Naugachia is a city and a notified area

Notified area

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 in Bhagalpur district

Bhagalpur District

Bhagalpur district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Bhagalpur town is the administrative headquarters of this district.-Geography:...

 in the India

India

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States and territories of India

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 of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

. It is a block and a division of the Bhagalpur district, and also a police district.

Geography

Naugachia is located at Click Here . It has an average elevation of 25 metres (82 feet). It is bordered on one side by the river Ganges and one by the river Koshi. It is famous for yellow maize, known as Kelanchal of Bihar. Due to the building of a ring dam, flooding is no longer a problem for Naugachia.

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Naugachia had a population of 38,288. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Naugachia has an average literacy rate of 48%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 56%, and female literacy is 38%. In Naugachia, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Administration

Naugachia Nagar Panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

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http://www.infoganex.hpage.com is the governing body in the town.

Transport

The Naugachia railway station is managed by the East Central Railway

East Central Railway

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. The railway station code is NNA. The nearest airport is the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport

Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport

Patna Airport , also known as Jaiprakash Narayan International Airport, Patna , is an airport located southwest of Patna, the capital of state of Bihar in India...

, Patna

Patna

Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...

. Naugachia lies close the banks of Ganges river as well as kosi river. Vikramshila Setu, the second longest bridge across Ganges, connects Naugachia with Barari Ghat in Bhagalpur.National Highway-31 is also nearby.

Villages

• Mahdattpur
• Thana Bihpur
• Bikrampur
• Sonvarsa
• Simra
• Nagarpada
• Punama Pratap Nagar
• Nagraha
• Dayalpur
• Rangra
• Kumedpur
• Murli.
• Madarauni.
• Baniya
• Baisi.
• Chandrakhara.
• Bhawanipur.
• Tetri
• Bhramarpur
• Khagra
• Mukundpur
• Maniamore
• Naya Tola
• Saidpur
• Ujani
• Pakra
• Borba
• Madwa
• Jairampur
• Birbanna
• Bari Makandpur
• Gosaingaon
• Bari Makandpur(maudha Tola)
• TulsiPur
• sahu parbatta
• Dhobiniya
• Milki
• Khairpur Kadwa
• Laxmipur
• Rasalpur
• SihKund
• Lokmanpur
• Pachgachia Bazar