1995 was the most auspicious day when the foundation stone of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Buxar, Bihar was laid down by Hon Deputy Commissioner of NVS RO Patna. The school campus covers around 34 acres.

The present district of Buxar stretching over an area of 1,62,380 hectares consists of areas that came in existence in the year 1991. Buxar town is the headquarter of the district and also its principal town. The district is bounded on the north by Ballia district of U.P., on the south by Rohtas district, on the west by Ghazipur and Ballia districts of U.P. and on the east by Bhojpur district.

 The climate of the district is moderate. The hot weather begins from the middle of March when hot westerly winds begin to blow. The months of April and May are extremely hot; normally the monsoon sets in by the third week of June and continues with intermission till the end of September. The cold weather begins from the months of November and lasts till the beginning of March, January is the coldest month when the temperature comes down as low as 10˚ C.

 The district has been fairly rich in road communication for a longtime. Francis Buchhunan has mentioned in Buxar Journal that there are some very good roads in the district. He travelled by a very good road with brick bridges from Koilwar to Buxar. He also mentioned a few other good roads viz. the great road to Buxar, and the great road to Dumraon-Patna-Arrah-Buxar road, Dumraon-Nasriganj road. The Ganges is navigable all the year round and goods are transported to Kolkata on the east and places in Uttar Pradesh on the west through the rivers.