Sherghati
Sign in to saveSherghati is a town in the Gaya district in Bihar (formally Magadha), India. The Morhar River surrounds it. A meteorite that came from Mars fell here on 25 August 1865; it is now kept in a London museum, and is known as the Shergotty meteorite.
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Place details
- Region
- Bihar
- Country
- India
- Population
- 40,666
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sherghati
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- Hindi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Bihar
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Bihar, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bihar
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gaya
- Settlement.named_for
- Tiger Valley
- Settlement.unit_pref
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Gaya district
- Elevation
- +121
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Garh Sherghati.JPG
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
3 sectionsContents
- Demographics
- Geography
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Sherghati is a town in the Gaya district in Bihar (formally Magadha), India. The Morhar River surrounds it. A meteorite that came from Mars fell here on 25 August 1865; it is now kept in a London museum, and is known as the Shergotty meteorite.
Sherghati was under Chero rule but during 1700 it came under the rule of Rohilla chief Azam Khan. In 1857, Raja Jehangir Bux Khan revolted against the British.