List of cities in Bihar by population

Administrative Division in Details
Divisions	9
Districts	38
Subdivisions	101
Cities and towns	207
Blocks	534
Villages	45,103
Panchayats	8,406
Police Districts	43
Police Stations	853

Last updated January 24, 2024

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]

List of largest populated cities in Bihar governed by a municipal corporation ^[8]
Rank	City	Population (2011)	Rank	City	Population (2011)
1	Patna	5,838,465	11	Begusarai	252,008
2	Gaya	470,839	12	Katihar	240,838
3	Bhagalpur	400,146	13	Bettiah	237,254
4	Muzaffarpur	354,462	14	Motihari	221,646
5	Bihar Sharif	337,819	15	Saharsa	216,491
6	Darbhanga	296,039	16	Munger	213,303
7	Purnia	282,248	17	Chhapra	202,352
8	Sasaram	264,709	18	Siwan	135,066
9	Arrah	261,430	19	Madhubani	75,736
10	Samastipur	253,136

Urban Agglomeration

In the census of India 2011, an Urban Agglomeration has been 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]

Patna Urban Agglomeration includes Patna (M Corp.), Badalpura (OG), Pataliputra Housing Colony (CT), Phulwari Sharif (NP), Nohsa (CT), Danapur (NP), Dinapur Cantonment (CB), Khagaul (NP) and Saidpura (CT).
Gaya Urban Agglomeration includes Gaya (M Corp.), Kaler (OG) and Paharpur (CT).
Bhagalpur Urban Agglomeration includes Bhagalpur (M Corp.),Habibpur (NP),sabour (NP) and Nathnagar(CT)
Muzaffarpur Urban Agglomeration includes Muzaffarpur (M Corp.), Damodarpur (CT), Dumari urf Damodarpur Shahjahan (CT), Majhauli Khetal (CT), Yehiapur (CT) and Shekhpura (CT).
Purnia Urban Agglomeration includes Purnia (M Corp.) and Kasba (NP).
Darbhanga Urban Agglomeration includes Darbhanga (M Corp.), Padri (CT) and Bahadurpur (CT).
Katihar Urban Agglomeration includes Katihar (M Corp.+OG) and Katihar Railway Colony (OG).
Chapra Urban Agglomeration includes Chapra (M Corp.) and Sanrha (CT).
Bettiah Urban Agglomeration includes Bettiah (M Corp.), Tola Mansaraut (CT), Kargahia Purab (CT) and Hat Saraiya (CT).
Nawada Urban Agglomeration includes Nawada (NP) and Bhadauni (CT).
Buxar Urban Agglomeration includes Buxar (NP) and Sarimpur (CT).
Sitamarhi Urban Agglomeration includes Sitamarhi (NP), Rajopatti urf Kota Bazar (CT), Talkhapur Dumra (CT) and Dumra (NP).

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	Name of Constituent	District	Type	Population 2011	Male	Female	Population (0-6 years)	Literacy Rate
Patna	Patna Municipal Corporation	Patna district	M Corp.	1,683,200	894,158	789,042	190,496	84.71
	Danapur	Patna district	NP	182,241	97,129	85,112	25,092	78.40
Gaya	Gaya	Gaya district	M Corp.	463,454	245,764	217,690	59,015	85.74
Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur district	M Corp.	398,138	212,005	186,113	53,775	81.16
Muzaffarpur	Muzaffarpur	Muzaffarpur district	M Corp.	351,838	186,145	165,693	42,276	85.16
Darbhanga	Darbhanga	Darbhanga district	M Corp.	294,116	154,970	139,146	40,392	80.88
Purnia	Purnia	Purnia district	M Corp.	280,547	148,021	132,526	41,046	74.48
Katihar	Katihar	Katihar district	M Corp.	225,982	119,142	106,840	31,036	79.87
Chhapra	Chhapra	Saran district	M Corp.	201,597	106,250	95,347	27,668	81.30
Bettiah	Bettiah	West Champaran district	M Corp.	132,896	70,381	62,515	18,203	82.54
Buxar	Buxar	Buxar district	NP	102,591	54,123	84,468	13,639	94.16

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[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).

[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.

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