911693,018−0.65%
1921694,764+0.03%
1931714,938+0.29%
1941782,639+0.91%
1951873,686+1.11%
1961960,818+0.96%
19711,107,515+1.43%
19811,361,862+2.09%
19911,684,747+2.15%
20012,088,928+2.17%
20112,470,996+1.69%
source:[5]
Religions in Ayodhya district (2011)[6]
Religion Percent
Hindu
 
 84.75%
Islam
 
 14.80%
Other or not stated
 
 0.45%
Distribution of religions

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. The 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).[7] The district had a population density of 1,054 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,730/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.16%. The district had a sex ratio of 961 females for every 1000 males. The total number of literates in the district was 1,450,901, which constitutes 58.7% of the population. The effective literacy rate of those aged 7+ was 70.63%. 13.77% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes made up 22.46% of the population.[7]

Languages in Ayodhya district (2011 census)[8]

  Hindi (83.00%)
  Awadhi (13.50%)
  Urdu (3.14%)
  Others (0.36%)

At the 2011 Census of India, 83.00% of the population in the district identified their first language as Hindi, 13.50% as Awadhi and 3.14% as Urdu.[8]

Politics[edit | edit source]

Ayodhya district has one Lok Sabha constituency and five Vidhan Sabha constituencies. Awadhesh Prasad of the Samajwadi Party is the sitting MP of Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency.[9] Four of the five legislative assembly seats are held by the BJP and one by the Samajwadi Party. Ved Prakash Gupta (BJP) is the MLA for Ayodhya, Ram Chandra Yadav (BJP) for Rudauli, Chandrabhanu Paswan (BJP) for Milkipur, Amit Singh Chauhan (BJP) for Bikapur and Abhay Singh (Samajwadi Party) for Goshainganj.[10]

Police stations[edit | edit source]

There are 19 Police stations in Ayodhya district.[11]

  • Kotwali, Ayodhya
  • Inayat Nagar
  • Ayodhya Cantt.
  • Kumarganj
  • Kotwali Nagar
  • Khandasa
  • Gosainganj
  • Tarun
  • Patranga
  • Pura Kalandar
  • Kotwali, Bikapur
  • Mawai
  • Maharajganj
  • Mahila Thana
  • Rudauli
  • Ram Janmabhoomi
  • Raunahi
  • Haiderganj
  • Baba Bazaar[12] (newly created 2022).[13]

Transport[edit | edit source]

By Rail[edit | edit source]

The major railway stations in the district are

By Air[edit | edit source]

Ayodhya International Airport is the international airport in Ayodhya district.

Education[edit | edit source]

Villages[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "About district". District Ayodhya, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original on 1 August 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Census of India: Search Details – Faizabad District". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Tully, Mark (2017), India in Slow Motion, Penguin Random House India Private Limited, pp. 18–, ISBN 978-93-5118-097-5
  4. ↑ "Faizabad district to be renamed as Ayodhya, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath". The Financial Express. 6 November 2018. Archived from the original on 2 July 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "District Census Handbook: Faizabad" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  9. ↑ Mishra, Dheeraj (7 June 2024). "SP's Ayodhya winner: 'BJP kept saying hum Ram ko laaye hain, the reality is they did business in the name of Ram'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Goshainganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates: SP's Abhay Singh wins Goshainganj with 72186 votes". India Today. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Police | Police Units | Ayodhya | Officials". uppolice.gov.in. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh to get 18 new police stations for increased policing". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "Police | District Ayodhya - Government of Uttar Pradesh | India". Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

External links[edit | edit source]

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