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{{distinguish|text=Imamganj, [[Fatehpur district]], Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Magadha]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Magadh Division]]
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| subdivision_name4 = [[Gaya district|Gaya]]
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| postal_code = 824206
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'''Imamganj''' is a city and a [[Block (District subdivision)|block]] headquarter in [[Gaya district]] of Bihar state, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/bihar/20051130.htm |title=Chaudhary elected new Bihar assembly Speaker |work=Rediff.com |date=2005-11-30 |access-date=2014-06-18}}</ref> It is also a [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] [[List of constituencies of Bihar Legislative Assembly|constituency]] in the [[Magadh division]], part of the [[Aurangabad (Bihar Lok Sabha constituency)|Aurangabad]] [[Lok Sabha]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web | title = Magadh region hogs political limelight | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Magadh-region-hogs-political-limelight/articleshow/35398570.cms? |date= 21 May 2014| access-date = 2014-06-18 | newspaper = [[The Times of India]] }}</ref> It is located on the border of [[Jharkhand]] 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 [[village panchayat]] and 195 villages.<ref>{{cite web | title = Imamganj, Public Health Centre| url = http://imamganjphc.blogspot.in/2011/07/imamganj.html | access-date = 2014-06-18 }}</ref> In [[2011 Indian census]], it had a population of 1,864, including 951 males and 913 females.<ref>{{cite web | title = Imamganj|publisher=Census of India: Population Finder, Ministry of Home Affairs | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=971770&category=VILLAGE| access-date = 2014-06-18 }}</ref>

Muslims constitute 13 per cent of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/will-the-muslim-militia-polarise-community-on-caste-lines-in-bihars-imamganj-2470308.html|title=Will the Muslim militia polarise community on caste lines in Bihar's Imamganj?}}</ref> The population of the city is increasing as people from the rural area settle in Imamganj. Imamganj has a CRPF{{clarify|What does this stand for?|date=December 2020}} camp in the block campus. Two rivers surround Imamganj, namely Morhar and Sorhar, and meet at Bhaghar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/maoists-blast-school-building-in-bihar-s-gaya-district-news-national-ldqoOdhegigsi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717010618/http://www.sify.com/news/maoists-blast-school-building-in-bihar-s-gaya-district-news-national-ldqoOdhegigsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-07-17 |title=Maoists blast school building in Bihar's Gaya District |publisher=Sify.com |date=2011-03-16 |access-date=2014-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Maoists blast six cell towers, torch part of railway station|newspaper= The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/maoists-blast-six-cell-towers-torch-part-of-railway-station/article2109229.ece |date=16 June 2011| access-date = 2014-06-18 | first = Shoumojit | last = Banerjee }}</ref>

In the [[2014 Indian general election]], the local voters defied the Maoists and voted heavily.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Villagers-defy-Maoists-in-Bihars-Aurangabad-to-vote/articleshow/33585768.cms |title=Villagers defy Maoists in Bihar's Aurangabad to vote |newspaper=The Times of India |date=2014-04-11 |access-date=2014-06-18}}</ref>

The author [[Satyapal Chandra]] is from Imamganj.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.deccanherald.com/content/277387/on-write-track-maoist-land.html| title = On the write track from Maoist land {{!}} Deccan Herald}} </ref>

== References ==
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{{Magadh Division}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Gaya district]]

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