Buxar
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Buxar is a nagar parishad city in the state of Bihar, India, sharing border with Balia and Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the eponymous Buxar district, as well as the headquarters of the community development block of Buxar, which also contains the census town of Sarimpur along with 132 rural villages.
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Buxar is a human settlement and the capital of Buxar district in the state of Bihar, India. It is situated at an elevation of 55 meters above sea level and covers an area of 1,620 square kilometers. The locality operates within the UTC+05:30 time zone and utilizes the postal code 802101 and local dialing code 6183.
The settlement is documented in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. A nearby location named Pānrepatti, also in Bihar, has a recorded population of 0 and an elevation of 67 meters. Current weather observations indicate a temperature of 31.15 degrees, humidity of 19 percent, pressure of 1000, and wind speed of 2.69.
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- Locality
- Buxar
- Region
- Bihar
- Country
- India
- Population
- 102,861
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
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- Buxar
- Settlement.other_name
- Mini Kashi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ganges river at Buxar, Buxar Bridge, Buxar Railway Station
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- Buxar block map.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Buxar in Buxar block
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- India Bihar
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- Location in Bihar, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bihar
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Buxar
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1480
- Settlement.founder
- Todar & Domar Rao
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 6.2
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Typonym
- Demography
- Economy
- Villages
- Notable people
- See also
- References
Buxar is a nagar parishad city in the state of Bihar, India, sharing border with Balia and Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the eponymous Buxar district, as well as the headquarters of the community development block of Buxar, which also contains the census town of Sarimpur along with 132 rural villages.
The historic Battle of Chausa and Battle of Buxar were fought in this vicinity. Buxar Railway Station lies on Patna–Mughalsarai section of Howrah–Delhi main line in the zone of eastern central Indian railway. It is approximately 125 km from the state capital of Patna. Bhojpuri is the widely spoken language in Buxar.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Buxar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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