Bihar

Bihar is an Indian State located in the Eastern region of India.
Bihar State is established on 1-Apr-1936. The largest city in Bihar is Patna.

Total area of Bihar is 94,163 km² including
91,838.28 km² rural area and 2,324.72 km² urban area.
As per 2011 stats, Bihar has a population of 10,40,99,452 peoples, out of which urban population is 1,17,58,016 while rural population is 9,23,41,436. There are about 1,89,13,565 houses in the state, including 20,50,625 urban houses and 1,68,62,940 rural houses.

Hindi, Magadhi, Maithili, Urdu are the main languages of Bihar. As per ISO 3166-2:IN standard – the ISO code of Bihar is IN-BR. Bihar state is further divided in to districts for administrative purposes.

Pashchim Champaran is the largest district of bihar covering area of 5228 km² while Sheohar is the smallest district of bihar covering area of 349 km². Patna is the most populous whereas Sheikhpura is the least populous district in bihar state.

As per 2011 stats, there are 38 districts in Bihar. Here is the list of all Bihar districts along with area & population information.

List of Districts of Bihar

# District Area (km²) Population (2011) Density (/km²)
1 Araria 2,830 28,11,569 993
2 Arwal 638 7,00,843 1099
3 Aurangabad 3,305 25,40,073 769
4 Banka 3,020 20,34,763 674
5 Begusarai 1,918 29,70,541 1549
6 Bhagalpur 2,569 30,37,766 1182
7 Bhojpur 2,395 27,28,407 1139
8 Buxar 1,703 17,06,352 1002
9 Darbhanga 2,279 39,37,385 1728
10 Gaya 4,976 43,91,418 883
11 Gopalganj 2,033 25,62,012 1260
12 Jamui 3,098 17,60,405 568
13 Jehanabad 931 11,25,313 1209
14 Kaimur 3,332 16,26,384 488
15 Katihar 3,057 30,71,029 1005
16 Khagaria 1,486 16,66,886 1122
17 Kishanganj 1,884 16,90,400 897
18 Lakhisarai 1,228 10,00,912 815
19 Madhepura 1,788 20,01,762 1120
20 Madhubani 3,501 44,87,379 1282
21 Munger 1,419 13,67,765 964
22 Muzaffarpur 3,172 48,01,062 1514
23 Nalanda 2,355 28,77,653 1222
24 Nawada 2,494 22,19,146 890
25 Pashchim Champaran 5,228 39,35,042 753
26 Patna 3,202 58,38,465 1823
27 Purba Champaran 3,968 50,99,371 1285
28 Purnia 3,229 32,64,619 1011
29 Rohtas 3,881 29,59,918 763
30 Saharsa 1,687 19,00,661 1127
31 Samastipur 2,904 42,61,566 1467
32 Saran 2,641 39,51,862 1496
33 Sheikhpura 689 6,36,342 924
34 Sheohar 349 6,56,246 1880
35 Sitamarhi 2,294 34,23,574 1492
36 Siwan 2,219 33,30,464 1501
37 Supaul 2,425 22,29,076 919
38 Vaishali 2,036 34,95,021 1717

Population of Bihar

Particulars Male Population Female Population Total Population
Rural 4,80,73,850 4,42,67,586 9,23,41,436
Urban 62,04,307 55,53,709 1,17,58,016
Total 5,42,78,157 4,98,21,295 10,40,99,452

Households in Bihar

Rural Households
Urban Households
Total Households
1,68,62,940
20,50,625
1,89,13,565

State/UTs in Eastern Region of India
Bihar Jharkhand
Odisha West Bengal
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