Ayodhyapuri

Former Village development committee Now a part of Madi Municipality in Bagmati Province, Nepal

Ayodhyapuri अयोध्यापुरी
Former Village development committee Now a part of Madi Municipality
27°24′N 84°26′E / 27.40°N 84.43°E / 27.40; 84.43
Country	Nepal
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Chitwan District
Population (2011)
• Total	10,693
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Ayodhyapuri (Nepali: अयोध्यापुरी) is a former village development committee and now a part of Madi Municipality in Chitwan District, Bagmati Province of southern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 10,693 people (4,914 male; 5,779 female) living in 2,555 individual households.^[1] The main economic activity among villagers is subsistence agriculture.^{[citation needed]}

Ayodhyapuri is one of the places thought and claimed by Nepal PM be the birthplace of the Hindu deity Rama, and the place where ancient Ayodhyapuri city lied.

The Department of Archeology of Nepal has started an archeological excavation to look for evidence in support of Ayodhyapuri's claim.^[2]

References

^ Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal (2012). "National Population and Housing Census 2011 (Village Development Committee/Municipality)" (PDF). p. 55. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "Department of Archeology team reaches Ayodhyapuri in Chitwan to conduct study on birthplace of lord Ram". Rising Nepal Daily. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.