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Nabinagar

This article is about a city in Indian state of Bihar. For the upazila in Bangladesh, see Nabinagar Upazila.
City in Bihar, India
Nabinagar
city
Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 24°37′N 84°07′E / 24.62°N 84.12°E / 24.62; 84.12
CountryIndia
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
 • Rank4th
Elevation138 m (453 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
25,041
Languages
 • OfficialMagadhi, Hindi, Urdu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code06186
ISO 3166 code IN-BR

Navinagar is a city cum Nagar Panchayat in Aurangabad district in the Indian state of Bihar, and is the location of Navinagar Super Thermal Power Project.

Geography

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Nabinagar is located at 24°37′N 84°07′E / 24.62°N 84.12°E / 24.62; 84.12 .[1] Its average elevation is 138 metres (452 feet).

Overview

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It has also been the assembly constituency of nationalist and first Bihar Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister, Bihar Vibhuti Anugrah Narayan Sinha.

Nabinagar is slated to become a power hub since Bihar Government and NTPC are collaborating to set up a coal based thermal power plant, having three units of 660 MW each.

Demographics

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Religions in Nabinagar
  1. Hindus (97.7%)
  2. Muslims (1.05%)
  3. Others (0.46%)

As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Nabinagar had a population of 19,041. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Nabinagar has an average literacy rate of 73%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 63%. In Nabinagar, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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