Aurangabad, Bihar

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Aurangabad
Aurangabad
State - District(s)	Bihar - Aurangabad
Coordinates	24.75° N 84.37° E
Area - Elevation	- 108 m
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2001) - Density	79,351 -

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Aurangabad is a city and a municipality in Aurangabad district in the state of Bihar, India. Aurangabad (pop. 118,052[1]) is the district headquarters of the eponymous district. It is situated on the Grand Trunk Road. The people of this region primarily speak Bhojpuri, though there are also sizeable Magadhi speakers.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 References

[edit] History

The Magadh region was one of the oldest and strongest empires of the world in the Ancient period and its boundaries (600-250 BC) spread across to parts of the (now present) countries of Burma, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh, apart from India. This was the region about Megasthenes (3rd Century BC), a Greek writer, traveller and scholar wrote with much awe and inspiration about his empire and the people.

[edit] Geography

Aurangabad is located at 24.75° N 84.37° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 108 metres (354 feet).

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Aurangabad had a population of 79,351. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Aurangabad has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.