Sohawal Tehsil - Ayodhya District, Uttar Pradesh

Sohawal is an administrative tehsil in the Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Sohawal is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Salarpur, while the nearest airport is Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 94.8 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 378 km², including 375.10 km² rural area and 3.00 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 961 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Sohawal Tehsil

Sohawal Tehsil has a total of 159 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Abanpur Saroha	Rural	Abanpur Saroha
2	Agethua	Rural	Agathua
3	Amauna	Rural	Amauna
4	Antpur	Rural	Antpur
5	Arthar	Rural	Arthar
6	Arwawa	Rural	Aruwawa
7	Babhangawan	Rural	Babhangawan
8	Babhaniyawa	Rural	Babhaniyavan
9	Baidra Pur	Rural	Baidrapur
10	Ballipur	Rural	Ballipur
11	Bandi Daspur	Rural	Kadipur
12	Banvir Pur	Urban	Not applicable
13	Barai Kala	Rural	Baraikala
14	Barwa	Rural	Barwa
15	Bhadarsa Town And	Urban	Not applicable
16	Bhadersa Ta. Bahar	Urban	Not applicable
17	Bhaie Pur	Rural	Bhaipur
18	Bhawaniya Pur	Rural	Baidrapur
19	Bhikhan Pur	Rural	Bhikhanpur
20	Bhikhari Pur	Rural	Bhitaura
21	Bhitaura	Rural	Bhitaura
22	Bibipur	Urban	Not applicable
23	Bichhiya	Rural	Bichiya
24	Bishunpur Sara	Urban	Not applicable
25	Budhauli	Rural	Dhannipur
26	Chandpur Kail	Rural	Chandpur Kail
27	Chhatirwa	Rural	Chhatirwa
28	Chirra Mohammad Pur	Rural	Chirramuhammadpur
29	Dakhin Para	Rural	Dakhin Para
30	Dasauli	Rural	Dasauli
31	Daulat Pur	Rural	Daulat Pur
32	Deoga	Rural	Theunga
33	Deoie	Rural	Devai
34	Deora Kot	Rural	Devrakot
35	Dera Musi	Rural	Deramusi
36	Dhannipur	Rural	Dhannipur
37	Dharamdaspur	Rural	Dharmadaspur
38	Dharmal Pur	Rural	Panditpur
39	Dinkar Pur	Rural	Dinkarpur
40	Dostpur	Urban	Not applicable
41	Dostpur Raghu Manjha	Rural	Ismail Nagar Sihora
42	Dostpur Raghu Uparhar	Rural	Ismail Nagar Sihora
43	Fatehpur Saraiya Manjha	Rural	Fatehpur Sariaya
44	Fatehpur Saraiya Uparhar	Rural	Fatehpur Sariaya
45	Firozpur Manjha	Rural	Firojpur Uparhar
46	Firozpur Uparhar	Rural	Firojpur Uparhar
47	Gauhaniya Saloni	Rural	Gohniya
48	Gaura Brahman	Rural	Gaura Brahmnan
49	Gaura Kurmiyan	Rural	Baidrapur
50	Ghatam Pur	Rural	Ghatampur
51	Gondwa	Rural	Gondwa
52	Gopalpur	Rural	Gopalpur
53	Gopinath Pur	Rural	Goopinath Pur
54	Harbandhan Pur	Rural	Harbandhan Pur
55	Haripur Jalalabad	Rural	Jalalabad
56	Hazipur Barsedi Uparhar	Rural	Hajipur Barsandi
57	Hazipur Barsendi Manjha	Rural	Hajipur Barsandi
58	Hazipur Singhpur	Rural	Hazipur Singhpur
59	Hunsepur	Rural	Hunsepur
60	Ibrahimpur Dewali Manjha	Rural	Ibbrahim Pur Dewali
61	Ibrahimpur Dewali Uparhar	Rural	Ibbrahim Pur Dewali
62	Ibrahimpur Kandie	Rural	Ibbrahimpur Kandie
63	Ismil Nagar Sinhora Uparhar	Rural	Ismail Nagar Sihora
64	Ismil Nagar Snhora Manjha	Rural	Ismail Nagar Sihora
65	Jaganpur	Rural	Jaganpur
66	Jagdish Pur	Rural	Jagdishpur
67	Kadipur	Rural	Kadipur
68	Kail	Urban	Not applicable
69	Kalafar Pur Manjha	Rural	Kalafarpur
70	Kalaferpur Uparhar	Rural	Kalafarpur
71	Kaliyan Pur Bhaderash	Urban	Not applicable
72	Kandaila	Rural	Kandaila
73	Kapasi	Rural	Kapasi
74	Kareru	Rural	Kareru
75	Katrauli	Urban	Not applicable
76	Khanpur Masodha	Rural	Khanpur Masodha
77	Kharag Pur	Rural	Mana Pur
78	Khirauni	Urban	Not applicable
79	Kola	Rural	Kola
80	Kot Saray	Rural	Kot Saray
81	Kotdeeh Sarraiya	Rural	Kot Deeh Saraiyan
82	Kundurkha Khurd	Rural	Kurdrkha Khurd
83	Kurawan	Rural	Sofiapara
84	Lahra Pur	Rural	Lahrapur
85	Lakhauri	Rural	Lakhaouri
86	Madhopur	Rural	Madhopur
87	Madhupur	Rural	Madhupur
88	Mahawan	Rural	Mahawan
89	Maholi Uparhar	Rural	Maholi
90	Mainuddinpur	Rural	Mainuddinpur
91	Majnawa	Rural	Majnawa
92	Manapur	Rural	Mana Pur
