Nawada

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?Nawada Bihar • India
Nawada
Coordinates: 24°53′N 85°32′E / 24.88, 85.53
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 80 m (262 ft)
District(s)	Nawada
Population	82,291 (2001)

Coordinates: 24°53′N 85°32′E / 24.88, 85.53

Nawada is a city and a municipality in and headquarters of Nawada district in the Indian state of Bihar.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Transportation
4 Education
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Geography

Nawada is located at 24.88° N 85.53° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 80 metres (262 feet). Kakolat Fall is a popular fall in Bihar. Many people come from different places in India for picnics in the summer season. It is 24 km far from Nawada Town.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[2], Nawada had a population of 82,291. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Nawada has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 59%. In Nawada, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. National Highway-31 passes through the town and it is also connected by rail as it is on gaya-kiul oxilliary line.it is an ancient place and spiritually important for Jainism. There is Jalmandir and gunawan jee mandir related to Jainism. It is a spiritually sound place and pawapuri-tirthankar mahavir's nirwan sthal, gaya, bodh gaya, rajgir and nalanda is very near places of historical importance. The main crops harvested are paddy, wheat, pulses, and mustard. The language is basically Magahi a sub-language to Hindi. It is 105 km from Patna and 60 km from Gaya. Kakolat is exactly 27 km from Nawada town. Nawada is the main market place for around most of the small villages and people love to go kakolat in summer season when Sun on the head.

[edit] Transportation

Nawada is well connected to the major cities like Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Kolkata by road. It is also connected to cities like Gaya, Munger (Jamalpur), Bhagalpur, Kolkata (Howrah junction) etc. by train.