Ayodhyapuri

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|native_name = अयोध्यापुरी

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|settlement_type = Former Village development committee Now a part of Madi Municipality

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|subdivision_name1 = Bagmati Province

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Ayodhyapuri ({{langx|ne|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.{{cite web |author1=Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal |title=National Population and Housing Census 2011 (Village Development Committee/Municipality) |url=http://mofald.gov.np/mofald/userfiles/docs_206.pdf |accessdate=14 July 2020 |page=55 |date=2012}}

The main economic activity among villagers is subsistence agriculture.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Ayodhyapuri is one of the places thought and claimed by Nepal PM as the birthplace of the Hindu deity Rama, based on the research of researcher Lok Mani Paudel, 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.{{cite web |title=Department of Archeology team reaches Ayodhyapuri in Chitwan to conduct study on birthplace of lord Ram

|url=https://risingnepaldaily.com/mustread/department-of-archaeology-team-reaches-ayodhyapuri-in-chitwan-to-conduct-study-on-birthplace-of-lord-ram

|website=Rising Nepal Daily

|accessdate=30 July 2020 |date=16 July 2020}}