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{{Short description|Block in Bihar, India}}
{{About|the community development block|the city|Aurangabad, Bihar|other uses|Aurangabad (disambiguation)}}
{{Orphan|date=October 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Aurangabad
| settlement_type = [[Community development block]]
| pushpin_map = India Bihar#India
| coordinates = {{coord|24.70|N|84.35|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Aurangabad subdivision, Bihar|Aurangabad subdivision]]
| government_type = [[Representative democracy]]
| area_total_km2 = 282.1
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 283,193
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 824101
| area_code = 06186
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in India|STD code]]
| registration_plate =
}}

'''Aurangabad''' is a [[community development block]] in [[Aurangabad subdivision, Bihar|Aurangabad subdivision]], [[Aurangabad district, Bihar|Aurangabad district]], [[Bihar]], [[India]].<ref name='Admin'>{{cite web| url =https://aurangabad.bih.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/ |title = District Aurangabad| work= Subdivision & Blocks and Economy |publisher= Government of Bihar | access-date = 20 June 2023}}</ref>

==Geography==
The topography of the area consists of flat alluvial plains and is a part of the Gangetic depression with deep alluvial deposits broken occasionally by low hill ranges. This information relates to Aurangabad subdivision of Gaya district in 1957.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://archive.org/stream/dli.ministry.10265/90.Gaya_Gazetteers_djvu.txt |title = Bihar District Gazetteer: Gaya by P.C. Roy Chaudhury, 1957|work= Topography: Physical Divisions |publisher= Ministry of Culture, Government of Bihar | access-date = 21 June 2023}}</ref> Topographically, Aurangabad district can be divided into hard core rock region and Jalodhak region.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://dcmsme.gov.in/old/dips/AURANGABAD.pdf |title = Brief Industrial Profile of Aurangabad |publisher= Ministry of MSME, Government of India. | access-date = 21 June 2023}}</ref>

Aurangabad community development block is bounded by [[Obra community development block|Obra block]] on the north, [[Rafiganj community development block|Rafiganj block]] and [[Madanpur community development block|Madanpur block]] on the east, [[Deo community development block|Deo block]] on the south and [[Barun community development block|Barun block]] on the west.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/bihar/tehsil/aurangabad.html |title = Aurangabad Tehsil Map |publisher= Maps of India | access-date = 21 June 2023}}</ref>

===Gram Panchayats===
[[Gram panchayat]]s in Aurangabad community development block are: Pokhra, Bela, Ibrahimpur, Karma Bhagwan, Khaira Bind, Khaira Mirja, Kurmahan, Manjhar, Naugarh, Ora, Parawan, Parasdih, Phesar, Poiwan, Jamohar and [[Aurangabad, Bihar|Aurangabad (NT)]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://bmvm.bihar.gov.in/data/code.php?district=235&block=1481 |title = BMVM |work= District-Block-Panchayat-Village code|publisher= Bihar Mahadalit Vikas Mission, Department of SC & ST, Government of Bihar | access-date = 22 June 2023}}</ref>

==Civic Administration==
Blocks are a part of the subdivision in Aurangabad district.<ref name='Admin'/>

There is a Mufassil police station at [[Aurangabad, Bihar|Aurangabad]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://police.bihar.gov.in/En/Search_PS.aspx |title = View Police Station |work= Mufassil PS |publisher= Bihar Police | access-date = 22 June 2023}}</ref>

==Demographics==
In the 2011 census Aurangabad community development had a total population of 283,193, of which 180,949 were rural and 102,244 were urban, the highest urban population among the community development blocks in the Aurangabad district.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://cgwb.gov.in/AQM/NAQUIM_REPORT/Bihar/Aurangabad%20Final.pdf |title = Aquifer Mapping and Management of Ground Water Resources: Aurangabad district |work= Demographic details of Administrative Blocks of Aurangabad district, Table1, page 4 |publisher= Central Water Board, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India | access-date = 20 June 2023}}</ref>

[[Hindi]] is the official language of the state.<ref>{{cite web|date=1950|title=The Bihar Official Language Act, 1950|url=http://csd.bih.nic.in/Act&rule/Act1english.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413072041/http://csd.bih.nic.in/Act%26rule/Act1english.pdf|archive-date=13 April 2015|access-date=22 June 2023|website=Cabinet Secretariat Department, Government of Bihar}}</ref> [[Urdu]] is serving as a second language in certain districts for specific purposes.<ref>{{cite book|last=Benedikter|first=Thomas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpZv2GHM7VQC&pg=PA89|title=Language Policy and Linguistic Minorities in India: An Appraisal of the Linguistic Rights of Minorities in India|date=2009|publisher=[[LIT Verlag]]|isbn=978-3-643-10231-7|location=Münster|page=89|access-date= 22 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019053006/https://books.google.com/books?id=vpZv2GHM7VQC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89|archive-date=19 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

The literacy rate of Aurangabad district in 2001 was 57.50%. It was 71.99% for males and 42.04% for females.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://gov.bih.nic.in/Profile/CensusStats-03.htm |title = Census Statistics |work= Literacy |publisher= Wayback machine archival of original file of Government of Bihar |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080524094302/http://gov.bih.nic.in/Profile/CensusStats-03.htm | access-date = 21 June 2023|archive-date = 2008-05-24 }}</ref>

==Poverty==
According to a World Bank Study, in 2012, 34% of the population of Bihar lived [[Below Poverty Line|below poverty line]]. In Aurangabad district, 37-47% of the people lived below poverty line.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/781181467989480762/pdf/105842-BRI-P157572-PUBLIC-Bihar-Proverty.pdf |title = Bihar: Poverty, Growth and Inequality |publisher= World Bank Document | access-date = 21 June 2023}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Agriculture===
Aurangabad district, with an agricultural economy, lies in a drought-prone area. Rice, wheat, gram lentil and rapeseed are the main crops.<ref name='Admin'/>

Aurangabad community development block has a geographical area of 28,210 ha, net sown area is 15,415 ha, area sown more than once is 1,039 ha, gross sown area is 16,454 ha, gross area irrigated is 14,031.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/Bihar/AURANGABAD.pdf |title = Ground Water Information Booklet Aurangabad District, Bihar State |work=Status of agriculture and irrigation, Table 4, Page 15 - Agriculture and Irrigation status in Aurangabad district of Bihar |publisher= Central Ground water Board Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India | access-date = 20 June 2023}}</ref>

===BRGF===
Aurangabad district received funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF), a fund financed by the central government to redress regional imbalances from 2006 to 2007. All 38 districts of Bihar receive allocations from BRGF.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/brgf-heat-on-purse-for-rural-development/cid/1355220 |title = BRGF heat on purse for rural development |work= Dev Raj |publisher= The Telegraph, 5 April 2016 | access-date = 21 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.panchayat.gov.in/documents/10198/0/BRGFFINALGUIDELINES.pdf | title = Backward Regions Grant Funds: Programme Guidelines | publisher = Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India | access-date = 21 June 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030225317/http://www.panchayat.gov.in/documents/10198/0/BRGFFINALGUIDELINES.pdf | archive-date = 30 October 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Education==
[[RLSY College Aurangabad|Ram Lakhan Singh College]], a degree college, was established at [[Aurangabad, Bihar]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://rlsyaurangabad.ac.in/ |title = Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav College |publisher= RLSYC | access-date = 21 June 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Administration in Bihar]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Aurangabad, Bihar]]
[[Category:Community development blocks in Bihar]]

Aurangabad community development block - Revision history

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