Nawada district

Nawada District
District of Bihar
Phulwaria reservoir
Location of Nawada district in Bihar
Country	India
State	Bihar
Division	Magadh
Headquarters	Nawada
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Nawada
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Nawada, Hisua, Rajauli, Gobindpur & Warisaliganj.
Area
• Total	2,494 km2 (963 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,219,146
• Density	890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
• Urban	215,579
Demographics
• Literacy	59.76%
• Sex ratio	939
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways	NH 20, NH 120
Website	nawada.nic.in

Nawada district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. Nawada is its administrative headquarters. The district is the easternmost district of the Magadh division, one of the nine administrative divisions of Bihar. The area of the modern district was historically part of the Magadha, Shunga and Gupta empires. Koderma and Giridih districts of the state of Jharkhand lie on the southern border of the district; it also shares borders with the Gaya, Nalanda, Sheikhpura, and Jamui districts of Bihar.