List of cities in Bihar by population

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Bihar is administratively divided into 9 divisions and 38 districts. For the administration of urban areas, Bihar has 19 municipal corporations, 89 nagar parishads (city councils), and 154 nagar panchayats (town councils). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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List of largest populated cities in Bihar governed by a municipal corporation [8]
RankNameImageDistrictType*Population
2011
1 Patna View of Patna city from the top of Golghar.jpg Patna UA2,061,834
2 Gaya Vishnupadh Temple.jpg Gaya UA474,093
3 Bhagalpur Ghantaghar Bhagalpur.jpg Bhagalpur UA412,209
4 Muzaffarpur MUZAFFARPUR CITY LATEST.jpg Muzaffarpur UA354,462
5 Bihar Sharif Mora Talab Temple Biharsharif.jpg Nalanda City337,819
6 Purnia Purnea Skyline.jpg Purnia UA325,307
7 Darbhanga Darbhanga 1.jpg Darbhanga UA296,039
8 Sasaram Sher shah suri tomb sasaram.jpg Rohtas City264,709
9 Arrah Ara Junction.jpg Bhojpur City261,430
10 Samastipur Samastipur Junction (junction plate).jpg Samastipur City253,136
11 Begusarai Kanwar Lake Begusarai by Ziddi Photowala.jpg Begusarai City252,008
12 Katihar Katihar Junction Railway Station.jpg Katihar UA240,838
13 Bettiah Station Chowk of Bettiah City.jpg West Champaran UA237,254
14 Motihari Bapudham Motihari Station Board.jpg East Champaran City221,646
15 Saharsa Matasyagandha Madndir Saharsa.jpg Saharsa City216,491
16 Munger Fort of munger-Munger-Bihar.jpg Munger City213,303
17 Chhapra Chhapra Railway Station built under Nitish Kumar.jpg Saran UA202,352
18 Siwan Baba Mahendra Nath Mandir Mehdar.jpg Siwan Town191,385
19 Hajipur Bapudham Motihari Station Board.jpg Vaishali Town191,275
20 Madhubani Madhubani rail.jpg Madhubani Town164,165

Urban agglomeration

In the census of India 2011, an urban agglomeration is defined as follows: [9]

"An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity."

Constituents of urban agglomerations in Bihar

The constituents of urban agglomerations in Bihar, with a population of 100,000 or above, are noted below: [10]

Abbreviations: M Corp. = Municipal corporation, NP = Nagar panchayat, CT = Census town, OG= Out growth, CB = Cantonment board

Urban agglomeration constituents

Urban agglomerations constituents with a population above 100,000 as per 2011 census are shown in the table below. [11]

Urban agglomeration constituents
Urban agglomerationName of constituentDistrictTypePopulation 2011MaleFemalePopulation
(0-6 years)		Literacy rate
Patna Patna Municipal Corporation Patna district M Corp.1,683,200894,158789,042190,49684.71
Munger Munger Munger district M Corp.3,88,0002,00,0001,88,00042,26081.83
Gaya Gaya Gaya district M Corp.463,454245,764217,69059,01585.74
Bhagalpur Bhagalpur Bhagalpur district M Corp.398,138212,005186,11353,77581.16
Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur district M Corp.351,838186,145165,69342,27685.16
Darbhanga Darbhanga Darbhanga district M Corp.294,116154,970139,14640,39280.88
Purnia Purnia Purnia district M Corp.280,547148,021132,52641,04674.48
Katihar Katihar Katihar district M Corp.225,982119,142106,84031,03679.87
SasaramRohtasRohtas districtM Corp.222,597106,25095,34727,66889.30
Bettiah Bettiah West Champaran district M Corp.132,89670,38162,51518,20382.54
Buxar Buxar district NP102,59154,12384,46813,63994.16

See also

Administrative division in details
Divisions 9
Districts 38
Subdivisions 101
Cities and towns207
Blocks 534
Villages 45,103
Panchayats 8,406
Police districts43
Police stations853

References

  1. ↑ "Bihar Civic elections likely in May 2017". Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Pandey, Ashutosh Kumar (20 March 2017). "बिहार : नगर विकास एवं आवास विभाग की पहल, पुनर्गठन से नगर परिषदों की बढ़ जायेगी संख्या" [Bihar: Initiatives of the Department of Urban Development and Housing, will increase the number of city councils by restructuring]. Prabhat Khabar (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "पहली बार कोई महिला बनेगी पटना नगर निगम की मेयर" [For the first time, a woman will become the mayor of Patna Municipal Corporation]. 11 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ward delimitation begins in Chhapra". The Times of India . 23 February 2017. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "छपरा को निगम बख्तियारपुर को मिला नगर परिषद का दर्जा". 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "6 पंचायतों को मिलाकर बनाया गया सहरसा नगर निगम, ये रहे बिहार के सभी 19 नगर निगमों के नाम". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "बिहार को सहरसा के रूप में मिला एक और नगर निगम, 6 नगर पंचायतों को नगर परिषद का दर्जा". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "LIST OF URBAN LOCAL BODY Bihar" (PDF). Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Urban Agglomerations and Cities" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  10. ↑ "Constituents of urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  11. ↑ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
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