Faizabad division
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Ayodhya division, previously known as Faizabad division, is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state in India. Ayodhya is the administrative headquarters of the division.[1] The government of Uttar Pradesh approved the renaming of the Faizabad division to Ayodhya division in November 2018.[2]
The division currently consists of the following districts[3]:
Demographics[edit]
The 2011 Indian census did not use the new organisation. The districts at the time consisted of Bara Banki, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, and Sultanpur.[5] The latter had different sub-districts than now.
Faizabad division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.[5] | |||||||
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Mother tongue code | Mother tongue | Districts | Faizabad division | ||||
Bara Banki | Faizabad | Ambedkar Nagar | Sultanpur | Total people | Percentage | ||
002007 | Bengali | 635 | 584 | 303 | 597 | 2,119 | 0.02% |
004001 | Dogri | 0 | 831 | 0 | 0 | 831 | 0.01% |
006030 | Awadhi | 68,876 | 333,602 | 256,822 | 888,371 | 1,547,671 | 12.98% |
006102 | Bhojpuri | 2,141 | 804 | 39,100 | 2,889 | 44,934 | 0.38% |
006142 | Chhattisgarhi | 217 | 788 | 490 | 2,700 | 4,195 | 0.04% |
006240 | Hindi | 2,984,773 | 2,050,978 | 1,905,077 | 2,781,822 | 9,722,650 | 81.52% |
015043 | Odia | 84 | 557 | 504 | 628 | 1,773 | 0.01% |
016038 | Punjabi | 1,199 | 763 | 362 | 887 | 3,211 | 0.03% |
019014 | Sindhi | 0 | 2,432 | 4 | 28 | 2,464 | 0.02% |
022015 | Urdu | 200,893 | 77,484 | 193,932 | 116,980 | 589,289 | 4.94% |
028001 | Arabic/Arbi | 170 | 38 | 474 | 391 | 1,073 | 0.01% |
040001 | English | 763 | 53 | 42 | 39 | 897 | 0.01% |
– | Others | 948 | 2,082 | 778 | 1,785 | 5,593 | 0.05% |
Total | 3,260,699 | 2,470,996 | 2,397,888 | 3,797,117 | 11,926,700 | 100.00% |
References[edit]
- ↑ "District Ayodhya - Government of Uttar Pradesh | City Of Lord Rama | India". Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ↑ PTI (13 November 2018). "UP cabinet approves renaming of Faizabad as Ayodhya, Allahabad as Prayagraj". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ↑ "Administrative Setup | District Ayodhya - Government of Uttar Pradesh | India". Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ↑ Verma, Lalmani (7 June 2013). "Amethi to remain district, but with one less tehsil". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Uttar Pradesh (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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Coordinates: 26°47′N 82°08′E / 26.783°N 82.133°E