In the grant, the revenues from Nadivanāka and several other villages, along with all of their attached fields, pastures, and mango and madhuka orchards, were granted tax-exempt for the upkeep of a Buddhist monastery at Nalanda that had been founded by the king Balaputra of Srivijaya.

The 0-6 age group numbered 693 (363 male and 330 female), making up 17.9% of the total population.

[3]: 172–3 The 1961 census recorded Nadiauna (then part of Patna district) as having a total population of 1,490 people (754 male and 736 female), in 325 households and 294 physical houses.

The area of the village was given as 739 acres and it had a primary school and a rural health centre at that point.

The village had a post office but no public library; there was at least some access to electricity for residential and agricultural (but not commercial) purposes.