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Patna is 1,015 kilometres (631 miles) East from Delhi, 1,802 kilometres (1,120 miles) North East from Mumbai,1,527 kilometres (949 miles) North from Hyderabad and 556 kilometres (345 miles) North West from Kolkata. [203]
Districts of Bihar. Bihar, a state of India, currently has 38 administrative districts, 101 subdivisions (अनुमंडल) and 535 CD blocks.. A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a district magistrate or a deputy commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service.
Patna, the capital of Bihar, is the district headquarters. The Patna district is a part of Patna division. The Patna district is divided into 6 Sub-divisions i.e. Patna Sadar, Patna City, Barh, Masaurhi, Danapur and Paliganj. As of 2011, it is the most populous district of Bihar and fifteenth most populous district in India. [5]
Bihar is India's most flood-prone state, with 76% of the population in the north Bihar living under the recurring threat of flood devastation. [24] According to some historical data, 16.5% of the total flood affected area in India is located in Bihar while 22.1% of the flood affected population in India lives in Bihar. [25]
It has been announced to establish a Central University in Motihari. This would be the first nationalized University in North Bihar. [13] Bettiah is the headquarters of the West Champaran district. It is the westernmost district of North Bihar, and the Northernmost district of Bihar state. [14] Chhapra is the headquarters of the Saran district.
List of largest populated cities in Bihar governed by a municipal corporation [8]; Rank City Population (2011) Rank City Population (2011) 1: Patna: 1,684,222 11: Begusarai: 252,008
Azimabad (Hindi: अज़ीमाबाद, Urdu: عظیم آباد) was the name of modern-day Patna during the eighteenth century, prior to the British Raj. Today, Patna is the capital of Bihar, a state in North [1] India. In ancient times, Patna was known as Pataliputra. [2] This was the capital of the Maurya and Gupta Empires.
Bihar (/ b ɪ ˈ h ɑːr /; Hindi: [bɪˈɦaːr] ⓘ) is a state in Eastern India. It is the third largest state by population, the 12th largest by area, and the 15th largest by GDP in 2021. [12] [13] [14] Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, and Jharkhand to the south.