Rudauli

Rudauli, popularly known as Rudauli Shareef, is a city and a municipal board in Faizabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Historically, Rudauli has been home to several Sufi saints. Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah has often spoken of this town, his birth place with great pride.GeographyRudauli is located at. It has an average elevation of 105 metres (344 feet).TransportationRudauli 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. The transport facilities available at Bhelsar are: Auto Rickshaws Man driven Rickshaws Private carsDemographicsIndia census, 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.