Jehanabad district is a part of Magadh Division, and is located on the confluence of two small rivers called Dardha and Yamunaiya.

It is surrounded by Patna in north, Arwal in west, Nalanda in east and Gaya in south.

Jehanabad district occupies an area of 932 square kilometres (360 sq mi),[3] comparatively equivalent to Mexico's Isla Ángel de la Guarda.

[4] According to the 2011 census Jehanabad district has a population of 1,125,313,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus[7] or the US state of Rhode Island.

[1] Jehanabad has a sex ratio of 918 females for every 1000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 78.27%.