Sherghati

Sherghati is a town of the Gaya district in Bihar, India. The Morhar River surrounds it; that is why the length of the city is much more than the width. The area was famous for its lions or "Sher" in Hindi. An origin story says that a general Farid Khan had hunted a lion at this very place; subsequently Farid was known as Sher Suri, and when he became the ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, defeating Humayun, became Sher Shah Suri. During British rule, Sherghati was a place of administrative importance as a Commissionary headquarters.

The economy of the town is based on trade. Sherghati is a famous market of crops. There is one remarkable geographical incident associated with Sherghati. A meteorite that came from Mars fell here in 1865; it is now kept in a London museum and is known as the Shergotty meteorite. It has two main rivers one is Morhar and the other is called Sorhar (boodhi nadi) or the old river.