General info

Part of:
India
Entity:
Bihar
Capital:
Patna
Population:
82,878,796 (2001-03-01)
Area:
94,163 sq.km.
ISO code:
in-10
Region:
South-central Asia

India : Bihar

Administrative units

administrative units capital area (sq.km.) population
1991-03-01
census		 population
2001-03-01
census
source: Census of India 2001.
note: on Aug. 2, 2000 part of Bihar was separated to form the state Jharkhand.
note: total area and population is for area after separation.
Pashchim Champaran Bettiah 5,228 .. 3,043,044
Purba Champaran Motihari 3,968 .. 3,933,636
Sheohar Sheohar 443 .. 514,288
Sitamarhi Sitamarhi 2,200 .. 2,669,887
Madhubani Madhubani 3,501 2,832,024 3,570,651
Supaul Supaul 2,410 .. 1,745,069
Araria Araria 2,830 1,611,638 2,124,831
Kishanganj Kishanganj 1,884 984,107 1,294,063
Purnia Purnia 3,229 1,878,885 2,540,788
Katihar Katihar 3,057 1,825,380 2,389,533
Madhepura Madhepura 1,788 1,177,706 1,524,596
Saharsa Saharsa 1,702 .. 1,506,418
Darbhanga Darbhanga 2,279 2,510,959 3,285,473
Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur 3,172 2,953,903 3,743,836
Gopalganj Gopalganj 2,033 1,704,310 2,149,343
Siwan Siwan 2,219 .. 2,708,840
Saran Chhapra 2,641 .. 3,251,474
Vaishali Hajipur 2,036 .. 2,712,389
Samastipur Samastipur 2,904 .. 3,413,413
Begusarai Begusarai 1,918 1,814,773 2,342,989
Khagaria Khagaria 1,486 987,227 1,276,677
Bhagalpur Bhagalpur 2,569 1,909,504 2,430,331
Banka Banka 3,020 1,292,504 1,608,778
Munger Munger 1,419 943,583 1,135,499
Lakhisarai Lakhisarai 1,228 .. 801,173
Sheikhpura Sheikhpura 689 .. 525,137
Nalanda Biharsharif 2,355 1,997,995 2,368,327
Patna Patna 3,202 3,618,211 4,709,851
Bhojpur Arrah (Ara) 2,474 1,792,771 2,233,415
Buxar Buxar 1,624 1,087,676 1,403,462
Kaimur Bhabua 3,362 983,269 1,284,575
Rohtas Sasaram 3,851 .. 2,448,762
Jehanabad Jehanabad 1,569 1,174,900 1,511,406
Aurangabad Aurangabad 3,305 1,539,983 2,004,960
Gaya Gaya 4,976 2,664,803 3,464,983
Nawada Nawada 2,494 1,359,694 1,809,425
Jamui Jamui 3,098 1,051,527 1,397,474
total   94,163 64,530,554 82,878,796

Main cities

name population
1991-03-01
census		 population
2001-03-01
census
Patna 917,243 1,376,950
Gaya 291,675 383,197
Bhagalpur 253,225 340,349
Muzaffarpur 241,107 305,465
Darbhanga 218,391 266,834
Bihar (Sharif) 201,323 231,972
Arrah 157,082 203,395
Munger 150,112 187,311
Chapra 136,877 178,835
Katihar 154,367 175,169
Purnia 114,912 171,235
Sasaram .. 131,042
Dinapur Nizamat .. 130,339
Saharsa .. 124,015
Hajipur .. 119,276
Dehri .. 119,007
Bettiah .. 116,692
Siwan .. 108,172
Motihari .. 101,506
Jamalpur .. 96,659
Begusarai .. 93,378
Bagaha .. 91,383
Kishanganj .. 85,494
Buxar .. 82,975
Nawada .. 82,291
Jehanabad .. 81,723
Aurangabad .. 79,351
Lakhisarai .. 77,840
source: Census of India 2001.