Jehanabad is a city in

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and is the headquarters of

Jehanabad district Jehanabad district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar States and territories of India, state, India. Jehanabad town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Jehanabad district is a part of Magadh Division, and is located o ...

in the

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Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

Demographics

According to the

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of 2011, the Jehanabad had a population of 1,125,313 with Sex Ratio of 922. Jehanabad has a literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 74.04%. Male literacy is 77.66% and female literacy is 71.2%. 18% percent of Jehanabad's population is under six years of age.

Transport

National Highways 83 and NH 110 cross through the city. No. 83 runs from

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via Masaurhi, and goes directly to Gaya through Makhdumpur. It runs almost parallel to the railway line. A network of poor quality PWD roads and REO roads run across the district. The total length of paved roads is 541.65 km and that of mud tracks is 450.90 km.

Notable people

* Samprada Singh * Mahendra Prasad * Alma Latif Shamsi

References

External links

Statistics on Bihar government website

{{Magadh Division Cities and towns in Jehanabad district