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List of cities in Bihar by population

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]
RankCityPopulation (2011)RankCityPopulation (2011)
1Patna1,684,222
11Begusarai252,008
2Gaya500,000+
12Katihar240,838
3Bhagalpur400,146
13Bettiah237,254
4Muzaffarpur354,462
14Motihari221,646
5Purnia312,669
15Saharsa216,491
6Darbhanga308,011
16Munger213,303
7Bihar Sharif297,268
17Chhapra202,352
8Sasaram276,865
18Siwan135,066
9Arrah261,430
19Forbesganj115,736
10Samastipur253,136
20Sitamarhi3,423,574
Mata Janki

Urban agglomeration

In the census of India 2011, an urban agglomeration is 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 agglomerationName of constituentDistrictTypePopulation 2011MaleFemalePopulation
(0-6 years)		Literacy rate
PatnaPatna Municipal CorporationPatna districtM Corp.1,683,200894,158789,042190,49684.71
DanapurPatna districtNP182,24197,12985,11225,09278.40
GayaGayaGaya districtM Corp.463,454245,764217,69059,01585.74
BhagalpurBhagalpurBhagalpur districtM Corp.398,138212,005186,11353,77581.16
MuzaffarpurMuzaffarpurMuzaffarpur districtM Corp.351,838186,145165,69342,27685.16
DarbhangaDarbhangaDarbhanga districtM Corp.294,116154,970139,14640,39280.88
PurniaPurniaPurnia districtM Corp.280,547148,021132,52641,04674.48
KatiharKatiharKatihar districtM Corp.225,982119,142106,84031,03679.87
ChhapraChhapraSaran districtM Corp.201,597106,25095,34727,66881.30
BettiahBettiahWest Champaran districtM Corp.132,89670,38162,51518,20382.54
BuxarBuxarBuxar districtNP102,59154,12384,46813,63994.16

See also

Administrative division in details
Divisions9
Districts38
Subdivisions101
Cities and towns207
Blocks534
Villages45,103
Panchayats8,406
Police districts43
Police stations853

References

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