Rudauli
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Rudauli
Rudauli Shareef | |
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Town | |
| Rudauli | |
  Rudauli Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 26°45′N 81°45′E / 26.75°N 81.75°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ayodhya |
| Founded by | Raja Rudramal Singh |
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 51,000 |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[1] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | UP-42 |
Rudauli, popularly known as Rudauli Shareef and Rudrawali, is a town, tehsil and a municipal board in Faizabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 40 km west of the district headquarters Ayodhya.
Geography
Rudauli is located at 26°45′N 81°45′E / 26.75°N 81.75°E.[2] It has an average elevation of 105 metres (344 feet).
Transportation
Rudauli is well connected by road and railway line. Almost all the trains going towards Lucknow or Delhi or going towards Bihar and Howrah stop here. The large high-tech highway project Lucknow-Ahyodhya highway has been completed and unfortunately there is no bus service available from Rudauli to the capital city. The distance from Lucknow is 90 km; about 2 hours by railway and 3 hours by state transport. One has to step down at Bhelsar (भेलसर بھیلسر)(Coordinates: 26°46'51"N 81°45'11"E) to reach Rudauli by a 3 km internal road from Bhelsar.
Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[3] Rudauli had a population of 36,804. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Rudauli has an average literacy rate of 47%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 53%, and female literacy is 40%. In Rudauli, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Notable people
- Majaz, poet
- Phoolchand Gupta, Hindi and Gujarati poet, writer and translator
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Rudauli
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.