Magadh division

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Magadh division
Division of Bihar
Magadh division.svg
Location of Magadh division in Bihar
Coordinates: 24°45′N85°00′E / 24.750°N 85.000°E / 24.750; 85.000 Coordinates: 24°45′N85°00′E / 24.750°N 85.000°E / 24.750; 85.000
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Bihar
Headquarters Gaya
Districts Gaya, Nawada, Aurangabad, Jehanabad, Arwal
Government
  CommissionerMayank Warwade, IAS [1]
Population
 (2011)
  Total10,931,018

Magadh division is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India. Gaya is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently (2005), the division consists Gaya district, Nawada district, Aurangabad district, Jehanabad district, and Arwal district. The current divisional commissioner is Mayank Warwade, an IAS officer of 2001 batch of Bihar cadre. [2] Magadh is home to the Magahi culture. People speak Magahi language here.

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Districts, Sub-divisions, and Blocks

Magadh Division
(HQ: Gaya)
5 District, 10 Subdivisions, and 61 Blocks
#DistrictHeadquarterSubdivisions#BlocksRef
1 Gaya Gaya Sadar
Sherghati
Tekari
Nimchak Bathani
24 [3]
2 Aurangabad Aurangabad Auranagabad
Daudnagar
11 [4]
3 Nawada Nawada Nawada
Rajauli
14 [5]
4 Jehanabad Jehanabad Jehanabad7 [6]
5 Arwal Arwal Arwal5 [7]

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