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Mathurapur Destination Guide

Discover Mathurapur in India

Mathurapur in the region of Bihār is a town located in India - some 539 mi or ( 867 km ) South-East of New Delhi , the country's capital .

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Local time in Mathurapur is now 07:23 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Kolkata " with a UTC offset of 5.5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Rajshahi, Ranchi, Rafiganj, Pirwan, and Patna. When in this area, you might want to check out Rajshahi . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Mathurapur ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Gamharia

Gamharia is a Village in Gaya district of Bihar, India. It is near about 45 km from Gaya situated on Sher Shah Suri Marg (GT Road) between Kolkatta and Delhi. It is surrounded by the Kamaun range. The current MLA of the area is Surendra Parsad Sinha. The main market is Sherghati, Chandiastan, and Gamharia. Gola Bazar is among the largest cattle market in Bihar.

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Located at 24.59 84.74 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Villages in Gaya district

Rafiganj

Rafiganj is a city and a notified area in Aurangabad district in the Indian state of Bihar.

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Located at 24.82 84.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Cities and towns in Aurangabad district, Bihar

Gaya Airport

Gaya Airport (Hindi: गया हवाई अड्डा), also known as Bodhgaya Airport (Hindi: बोधगया हवाई अड्डा), is a public airport serving Gaya, Bihar, India - one of the holiest places of worship for Buddhists around the world. Most of the traffic is due to the nearby temple city of Bodhgaya which is Gautama Buddha's place of divine enlightenment. It is the second busiest airport in Bihar after Patna.

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Located at 24.74 84.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the British Raj, Airports in Bihar, Gaya, India, USAAF Air Transport Command Airfields - China-Burma-India

Shergotty meteorite

The Shergotty meteorite is the first example of the shergottite Mars meteorite family. It was a 5-kilogram Martian meteorite which fell to Earth at Shergotty (now Sherghati), in the Gaya district, Bihar, India on 25 August 1865, and was retrieved by witnesses almost immediately. This meteorite is relatively young; radiometric dating indicates that it solidified from a volcanic magma about 4.1 billion years ago.

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Located at 24.57 84.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: 1860s in science, 1865 in India, Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial life, Geology of India, History of Bihar, Martian meteorites, Meteorites found in India

Sherghati

Sherghati (formerly Shergotty) is a subdivision-level town of the Gaya district in Bihar, India. The Morhar River surrounds it; that is why the length of the city is much more than the width. An origin story says that Sher Shah Suri, formerly known as Farid Khan, had hunted a lion at this very place; subsequently Farid was known as Sher Khan, and when he became the ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, defeating Humayun, became Sher Shah.

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Located at 24.57 84.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Cities and towns in Gaya district