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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.[1][2][3]
Demographics
The 2011 Census of India showed that Ayodhya Cantonment had a population of 12,391 in 2,014 households.[4][5]
- There were 7,744 males and 4,647 females.[4][5] The sex ratio was 600.1 females per 1,000 males.[4]
- There were 1,368 children of six and under:[4] 716 boys and 652 girls, giving a sex ratio of 910.6 girls per 1,000 boys.[4]
- 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).[4]
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References
- ↑ Defence Minister Approves Renaming Faizabad Cantt As Ayodhya Cantt: Report. NDTV(4 October 2022).
- ↑ Rajnath Singh approves renaming of Faizabad Cantt as Ayodhya Cantt. The Economic Times(4 October 2022).
- ↑ Faizabad Cantt to be renamed as Ayodhya Cantt, Defence Minister approves the proposal. The Free Press Journal(4 October 2022).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Basic Population Figures of India, States, Districts, Sub-District and City (Without Ward), 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid
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