Imamganj is a city and a block headquarter in

Gaya district } Gaya district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. It was officially established on 3 October 1865. The district has a common boundary with the state of Jharkhand to the south. Gaya city is both the district head ...

of Bihar state, India. It is also a

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952. The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated m ...

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in the Magadh division, part of the Aurangabad

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constituency. It is located on the border of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

state, 65 km west of district headquarters Gaya, Bihar. It derives its name from Raja Imam Bux Khan of Sherghati. The Imamganj block is spread over 61708.52 sq acres and includes 7

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and 195 villages. In

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, it had a population of 1,864, including 951 males and 913 females. Muslims constitute 13 per cent of the population. The population of the city is increasing as people from the rural area settle in Imamganj. Imamganj has a CRPF camp in the block campus. Two rivers surround Imamganj, namely Morhar and Sorhar, and meet at Bhaghar. In the

2014 Indian general election General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

, the local voters defied the Maoists and voted heavily. The Entrepreneur and author

Satyapal Chandra Satyapal Chandra is an Indian author and entrepreneur. He is founder of MagTapp Technologies. He has penned novels of various genres. Early life and education He hails from a remote village, Malhari, situated in the Gaya district of Bihar. He ...

is from Imamganj.

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Cities and towns in Gaya district {{bihar-geo-stub