Cities in Bihar

Bihar is one of the State in 29 states of India, situated on the starting point of North – East part of the India, lat long of Bihar is 25.37°N 85.13°E The Capital city of Bihar is Patna as of Now, Bihar having 38 districts and only 14 major cities, the population of Bihar is 103,804,637 as per 2011 , population density is 1,102/km2, area of Bihar is 94,163 km2, in population Bihar is on 3rd position while in area it is on 13th position, literacy rate of Bihar is 64%, Patna is the largest city of Bihar, Bihar having Bicameral Legislature with 243 seats in lower house and 75 seats in upper house, and 40 seats in lower house and 16 seats in the upper house of parliament of India, the high court of Bihar is situated in Patna. Read Bihar News in Hindi

Top Developed Cities in Bihar

We want to collect top 10 developed cities in Bihar, but the 10th one is going to less 30K per capita income. This is based on Bihar Economic Survey 2021-22 at 26 Feb 2022, so from here we can say that Patna is the richest city of Bihar. Read Patna News in Hindi

S. No City per capita income (Thousand)
1 Patna 131.1
2 Munger 44.3
3 Bhagalpur 41.8
4 Rohtas 35.8
5 Muzaffarpur 34.8
6 Aurangabad 32
7 Gaya 31.9
8 Bhojpur 31.6
9 Vaishali 30.9

Bihar Cities Name

We have collected and given Name of a few Major Cities of Bihar in Alphabetical Order

District Population
Araria 2,811,569
Aurangabad 2,540,073
Banka 2,034,763
Begusarai 2,970,541
Bhagalpur 3,037,766
Bhojpur 2,728,407
Buxar 1,706,352
Darbhanga 3,937,385
Gaya 4,391,418
Gopalganj 2,562,012
Jamui 1,760,405
Jehanabad 1,125,313
Kaimur 1,626,384
Katihar 3,071,029
Khagaria 1,666,886
Kishanganj 1,690,400
Lakhisarai 1,000,912
Madhepura 2,001,762
Madhubani 4,487,379
Munger 1,367,765
Muzaffarpur 4,801,062
Nalanda 2,877,653
Nawada 2,219,146
Pashchim Champaran 3,935,042
Patna 5,838,465
Purbi Champaran 5,099,371
Purnia 3,264,619
Rohtas 2,959,918
Saharsa 1,900,661
Samastipur 4,261,566
Saran 3,951,862
Sitamarhi 3,423,574
Siwan 3,330,464
Supaul 2,229,076
Vaishali 3,495,021

Biggest Cities of Bihar

Here is a list of a few Biggest Cities of Bihar in Population, as per this biggest city in Bihar by Population is Patna.

S. No Name of City Population in 2011
1 Patna 5838465
2 East Champaran 5099371
3 Muzaffarpur 4801062
4 Madhubani 4487379
5 Gaya 4391418
6 Samastipur 4261566
7 Saran 3951862
8 Darbhanga 3937385
9 West Champaran 3935042
10 Vaishali 3495021
11 Sitamarhi 3423574
12 Sivan 3330464
13 Purnia 3264619
14 Katihar 3071029
15 Bhagalpur 3037766

Largest Cities in Bihar by Land Area

As per the land area West Champaran is the largest city in bihar by area

S. No Name of City Area Sqr Km
1 West Champaran 5229
2 Gaya 4978
3 Arwal 4839
4 East Champaran 3969
5 Rohtas 3850
6 Madhubani 3501
7 Kaimur 3363
8 Aurangabad 3303
9 Purnia 3228
10 Patna 3202
11 Muzaffarpur 3173
12 Jamui 3099
13 Katihar 3056
14 Dandy 3018

Major Cities in Bihar according to Population Density

S. No Name of City Population density
1 Shivhar 1882
2 Patna 1803
3 Darbhanga 1721
4 Vaishali 1717
5 Begusarai 1540
6 Muzaffarpur 1506
7 Sivan 1495
8 Saran 1493
9 Sitamarhi 1491
10 Samastipur 1465

Major Cities of Bihar in per 1000 Male by Female Ratio

S. No Name of City Sex Ratio
1 Gopalganj 1021
2 Sivan 988
3 Saran 954
4 Kishanganj 950

Major Cities of Bihar on Google Map of Bihar

Cities of Bihar with High Literacy Rate

S. No Name of City Literacy
1 Rohtas 73.37
2 Patna 70.68
3 Bhojpur 70.47
4 Munger 70.46
5 Aurangabad 70.32
6 Buxar 70.14
7 Sivan 69.45
8 Kaimur 69.34

Cities of Bihar with High Growth Rate

S. No Name of City Growth rate
1 Madhipura 31.12%
2 Kishanganj 30.40%
3 Araria 30.25%
4 Khagaria 30.19%
5 East Champaran 29.43%
6 West Champaran 29.29%