A small town, Ayodhya is spread over an area of only 10.24 square kilometres (Delhi is 1483 sq km) and has a population of 49,650 (2001 census). In 1901 the town had 21,584 inhabitants. Ayodhya is located in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh and the district headquarter Faizabad is 6 kilometres to the south-west. Ayodhya and Faizabad are referred to as twin towns.