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Bihar has some small hills, such as the Rajgir hills in center, Kaimur Range in south-west and Shivalik Range in North. Bihar has a forest area of 6,764.14 km 2, which is 7.1 per cent of its geographical area. [74]
Location of Bihar. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Bihar: . Bihar – state in East India. It is the 13th largest state in India, with an area of 94,163 km 2 (36,357 sq mi) and the 3rd largest by population; its population is the fastest-growing of any state.
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.
The Bihar Legislative Council is Vidhan Parishad serves as the upper house and Bihar Legislative Assembly is Vidhan Sabha serves as the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Bihar. Lower house is elected with 5 years term, while in upper house 1/3 of the total members in the house gets elected every two years with six ...
Structurally Bihar is divided into divisions (Pramandal - प्रमंडल)), districts (Zila), sub-divisions (Anumandal) & circles (Anchal). [1] [2] The state is divided into 9 divisions, 38 districts, 101 subdivisions and 534 circles. [3] 12 municipal corporations, 88 Nagar Parishads and 154 Nagar Panchayats for administrative purposes.
Terrain: Large central Bihar Plain - divided by the Ganges into two unequal part. Highlands and mountains of Shivalik Range in north-west with forest, low mountains and valleys in the mid-south, subtropical tropical laurel jungle in South-West Kaimur Range of Southern Plateau Region, intermittent hilly and mountainous regions in central South with few valleys.
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
Most of the languages of Bihar, the third most populous state of India, belong to the Bihari subgroup of the Indo-Aryan family. Chief among them are Bhojpuri, spoken in the west of the state, Maithili in the north, Magahi in center around capital Patna and in the south of the state.