Magadh division is an administrative geographical unit of
Bihar
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state
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of
India
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.
Gaya is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently (2005), the division consists
Gaya district,
Nawada district
Nawada district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. Nawada is its administrative headquarters. The district is the easternmost district of the Magadh division, one of the nine administrative divisions of Bihar. The ...
,
Aurangabad district,
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 ...
, and
Arwal district. The current divisional commissioner is Prem Singh Meena, an IAS officer of batch 2000 of Bihar cadre.
Magadh is home to the
Magahi culture. People speak
Magahi language
Magahi (), also known as Magadhi (), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal states of eastern India, and in the Terai region of Nepal. Magadhi Prakrit was the ancestor of Magahi, from which the latter's name de ...
here.
Districts, Sub-divisions, and Blocks
See also
*
Divisions of Bihar
Structurally Bihar is divided into divisions (Pramandal - प्रमंडल)), districts (Zila), sub-divisions (Anumandal) & circles (Anchal). The state is divided into 9 divisions, 38 districts, 101 subdivisions and 534 circles. 12 municip ...
*
Districts of Bihar
Bihar, a state of India, currently has 38 administrative districts, 101 subdivisions (अनुमंडल) and 535 CD blocks.
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References
Divisions of Bihar
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