Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Bihar
- Division
- Patna
- Established
- 9 November 1972
- Headquarters
- Bihar Sharif
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Nalanda
- Total
- 2,367 km (914 sq mi)
- Urban
- 112.91 km (43.59 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,216/km (3,149/sq mi)
- Literacy
- 66.41 (M=77.11; F=54.76)
- Sex ratio
- 921 (2011)
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Major highways
- NH 20 , NH 33 , NH 120 , NH 431
- Website
- Nalanda District
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Patna division
- Capital
- Bihar Sharif
- Population
- 2877653
- Area
- 2367
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Sheikhpura district
- Official website
- nalanda.bih.nic.in
- Image
- Nalanda.jpg
- Households
- 477529
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- topic's main category
- Category:Nalanda district
- Commons category
- Nalanda district
- male population
- 1497060
- female population
- 1380593
- urban population
- 457894
- rural population
- 2419759
- literate population
- 1519933
- illiterate population
- 1357720
- short name
- NLD
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Encyclopedic overview
Nalanda district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the state of Bihar in India. Bihar Sharif is the administrative headquarters of this district. The districts is home to the ancient Nalanda Mahavihara a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nalanda is located in the Magadh region of southern Bihar.
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