Gaya District

Gaya district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of . It was officially established on 3 October 1865. The district has a common boundary with the state of to the south. is both the district headquarters and the second-largest city in .
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  • Type: district of India with 4,390,000 residents
  • Description: district of Bihar, India
  • Also known as: “distritu de Gaya”, “Gaya”, “Gaya (distritu)”, “Gaya district”, and “ガヤー地区”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Gaya Airport and Mahabodhi Temple.

Aerodrome
Photo: Rashid Jorvee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gaya International Airport is an international airport serving , , . is situated 5 km west of Gaya District.

Buddhist temple
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The or the Mahābodhi Mahāvihāra… is situated 6 km south of Gaya District.

Railway station
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a junction station… is situated 6 km north of Gaya District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gaya and Bodh Gaya.

Photo: Keymaker31, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a major pilgrimage city in for Hindus.

Photo: Photo Dharma, CC BY 2.0.
, a city in the state of Bihar, holds immense…

Town
is a block in Gaya District, . is situated 7 km northeast of Gaya District.

Gaya District

Latitude
24.75° or 24° 45′ north
Longitude
85° east
Population
4,390,000
Elevation
119 metres (390 feet)
Abbreviation
“GAY”
Open location code
7MP7Q222+22
Geo­Names ID
1271440
Wiki­data ID
Q49173
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In Other Languages

From Angika to Western Panjabi—“Gaya District” goes by many names.
  • Angika: “गया जिला”
  • Arabic: “جايا (الهند)”
  • Arabic: “جايا”
  • Armenian: “Գայա”
  • Asturian: “Gaya”
  • Awadhi: “गया जिला”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qaya (rayon)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qaya”
  • Basque: “Gaya barrutia”
  • Bengali: “গয়া জেলা”
  • Bhojpuri: “गया जिला”
  • Catalan: “districte de Gaya”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Gaya”
  • Cebuano: “Gayā”
  • Chinese: “格雅县”
  • Chinese: “格雅縣”
  • Dutch: “Gaya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جايا (الهند)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جايا”
  • French: “district de Gaya”
  • French: “District de Gaya”
  • German: “Gaya”
  • Gujarati: “ગયા જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “गया जिला”
  • Hindi: “गया”
  • Hungarian: “Gaya”
  • Italian: “distretto di Gaya”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Gaya”
  • Japanese: “ガヤー県”
  • Kashmiri: “گیا ضِلہٕ”
  • Magahi: “गया जिला”
  • Maithili: “गया जिला”
  • Malayalam: “ഗയ ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “गया जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gaya”
  • Nepali: “गया जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “गया जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gaya”
  • Norwegian: “Gaya”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Districte de Gaya”
  • Oriya: “ଗୟା ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Persian: “بخش گایا”
  • Polish: “Gaya”
  • Portuguese: “Gaia”
  • Portuguese: “Gaya”
  • Russian: “Гая”
  • Sanskrit: “गयामण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱜᱟᱭᱟ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Gaya”
  • Spanish: “Gaya”
  • Swedish: “Gaya”
  • Swedish: “Gayā”
  • Tamil: “கயா மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “கயா”
  • Telugu: “గయ జిల్లా”
  • Telugu: “గయా జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “อำเภอคยา”
  • Urdu: “گیا ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Gaya”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع گایا”
  • “गया जिला”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Gopi Bigha and Maranpur.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Khiriyawan and Lilajan River.

Bihar: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Patna and Gaya.

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