Sohawal

Town in Uttar Pradesh, India

Sohawal

Town

Sohawal

Location in Uttar Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 26°45′00″N 81°59′10″E﻿ / ﻿26.75000°N 81.98611°E﻿ / 26.75000; 81.98611
Country|  India
State| Uttar Pradesh
District| Ayodhya
Elevation

| 1,346 m (4,416 ft)
Population

(2011)

• Total

| 25,123
• Rank| 9
Language

• Official| Hindi[1]
• Additional official| Urdu[1]
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN|

224188

Vehicle registration| UP-42
Sex ratio| 1000/1000 ♂/♀
Website| up.gov.in

Sohawal is a town and tehsil[2] in Ayodhya district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and is sub post office of Ayodhya. Sohawal is 18 km west of district headquarters Ayodhya.

## Demographics

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Religions in Sohawal

Religion |  | Percent
Hindus |

| 75%
Muslims |

| 15%
Jains |

| 10%
Others† |

| 0%
Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (0%), Buddhists (<0%).

As of 2011[update] India census, Sohawal had a population of 25,123. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sohawal has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 52%. In Sohawal, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.[citation needed]

## Government and politics

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Sohawal is a block in the Ayodhya district in Uttar Pradesh.[3]

The town is a part of Ayodhya Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India. Lallu Singh from Bharatiya Janata Party is the MP of Ayodhya Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh.[4]

## Transport

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### Road

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Sohawal is well connected with nearby cities Ayodhya and also with Rudauli, Goshainganj and Bikapur towns of Ayodhya district.

### Railway

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Sohawal railway station serves the town of Sohawal.[5]

### Air

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Ayodhya International Airport is the nearest airport.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
2. ^ "Tehsil - There are five tehsils in the district. Sub Divisional Magistrate is Head of the office". ayodhya.nic.in. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
3. ^ "Subdivision & Blocks | District Ayodhya - Government of Uttar Pradesh | India". Retrieved 22 February 2021.
4. ^ "Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 - Ayodhya Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
5. ^ "Sohawal Railway Station Map/Atlas NR/Northern Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
6. ^ Tyagi, Harshita (24 November 2020). "UP Cabinet clears proposal to rename Ayodhya Airport as Maryada Purushottam Sri Ram Airport". Times Now. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

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Cities and towns in Ayodhya district

Ayodhya|

* Ayodhya
* Amaniganj
* Bhadarsa
* Bikapur
* Deokali
* Fatehganj
* Faizabad
* Faizabad Cantonment
* Gaddopur
* Goshainganj
* Gudri Bazar
* Hastinganj
* Kumarganj
* Maya Bazar
* Masodha
* Milkipur
* Mumtaj Nagar
* Naka Muzzafra
* Pura Bazar
* Rani Bazar
* Rikabganj
* Rudauli
* Sohawal
* Sarairasi
* Sahadatganj

Other districts|

* Agra
* Aligarh
* Ambedkar Nagar
* Amethi
* Amroha
* Auraiya
* Azamgarh
* Badaun
* Bagpat
* Bahraich
* Ballia
* Balrampur
* Banda
* Barabanki
* Bareilly
* Basti
* Bhimnagar
* Bijnor
* Bulandshahr
* Chandauli
* Chitrakoot
* Deoria
* Etah
* Etawah
* Farrukhabad
* Fatehpur
* Firozabad
* Gautam Buddha Nagar
* Ghaziabad
* Ghazipur
* Gonda
* Gorakhpur
* Hamirpur
* Hardoi
* Hathras
* Jalaun
* Jaunpur
* Jhansi
* Kannauj
* Kanpur Nagar
* Kanshi Ram Nagar
* Kaushambi
* Kushinagar
* Lakhimpur Kheri
* Lalitpur
* Lucknow
* Maharajganj
* Mahoba
* Mainpuri
* Mathura
* Mau
* Meerut
* Mirzapur
* Moradabad
* Muzaffarnagar
* Panchsheel Nagar
* Pilibhit
* Prabuddhanagar
* Pratapgarh
* Prayagraj
* Raebareli
* Ramabai Nagar
* Rampur
* Saharanpur
* Sant Kabir Nagar
* Sant Ravidas Nagar
* Shahjahanpur
* Shravasti
* Siddharthnagar
* Sitapur
* Sonbhadra
* Sultanpur
* Unnao
* Varanasi

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