Faizabad division

Faizabad division, officially Ayodhya division, is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state in India. Faizabad 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.[1]

See also: Faizabad (disambiguation)

Faizabad division

The division currently consists of the following districts:

Demographics

Faizabad division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.[3]

  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.[3] The latter had different sub-districts than now.

Faizabad division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.[3]
Mother tongue code Mother tongue Districts Faizabad division
Bara Banki Faizabad Ambedkar Nagar Sultanpur Total people Percentage
002007Bengali 635 584 303 597 2,119 0.02%
004001Dogri 0 831 0 0 831 0.01%
006030Awadhi 68,876 333,602 256,822 888,371 1,547,671 12.98%
006102Bhojpuri 2,141 804 39,100 2,889 44,934 0.38%
006142Chhattisgarhi 217 788 490 2,700 4,195 0.04%
006240Hindi 2,984,773 2,050,978 1,905,077 2,781,822 9,722,650 81.52%
015043Odia 84 557 504 628 1,773 0.01%
016038Punjabi 1,199 763 362 887 3,211 0.03%
019014Sindhi 0 2,432 4 28 2,464 0.02%
022015Urdu 200,893 77,484 193,932 116,980 589,289 4.94%
028001Arabic/Arbi 170 38 474 391 1,073 0.01%
040001English 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
  1. PTI (13 November 2018). "UP cabinet approves renaming of Faizabad as Ayodhya, Allahabad as Prayagraj". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. Verma, Lalmani (7 June 2013). "Amethi to remain district, but with one less tehsil". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. 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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