93	Manglasi Manjha	Rural	Mangalsi
94	Manglasi Uparhar	Rural	Mangalsi
95	Manjha Kala	Rural	Kot Saray
96	Manjha Maholi	Rural	Maholi
97	Manjha Nidura	Rural	Ibbrahim Pur Dewali
98	Mau Yaduvansh Pur	Urban	Not applicable
99	Mirpur Kanta	Rural	Meerpurkanta
100	Mirzapur Nimauli	Urban	Not applicable
101	Misrauli	Rural	Theunga
102	Mohiuddinpur	Rural	Mohiuddin Pur
103	Moiya Kapoor Pur	Rural	Moeyakapoor Pur
104	Mokal Pur	Rural	Daulat Pur
105	Mumtaj Nagar	Rural	Mumtaj Nagar
106	Mustafabad	Rural	Mustafabad
107	Naipura	Urban	Not applicable
108	Nandigram	Urban	Not applicable
109	Nazibpur	Rural	Nazivpur
110	Paliagoa	Rural	Paliya Goa
111	Paliyarisali	Rural	Paliya Risali
112	Pandit Pur	Rural	Panditpur
113	Para Kail	Rural	Para Kail
114	Parana Pur	Rural	Pranapur
115	Pilkhawan	Rural	Pilkhawan
116	Pindwa	Rural	Ibbrahimpur Kandie
117	Pipri	Urban	Not applicable
118	Pirkhauli	Rural	Pirkhuli
119	Pora	Rural	Pora
120	Ragghoopur	Rural	Ragghupur
121	Rahimpur Baidauli	Rural	Rahim Pur Badauli
122	Raipur	Rural	Raipur
123	Raithuwa	Rural	Raithuwa
124	Rajapur Mafi	Urban	Not applicable
125	Ramnagar Dhaurahra	Rural	Ram Nagar Dhouhara
126	Rampur Grant	Rural	Rampur Grant
127	Rampur Kachar	Rural	Sanaha
128	Rasulpur Sakrawal	Rural	Rasul Pur Sakrawal
129	Raunahi Manjha	Rural	Raunahi
130	Raunahi Uparhar	Rural	Raunahi
131	Safipur Manjha	Rural	Lakhaouri
132	Sakhupara	Rural	Sakhupara
133	Salarpur	Rural	Salarpur
134	Salhepur Nimaicha	Urban	Not applicable
135	Sanaha Manjha	Rural	Sanaha
136	Sanaha Uparhar	Rural	Sanaha
137	Sarai Namoo	Rural	Saraynamu
138	Saraiya	Rural	Saraiya
139	Saranga Pur	Rural	Saranga Pur
140	Sariyawa	Rural	Sariyawa
141	Sarjupur Manjha	Rural	Harbandhan Pur
142	Sarjupur Uparhar	Rural	Harbandhan Pur
143	Sathri	Rural	Sathari
144	Sheikhpur Jafar	Rural	Shekhpur Jaafar
145	Sibar	Rural	Sivar
146	Sihaita Lohani	Rural	Sihaita Lohani
147	Sirhir Narsinghpur	Rural	Sirhir
148	Sohawal	Urban	Not applicable
149	Sufiya Para	Rural	Sofiapara
150	Sukhawa	Rural	Sokhanva
151	Surwari	Rural	Surwari
152	Tahasin Pur	Rural	Tahseenpur
153	Tajpur Kodara	Rural	Tajpur Koura
154	Tandwa	Rural	Tandwa
155	Thareru Manjha	Rural	Harbandhan Pur
156	Thareru Uparhar	Rural	Harbandhan Pur
157	Uchit Pur	Urban	Not applicable
158	Usru Amauna	Rural	Usru Amauna
159	Vinayakpur	Urban	Not applicable

Population of Sohawal Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Sohawal Tehsil has a total population of 3,85,818 people, consisting of 1,96,689 males and 1,89,129 females. There are 64,415 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 1,020 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Particulars	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	3,85,818	3,72,664	13,154
Male Population	1,96,689	1,89,925	6,764
Female Population	1,89,129	1,82,739	6,390
Total Households	64,415	62,496	1,919
Population Density	1,020 / km²	994 / km²	4,385 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 2,31,340 literate people and 57,645 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 99,254 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 43 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Particulars	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	57,645	56,033	1,612
Literate Population	2,31,340	2,22,453	8,887
Illiterate Population	1,54,478	1,50,211	4,267
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	99,254	98,846	408
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	43	43	0

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Sohawal (सोहावल)
District	Ayodhya
State / UT	Uttar Pradesh
Railway Station	Salarpur
Total Area	378 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	961
Total Population (2011)	3,85,818
Density	1,020/km²
Total Villages	159

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