Jehanabad

Tehsil Jehanabad, District Jehanabad, Bihar.
Also spelled Jahanabad.
Jehanabad city is governed by Municipal Corporation and is situated in Bihar State.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Jehanabad in 2011 is 103,202;
Jehanabad is a city and a municipality in and the headquarters of Jehanabad district in the Indian state of Bihar. Earlier, Jehanabad was part of Gaya district. It is 50 km away from both Patna and Gaya. Jehanabad District has own history from Mugal time. As per book “aine-e-akbari”, place was affected by famine in the 17th century and people were dying of hunger. The Mugal Emperor Aurangzeb, in whose time the book was re-written, established a Market(Mandi) for relief of the people and named the “Mandi” as “JAHANARA”( Aurangzeb’s Sister). The Mandi was managed under and supervised by Jahanara. She took a good interest in this. After some time the place came to be known as “JAHANARABAD” and later as “JEHANABAD”.