Divisions of Bihar

Administration in Bihar
Seal of Bihar
Seat of Government
Patna
Executive
Governor of Bihar	Ram Nath Kovind
Chief Minister of Bihar	Nitish Kumar
Legislative
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Speaker	U. N. Chaudhury
Members in Assembly	243
Bihar Legislative Council
Chairman	Tarakant Jha
Members in Council	75
Judiciary
Patna High Court
Chief Justice of High Court	L. Narasimha Reddy
Administrative division
http://gov.bih.nic.in/

The state of Bihar in India is divided into 9 divisions(प्रमंडल).

Patna

• Headquarters: Patna
• Number of Districts  : 6
• Names of Districts : Patna, Nalanda, Bhojpur, Rohtas, Buxar and Kaimur.
• Population (2011) : 17,662,618

Tirhut

• Headquarters: Muzaffarpur
• Number of Districts  : 6
• Names of Districts : West Champaran, East Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Sheohar and Vaishali.
• Population (2011) : 21,356,045

Saran

• Headquarters: Chhapra
• Number of Districts  : 3
• Names of Districts : Saran, Siwan and Gopalganj.
• Population (2011) : 9,819,311

Darbhanga

• Headquarters: Darbhanga
• Number of Districts  : 3
• Names of Districts : Darbhanga, Madhubani ^[1]and Samastipur.
• Population (2011) : 12,652,797

Kosi

• Headquarters: Saharsa
• Number of Districts  : 3
• Names of Districts : Saharsa, Madhepura and Supaul.
• Population (2011) : 6,120,117

Purnia

• Headquarters: Purnia
• Number of Districts  : 4
• Names of Districts : Purnia, Katihar, Araria and Kishanganj.
• Population (2011) : 10,838,424

Bhagalpur

• Headquarters: Bhagalpur
• Number of Districts  : 2
• Names of Districts : Bhagalpur and Banka
• Population (2011) : 5,061,565

Munger

• Headquarters: Munger
• Number of Districts  : 6
• Names of Districts : Munger, Jamui, Khagaria, Lakhisarai, Begusarai and Sheikhpura.
• Population (2011) : 9,362,742

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Magadh

• Headquarters: Gaya
• Number of Districts  : 5
• Names of Districts : Gaya, Nawada, Aurangabad, Jehanabad and Arwal
• Population (2011) : 10,931,018

Note

Population data obtained from the sum of the populations of the districts.^[3]

References

See also

• Administration in Bihar
• Government of Bihar
• Districts of Bihar
• Divisions of India

State of Bihar
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