Kakolat Falls are mentioned in Hindu Pauranik History as the abode of a king turned into a python by a Rishi's curse.

[2] Nawada district occupies an area of 2,494 square kilometres (963 sq mi),[3] comparatively equivalent to Chile's Navarino Island.

[8] Rajauli Hisua and Warsaliganj are emerging as significant market hubs for the hinterland regions bordering Jharkhand state, and have also produced many professionals including physicians, surgeons, engineers who are working in many parts of India.

[11] National Highway 20 runs roughly north–south through the western side of district, serving many villages and towns, including the administrative center of Nawada.

[12] National Highway 120 follows a 30 km route in the far northwestern corner of the district, passing through the town of Hisua.

[13] Including state highways and other routes connecting villages, the district has approximately 420 km of paved roads.

[17] According to the 2011 census Nawada district has a population of 2,219,146,[20] roughly equal to the nation of Latvia[21] or the US state of New Mexico.[22][why?]

The Kakolat Waterfall (24 km from town) and the Sekho Devra Ashram[24] are among them (Sarvodaya Ashram was established here in Kowakole block by Jaiprakash Narayan and inaugurated by Dr. Rajendra Prasad), Baba Majaar and Hanuman Temple (located on NH 31, a shrine of Hazrat Saiyyad Shah Jalaluddin Bukhari and a Hanuman temple), Jarra Baba (found in Sirdalla), Hanuman Mandir (located in Kendua village), and Maa Bageshwari Mandir (located in Kendua village) (located in Jamuawa, in 3 km of Jamui road of Nawada in side of Sakri River).