Navinagar is a city cum Nagar Panchayat in Aurangabad district 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 ...

, and is the location of Navinagar Super Thermal Power Project.

Geography

Nabinagar is located at . Its average elevation is 138 metres (452 feet).

Overview

It has also been the assembly constituency of nationalist and first Bihar

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cum

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, Bihar Vibhuti

Anugrah Narayan Sinha Anugrah Narayan Sinha (18 June 1887 – 5 July 1957), known as ''Honorary titles of Indian leaders, Bihar Vibhuti'', was an Indian nationalist politician, participant in Champaran Satyagraha, Gandhian & one of the architects of modern Bihar, wh ...

. Nabinagar is slated to become a power hub since Bihar Government and NTPC are collaborating to set up a coal based

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, having three units of 660 MW each.

Demographics

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, Nabinagar had a population of 19,041. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Nabinagar has an average literacy rate of 73%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 63%. In Nabinagar, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

Cities and towns in Aurangabad district, Bihar {{Bihar-geo-stub