Ayodhya Cantonment

Ayodhya Cantonment
Cantonment Area
Ayodhya Cantonment Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 26°47′47″N82°08′01″E / 26.796444°N 82.133665°E / 26.796444; 82.133665
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ayodhya
Founded by	British Indian Army
Government
• Type	Cantonment board
• Body	Ayodhya Cantonment Board, Ministry of Defence [1]
Area [2]
• Total	19.68 km2 (7.60 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	12,391
• Density	630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Awadhi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP 42 GT
Website	ayodhya.cantt.gov.in

Ayodhya Cantonment (or Ayodhya Cantt) is a cantonment town in Ayodhya district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, close to the city of Ayodhya. Established in the year 1858, today it is a Class I cantonment. The official name was changed from Faizabad Cantonment to Ayodhya Cantonment in October 2022 by the Government of India. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Demographics

The 2011 Census of India showed that Ayodhya Cantonment had a population of 12,391 in 2,014 households. ^{[6] [2]}

• There were 7,744 males and 4,647 females. ^{[6] [2]} The sex ratio was 600.1 females per 1,000 males. ^[6]
• There were 1,368 children of six and under: ^[6] 716 boys and 652 girls, giving a sex ratio of 910.6 girls per 1,000 boys. ^[6]
• There were 9,783 literates (89% of the population over six), of which 6,595 were male and 3,188 were female (85% and 69% of the male and female population over six). ^[6]

Historical population of Ayodhya Cantonment Year Pop. ±% 1931 5,726 —     1941 2,417 −57.8% 1951 5,916 +144.8% 1961 4,579 −22.6% 1971 6,971 +52.2% 1981 10,794 +54.8% 1991 11,843 +9.7% 2001 14,040 +18.6% 2011 12,391 −11.7% Source: [2]	Religions in Ayodhya Cantonment (2011) [7] Hinduism (90.9%) Islam (7.29%) Christianity (1.48%) Others (0.16%) Not Stated (0.21%)

References

1. "Home page", Ayodhya Cantonment Board, Ministry of Defence, The Cantonment Board Ayodhya (CBA) is an autonomous body under the control of Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India and discharges obligatory and discretionary functions as per the provisions of Cantonment Act 2006.
2. "A-04: Citys and urban agglomerations classified by population size class in 2011 with variation between 1901 and 2011 - Class I (population of 100,000 and above)", 2011 Census of India, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
3. "Defence Minister Approves Renaming Faizabad Cantt As Ayodhya Cantt: Report". NDTV . Press Trust of India. 4 October 2022.
4. "Rajnath Singh approves renaming of Faizabad Cantt as Ayodhya Cantt". The Economic Times . Press Trust of India. 4 October 2022.
5. "Faizabad Cantt to be renamed as Ayodhya Cantt, Defence Minister approves the proposal". The Free Press Journal . Asian News International. 4 October 2022.
6. "Basic Population Figures of India, States, Districts, Sub-District and City (Without Ward), 2011", 2011 Census of India, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
7. "PCA REL: Primary Census Abstract - By religion – Uttar Pradesh", 2011 Census of India, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India

External links

• Cantonment Board, website
• cbfaizabad.org