List of cities in Bihar by population

This is a list of urban agglomerations and cities (those not included in the Urban Agglomerations), with a population above 100,000 as per 2011 census in the Indian state of Bihar:

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Location of the largest cities in Bihar by population and ranking. Hover over the dots to see the city name with rank in parentheses.

List

Rank	Name	District	Type*	Population 2011	Male	Female	Population (0-6 years)	Literacy Rate
1	Patna	Patna district	UA	2,046,652	1,087,864	958,788	239,035	84.05
2	Gaya	Gaya district	UA	470,839	249,797	221,042	62,389	85.45
3	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur district	UA	410,210	218,284	191,926	55,898	80.76
4	Muzaffarpur	Muzaffarpur district	UA	393,724	208,509	185,215	47,784	85.07
5	Darbhanga	Darbhanga district	UA	380,125[1]	196,573	183,552	47,730	79.40
6	Purnia	Purnia district	UA	310,817	163,892	146,925	47,730	74.04
7	Bihar Sharif	Nalanda district	City	296,889	154,915	141,974	43,646	80.32
8	Arrah	Bhojpur district	City	261,099	139,319	121,780	34,419	83.41
9	Begusarai	Begusarai district	City	251,136	133,931	117,205	37,966	79.35
10	Katihar	Katihar district	UA	240,565	126,834	113,731	32,824	80.09
11	Munger	Munger district	City	213,101	113,173	99,928	29,260	81.83
12	Chhapra	Saran district	UA	212,955	112,280	100,675	29,133	81.01
13	Danapur	Patna district	City	182,214	97,129	85,112	25,092	78.40
14	Bettiah	West Champaran district	UA	156,200	82,663	73,537	22,067	80.89
15	Saharsa	Saharsa district	UA	155,175	82,589	72,586	24,582	77.66
16	Hajipur	Vaishali district	City	147,688	78,047	69,641	20,090	76.80
17	Sasaram	Rohtas district	City	147,396	77,687	69,709	19,363	82.31
18	Dehri	Rohtas district	City	137,068	72,311	64,757	18,372	83.38
19	Siwan	Siwan district	City	134,458	70,670	63,788	17,632	84.65
20	Motihari	East Champaran district	City	125,183	67,438	57,745	16,325	87.20
21	Nawada	Nawada district	UA	118,820	62,361	56,459	16,475	81.80
22	Bagaha	West Champaran district	City	113,012	59,946	53,066	19,070	60.67
23	Buxar	Buxar district	UA	110,608	58,228	52,380	14,938	84.40
24	Kishanganj	Kishanganj district	City	107,076	55,688	51,388	17,017	74.71
25	Sitamarhi	Sitamarhi district	UA	105,924	56,526	49,398	15,032	78.89
26	Jamalpur	Munger district	City	105,221	56,231	48,990	12,298	87.38
27	Jehanabad	Jehanabad district	City	102,456	54,868	47,588	14,516	79.66
28	Aurangabad	Aurangabad district	City	101,520	53,307	48,213	14,292	86.89
* UA=Urban Agglomeration

Urban Agglomeration

In the census of India 2011, an Urban Agglomeration has been defined as follows:

"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:

• 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.) and Habibpur (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.

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

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Districts	38
Subdivisions	101
Cities and towns	207
Blocks	534
Villages	45,103
Panchayats	8,406
Police Districts	43
Police Stations	853

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