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District in Bihar, India
Gaya district
District
Great Buddha Statue in Bodh Gaya
Location of Gaya district in Bihar
Country
India
State
Bihar
Division
Magadh
Headquarters
Gaya
Tehsils
24
Government
• MP/Saansad.
Shri. Vijay Manjhi.(JDU)
• Lok Sabha constituencies
Gaya
• MLA/Vidhayak(Gaya Town)
(Shri)Dr. Prem Kumar (BJP)
Area
• Total
4,976 km2 (1,921 sq mi)
• Rank
2nd in Bihar
Population
(2011)
• Total
4,359,700 (as per 2,011 census)
Demographics
• Literacy
63.67per cent
• Sex ratio
932
Time zone
UTC+05:30 (IST)
PIN Code
823001
Major highways
NH 2, NH 82, NH 83
Website
gaya.nic.in
Gaya district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. It was officially established on 3 October 1865. The district has a common boundary with the state of Jharkhand to the south. Gaya city is both the district headquarters and the second-largest city in Bihar.
Gayadistrict is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. It was officially established on 3 October 1865. The district has a common...
the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency: Gayadistrict List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha "Election Commission of India"...
comprise a number of villages. Gayadistrict has approximately 3000 villages. Gaya Town C. D. Block consists of: Gaya Municipal Corporation Paharpur Census...
Bodh Gayā is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple complex, situated in the Gayadistrict in the Indian state of...
a city in Bihar Gaya Airport Bodh Gaya, a town in Bihar near GayaGayadistrict, Bihar Gaya, Niger, a city in the Dosso region Gaya Department, a department...
Gaya Junction railway station is a junction station serving the city of Gaya, the headquarters of Gayadistrict and Magadh Division in the Indian state...
The Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya (IIM-BG) is an autonomous public business school in Bodh Gaya, Bihar in India. It is the 16th Indian Institute...
Assembly from the Hassanpur constituency (now Hodal) in the Palwal district. Gaya Lal in 1967 changed party thrice in a day first from the Indian National...
around the Mahabodhi Temple complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bodh Gaya, India. Five people, including two Buddhist monks, were injured by the blasts...
Bodh Gaya Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency and Kumar Sarvjeet is the MLA for Bihar Legislative Assembly in Gayadistrict of Bihar, India...
computer and language labs. Its jurisdiction extends over five districts: Arwal, Aurangabad, Gaya, Jehanabad, and Nawadah.[citation needed] Sanjay Singh Yadav...
Gaya is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently (2005), the division consists Gayadistrict, Nawada district, Aurangabad district,...
Gaya or Gayawal Tirth Purohits) are a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Bihar. The community is mainly concentrated in the Gaya district...
Legislative Assembly for Tikari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the Gayadistrict of Bihar. He is a member of Janata Dal (United); he won the 2015 Legislative...
established as a Subdivision of Gayadistrict. On 26 January 1973, Nawada was formed as a separate district from Gayadistrict. It is a part of Magadh Division...
Dashrath shortened travel between the Atri and Wazirganj blocks of Gayadistrict from 55 km to 15 km. He travelled to New Delhi to get recognition of...
Communist Party of India (Maoist)) killed 40 Bhumihars at Bara Village in Gayadistrict of Bihar, India. The MCC's armed group brought the 35 men of Bara village...
was born into a family of Paswans on 3 April 1975 in Chahal Mundera, Gayadistrict, Bihar. His parents are Chandra Mani Devi and Rajesh Kumar, a member...
benevolence, while the Gaya Public Library (the oldest District Library in Bihar) and the Gaya Club, which is the hub of social activity in Gaya town, stand on...
on 6 October 1944 in Mahakar village were under Khijarsarai area in Gayadistrict of Bihar. His father Ramjit Ram Manjhi and mother Sukri Devi were farm...
Gehlaur is a village located in Muhra Tehsil of Gayadistrict in Bihar State, India. Gehlaur was the home of the legendary ‘Mountain Man’ Dashrath Manjhi...
Surendra Prasad Yadav was born to a family of farmers in Gaya, Bihar. Yadav had his early education in Gaya and has attended Magadh University. Surendra Prasad...
Legislative Assembly in Gayadistrict of Bihar, India. It comes under Gaya (Lok Sabha constituency). "Constituencies | Gaya | India". Retrieved 5 March...
Dinapur Cantonment (CB), Khagaul (NP) and Saidpura (CT). Gaya Urban Agglomeration includes Gaya (M Corp.), Kaler (OG) and Paharpur (CT). Bhagalpur Urban...