wrote in 1811 that Rajauli "has a Sanget of the followers of Nanak, a large neat–looking place with a tiled roof". Guru Nanak is said to have stopped at Rajauli. In Dr Trilochan Singh's biography of Guru Nanak he writes, "Rajauli bears witness to the fact that the Buddhist sages of this area accepted the teachings of Guru Nanak and established permanent centres of Guru Nanak’s school of thought in this region". A fair during Guru Nanak Gurpurab takes place here. There is a Khankah at some distance from the Sangat. Geography Rajauli is situated along the Dhanarjay river on NH 20 (previously numbered as NH31). It is from the district city Nawada and from Patna. Rajauli is a sub-division that borders the state of Jharkhand, and has an elevation of 135 m above sea level. Rajauli is mainly surrounded by small and mid-range mountains including Lomash Rishi and Shringi Rishi mountains. More than 100 villages make up Rajauli subdistrict. Rajauli was once home to monsoon and prairie forest. The principal trees were sakhua, paisar, khair, Shisham, parmi, salaiya simar, kendu and peepal. The forest and wild life have almost completely disappeared. Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary is nearby. Demographics In 1901, the population of Rajauli village was 1509. By 1951, the population was 12,673. According to the 2011 census of India, Rajauli sub–district had a population of 1,66,226 with 24444 households. Administrative divisions In December 2008, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced that Rajauli would be made into a Nagar Panchayat. For over a decade the matter of converting Rajauli into a Nagar Panchayat had been pending; even after government approval, delimitation problems caused delays. News reports emerged of Rajauli being upgraded into a Nagar Panchayat in December 2020, however administratively the implementation will take a couple of months. Rajauli subdivision has seven blocks: Akbarpur, Govindpur, Meskaur, Narhat, Rajauli, Roh, Siradala. Politics In the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election in Rajauli Assembly constituency, RJD won. Prakash Veer is the sitting Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Rajauli Assembly constituency. Public amenities Health Rajauli has a Primary Health Centre (PHC) as well as a 75-bed Sub-Divisional Hospital (SDH). In 2021 the sub-divisional hospital had posts for 33 doctors out of which 5 general doctors and numerous nursing staff are deputed. There is no provision of a female doctor, and other basic facilities were lacking. Transport The nearest airport is