Ayodhya district
District in Uttar Pradesh, India
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The official name of the district was changed from Faizabad to Ayodhya in November 2018.
Demographics
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). 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.
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.
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Politics
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. 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.
Police stations
There are 19 Police stations in Ayodhya district.
- 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 (newly created 2022).
Transport
By Rail
The major railway stations in the district are
- Ayodhya Junction
- Ayodhya Cantt
- Rudauli railway station
- Goshainganj railway station
By Air
Ayodhya International Airport is the international airport in Ayodhya district.
Education
- 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
- Baragaon