{{short description|Administrative division of Uttar Pradesh, India}} {{Other uses|Ayodhya (disambiguation)}} {{pp-move-indef|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
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'''Ayodhya division''', formerly and colloquially known as '''Faizabad division''', is one of the 18 administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Ayodhya city is the administrative headquarters of the division.<ref>{{Cite web|title=District Ayodhya - Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} City Of Lord Rama {{!}} India|url=https://ayodhya.nic.in/|access-date=8 March 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> The government of Uttar Pradesh approved the renaming of the Faizabad division to Ayodhya division in November 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=UP cabinet approves renaming of Faizabad as Ayodhya, Allahabad as Prayagraj |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-cabinet-approves-renaming-of-faizabad-as-ayodhya-allahabad-as-prayagraj/articleshow/66605791.cms |access-date=22 January 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=13 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
The division currently consists of the following 5 districts:-<ref>{{Cite web|title=Administrative Setup {{!}} District Ayodhya - Government of Uttar Pradesh {{!}} India|url=https://ayodhya.nic.in/administrative-setup/|access-date=2021-10-05|language=en}}</ref> * Ambedkar Nagar * Amethi * Ayodhya * Barabanki * Sultanpur
== Demographics == {{Pie chart |thumb = right | caption=Ayodhya division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C16"/> |label1 = Hindi |value1 = 81.52 |color1 = Orange |label2 = Awadhi |value2 = 12.98 |color2 = red |label3 = Urdu |value3 = 4.94 |color3 = green |label4 = Others |value4 = 0.56 |color4 = Black }}
The 2011 census did not use the new organisation. The districts at the time consisted of Barabanki, Faizabad (now called ''Ayodhya''), Ambedkar Nagar, and Sultanpur.<ref name="census2011-C16"/> The latter had different sub-districts than now.
{|class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" |- style="vertical-align:top;" ! colspan=8| Ayodhya division: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.<ref name="census2011-C16">{{cite report |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Uttar Pradesh |url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX |publisher = Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> |- style="vertical-align:top;" ! rowspan=2 | Mother tongue code ! rowspan=2 | Mother tongue ! colspan=4 | Districts ! colspan=2 | Ayodhya division |- style="vertical-align:top;" !| Bara Banki !| Ayodhya !| Ambedkar Nagar !| Sultanpur !| Total people !| Percentage |- style="vertical-align:top;" || 002007 || Bengali | style="text-align:right;" | 635 | style="text-align:right;" | 584 | style="text-align:right;" | 303 | style="text-align:right;" | 597 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,119 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.02% |- style="vertical-align:top;" || 004001 || Dogri | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 831 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 831 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |- style="vertical-align:top;" || 006030 || Awadhi | style="text-align:right;" | 68,876 | style="text-align:right;" | 333,602 | style="text-align:right;" | 256,822 | style="text-align:right;" | 888,371 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,547,671 | style="text-align:right;" | 12.98% |- style="vertical-align:top;" || 006102 || Bhojpuri | style="text-align:right;" | 2,141 | style="text-align:right;" | 804 | style="text-align:right;" | 39,100 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,889 | style="text-align:right;" | 44,934 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.38% |- style="vertical-align:top;" || 006142 || Chhattisgarhi | style="text-align:right;" | 217 | style="text-align:right;" | 788 | style="text-align:right;" | 490 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,700 | style="text-align:right;" | 4,195 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.04% |- style="vertical-align:top;" || 006240 || Hindi | style="text-align:right;" | 2,984,773 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,050,978 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,905,077 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,781,822 | style="text-align:right;" | 9,722,650 | style="text-align:right;" | 81.52% |- style="vertical-align:top;" || 015043 || Odia | style="text-align:right;" | 84 | style="text-align:right;" | 557 | style="text-align:right;" | 504 | style="text-align:right;" | 628 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,773 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |- style="vertical-align:top;" || 016038 || Punjabi | style="text-align:right;" | 1,199 | style="text-align:right;" | 763 | style="text-align:right;" | 362 | style="text-align:right;" | 887 | style="text-align:right;" | 3,211 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.03% |- style="vertical-align:top;" || 019014 || Sindhi | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,432 | style="text-align:right;" | 4 | style="text-align:right;" | 28 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,464 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.02% |- style="vertical-align:top;" || 022015 || Urdu | style="text-align:right;" | 200,893 | style="text-align:right;" | 77,484 | style="text-align:right;" | 193,932 | style="text-align:right;" | 116,980 | style="text-align:right;" | 589,289 | style="text-align:right;" | 4.94% |- style="vertical-align:top;" || 028001 || Arabic/Arbi | style="text-align:right;" | 170 | style="text-align:right;" | 38 | style="text-align:right;" | 474 | style="text-align:right;" | 391 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,073 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |- style="vertical-align:top;" || 040001 || English | style="text-align:right;" | 763 | style="text-align:right;" | 53 | style="text-align:right;" | 42 | style="text-align:right;" | 39 | style="text-align:right;" | 897 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |- style="vertical-align:top;" | style="text-align:center;" | – || Others | style="text-align:right;" | 948 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,082 | style="text-align:right;" | 778 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,785 | style="text-align:right;" | 5,593 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.05% |- style="vertical-align:top;" |-valign=top class="sortbottom" | colspan=2 | Total | style="text-align:right;" | 3,260,699 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,470,996 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,397,888 | style="text-align:right;" | 3,797,117 | style="text-align:right;" | 11,926,700 | style="text-align:right;" | 100.00% |- |}
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