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Paharpur | |
|---|---|
city | |
 Paharpur railway station | |
  Paharpur Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates: 24°36′26″N85°12′29″E / 24.607106°N 85.207943°E Coordinates: 24°36′26″N85°12′29″E / 24.607106°N 85.207943°E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Gaya |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 5,758 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Magahi, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
Paharpur is a census town in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar.
A census town is a type of town that satisfies certain characteristics, depending on the country in which it is located.
Gaya is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. It was officially established on 3 October 1865. The district has a common boundary with the state of Jharkhand to the south. Gaya city is both the district headquarters and the second-largest city in Bihar.
India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country as well as the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
