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Patna district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India. 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.
Subdivision is an administrative unit below district level and above the block level in every state of India.A district may have one or more subdivisions. Presently there are 102 subdivisions in 38 districts of Bihar. [1]
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 district magistrate or the ...
Patna Sadar block, Sampatchak block and Phulwari Sharif block comes under Patna Sadar Sub-division. A subdivision is headed by a SDM. Phulwari has turned into a prominent city and a notified area of the Patna. Under the plan of Greater Patna it will also come under Patna Municipal Corporation.
Patna Division was established in 1829 along with Saran division (with districts of Saran, Champaran, Tirhut, and Shahabad) and Bhagalpur division (with Monghyr (now Munger), Purnea and Maldah districts) of Bihar, as 11th division in Bengal Presidency of British India. [3]
Patna comes under India's seismic zone-IV, indicating its vulnerability to major earthquakes, but earthquakes have not been common in recent history. [79] Patna also falls in the risk zone for floods and cyclones. [80] [81]
Details of Divisions Map Division Headquarter Area Population * 2011 #District Districts Patna: Patna: 16,960 km 2 (6,550 sq mi) 17,734,739 6 Patna: Nalanda: Bhojpur
After 2009 delimitation, Belaganj Block and most parts of the Sadar Block come under Belaganj Constituency. Members of the Legislative Assembly. Year Member