Dataset · Quick commerce
Dark stores in Ayodhya: how many, which apps and which areas
On 31 October 2026, Rewalto counted 12 quick-commerce dark stores in Ayodhya: Blinkit 5, JioMart 4, BigBasket 2 and Flipkart Minutes 1. Ayodhya ranks 143 of 688 cities by store count, with under 1% of India's stores. It has 1% of the stores Rewalto counts in Uttar Pradesh.
Part of Rewalto's count of dark stores in India, by app, city and pin code. New to the term? Read what a dark store is.
Key facts
| Dark stores | 12counted 31 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Rank among cities | 143 of 688under 1% of India's 13,740 stores |
| Apps with a store here | 4: Blinkit, JioMart, BigBasket, Flipkart Minutes |
| Apps not found here | Zepto, Swiggy Instamart, DMartin our weekly checks |
| Named areas with a store | 8most stores: Faizabad (4), Civil Line (2), Akbarpur (1) |
| Checked | 23 Oct 2026 to 30 Oct 2026weekly, per app |
Counted on 31 Oct 2026
Stores in Ayodhya
- Blinkit542%
- JioMart433%
- Flipkart Minutes18%
- BigBasket217%
What the Ayodhya counts show
- Blinkit and JioMart are close in Ayodhya: 5 and 4 stores.
- JioMart holds 33% of the stores here, against 23% across India.
- No Zepto, Swiggy Instamart or DMart store was found in Ayodhya in our checks.
- 8 named areas have at least one store. Faizabad (4), Civil Line (2) and Akbarpur (1) have the most, 58% of the city's stores together.
- Ayodhya holds 1% of the 1,562 stores Rewalto counts in 54 Uttar Pradesh cities, the 17th most in the state.
- Across the state that is 2.6 stores per 100,000 people living in Uttar Pradesh's towns and cities (official projection for 1 March 2026: 59.4 million). For India the figure is 2.7.
- The nearest other cities Rewalto counts are Gorakhpur (115 km, 47 stores), Lucknow (125 km, 282 stores) and Prayagraj (154 km, 75 stores).
Areas of Ayodhya with the most stores
all 8- Faizabad4 stores: Blinkit, JioMart
- Civil Line2 stores: Blinkit, Flipkart Minutes
- Akbarpur1 store: BigBasket
- Ashapur1 store: Blinkit
- Dabha Samer1 store: JioMart
- Darshan Nagar1 store: JioMart
- Majurddinpur1 store: Blinkit
- Shahjahanpur1 store: BigBasket
Counts are what the apps show shoppers, so they are a floor, not a census. How we count dark stores. State population: Population Projections for India and States 2011-2036, Government of India, 2020. City location: Wikidata, read 28 October 2026.
Related
- Dark stores in IndiaAll 13,740 stores, by app and city
- Dark stores in Uttar Pradesh1,562 stores in 54 cities
- Dark stores in Gorakhpur115 km away, 47 stores
- Dark stores in Lucknow125 km away, 282 stores
- Dark stores in Prayagraj154 km away, 75 stores
- Dark stores in Varanasi183 km away, 72 stores
- Dark stores in Kanpur190 km away, 111 stores
- Dark stores in Siwan224 km away, 11 stores
- Dark-store coverage map
- Stock state by pin code
- Delivery time by pin code
- What is a dark store?
- Quick commerce market share
Questions people ask
- How many dark stores are there in Ayodhya?
- 12, counted by Rewalto on 31 October 2026 across 4 apps.
- Which quick-commerce apps deliver from dark stores in Ayodhya?
- Blinkit, JioMart, BigBasket and Flipkart Minutes. We found no Zepto, Swiggy Instamart or DMart store in Ayodhya in our checks.
- How many dark stores are there in Uttar Pradesh?
- 1,562, in 54 cities, counted by Rewalto on 31 October 2026; Ayodhya has 12 of them.