Bihar District Map

The Indian state of Bihar is located in Eastern India, bordering Nepal to its North, Jharkhand in South, West Bengal lies to its East and Uttar Pradesh in the West. It is popular as the birthplace of Buddhism. The state is considered a great center of learning, power and culture.

Nalanada the world's first seat of higher learning (a university), was established here during the Gupta period. Vikramshila was a centre of Buddhist learning in India during the Pala Empire in ancient Bihar. Bihar has been home to many powerful dynasties, including the Mauryan Empire. The region has witnessed a golden period of Indian history; in fact it extends to the very dawn of human civilization. The state has its capital at Patna' situated on the bank of the holy river Ganga. Patna was known as Pataliputra in ancient times (the Mauryan capital). Kautilya, (popularly known as Chanakya) the author of 'Arthashastra' (the first treatise of the modern science of Economics), lived here. Megasthenes, an emissary from Alexander's times, describes in vivid terms the grandeur of life in Patliputra in his chronicles - 'Indika'

. The population of Bihar is 10.41 crores (2011 census) and covers an area of 99200 km sq.

River Ganges and its tributaries Koshi, Gandhak, Bhagmati make it a fertile land. It is a flood prone region.

Districts and Administration of Bihar: Bihar was part of the Bengal Presidency and later in 1936, it became an independent province. Bihar is divided into 38 Districts and 9 Divisions. The head of bureaucracy in the state is the Chief Secretary and under this position are officers from the Indian Administrative Services and the Indian Police Service. The Chief Justice heads the judiciary in the state.

List of Districts in Bihar

S No.	District	Headquarters	Population (Census 2011)	Sex Ratio (per 1000)	Average Literacy
1	Araria	Araria	2811569	921	53.53%
2	Arwal	Arwal	700843	928	67.43%
3	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	2540073	926	70.32%
4	Banka	Banka	2034763	907	58.17%
5	Begusarai	Begusarai	2970541	895	63.87%
6	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	3037766	880	63.14%
7	Bhojpur	Arrah	2728407	907	70.47%
8	Buxar	Buxar	1706352	922	70.14%
9	Darbhanga	Darbhanga	3937385	911	56.56%
10	East Champaran	Motihari	5099371	902	55.79%
11	Gaya	Gaya	4391418	937	63.67%
12	Gopalganj	Gopalganj	2562012	1021	65.47%
13	Jamui	Jamui	1760405	922	59.79%
14	Jehanabad	Jehanabad	1125313	922	66.80%
15	Kaimur	Bhabua	1626384	920	69.34%
16	Katihar	Katihar	3071029	919	52.24%
17	Khagaria	Khagaria	1666886	886	57.92%
18	Kishanganj	Kishanganj	1690400	950	55.46%
19	Lakhisarai	Lakhisarai	1000912	902	62.42%
20	Madhepura	Madhepura	2001762	911	52.25%
21	Madhubani	Madhubani	4487379	926	58.62%
22	Munger	Munger	1367765	876	70.46%
23	Muzaffarpur	Muzaffarpur	4801062	900	63.43%
24	Nalanda	Bihar Sharif	2877653	922	64.43%
25	Nawada	Nawada	2219146	939	59.76%
26	Patna	Patna	5838465	897	70.68%
27	Purnia	Purnia	3264619	921	51.08%
28	Rohtas	Sasaram	2959918	918	73.37%
29	Saharsa	Saharsa	1900661	906	53.20%
30	Samastipur	Samastipur	4261566	911	61.86%
31	Saran	Chhapra	3951862	954	65.96%
32	Sheikhpura	Sheikhpura	636342	930	63.86%
33	Sheohar	Sheohar	656246	893	53.78%
34	Sitamarhi	Sitamarhi	3423574	899	52.05%
35	Siwan	Siwan	3330464	988	69.45%
36	Supaul	Supaul	2229076	929	57.67%
37	Vaishali	Hajipur	3495021	895	66.60%
38	West Champaran	Bettiah	3935042	909	55.70%

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Last Updated on: 03 October 2023