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]

Rank	City	Population (2011)			Rank	City	Population (2011)
1	Patna	1,684,222			11	Begusarai	252,008
2	Gaya	470,839			12	Katihar	240,838
3	Bhagalpur	410,210			13	Bettiah	237,254
4	Muzaffarpur	354,462			14	Motihari	221,646
5	Purnia	312,669			15	Saharsa	216,491
6	Darbhanga	308,011			16	Munger	213,303
7	Bihar Sharif	297,268			17	Chhapra	202,352
8	Sasaram	276,865			18	Siwan	135,066
9	Arrah	261,430			19	Forbesganj	115,736
10	Samastipur	253,136			20	Sitamarhi	106,093	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 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

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