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]

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

See also

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

References

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