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. The government of Uttar Pradesh approved the renaming of the Faizabad division to Ayodhya division in November 2018.
The division currently consists of the following districts:
- Ambedkar Nagar
- Amethi[4]
- Barabanki
- Ayodhya
- Sultanpur
Demographics
Faizabad division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.
Awadhi (12.98%)
Hindi (81.52%)
Urdu (4.94%)
Others (0.56%)
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.
| showFaizabad division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother tongue code | Mother tongue | Districts | Faizabad division | ||||
| Bara Banki | Faizabad | Ambedkar Nagar | Sultanpur | Total people | Percentage | ||