# Dark stores in Ayodhya: how many, which apps and which areas

On 1 November 2026, Rewalto counted 12 quick-commerce dark stores in Ayodhya: Blinkit 5, JioMart 4, BigBasket 2 and Flipkart Minutes 1. Ayodhya ranks 144 of 689 cities by store count, with under 1% of India's stores. It has 1% of the stores Rewalto counts in Uttar Pradesh.

## Key facts

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Dark stores | 12; counted 1 Nov 2026 |
| Rank among cities | 144 of 689; under 1% of India's 13,813 stores |
| Apps with a store here | 4: Blinkit, JioMart, BigBasket, Flipkart Minutes |
| Apps not found here | Zepto, Swiggy Instamart, DMart; in our weekly checks |
| Named areas with a store | 8; most stores: Faizabad (4), Civil Line (2), Akbarpur (1) |
| Checked | 1 Nov 2026; weekly, per app |

## Stores by app

| App | Stores |
| --- | --- |
| Blinkit | 5 |
| JioMart | 4 |
| BigBasket | 2 |
| Flipkart Minutes | 1 |

## Areas with the most stores

| Area | Stores | Apps |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Faizabad | 4 | Blinkit, JioMart |
| Civil Line | 2 | Blinkit, Flipkart Minutes |
| Akbarpur | 1 | BigBasket |
| Ashapur | 1 | Blinkit |
| Dabha Samer | 1 | JioMart |
| Darshan Nagar | 1 | JioMart |
| Majurddinpur | 1 | Blinkit |
| Shahjahanpur | 1 | BigBasket |

## What the 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 1,563 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).

## Questions people ask

### How many dark stores are there in Ayodhya?

12, counted by Rewalto on 1 November 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?

1,563, in 54 cities, counted by Rewalto on 1 November 2026; Ayodhya has 12 of them.

Every city and app: https://rewalto.com/data/dark-stores

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