Bihar formed on 22nd March, 1912 (Bihar Diwas)
Odisha separated on 1st April, 1936
Jharkhand separated on 15th Nov., 2000

Administrative Structure of the Govt. of Bihar :

divisions of bihar

(Present Bihar)

Divisions = 9

Districts = 38

TIRHUT DARBHANGA KOSI PURNEA BHAGALPUR MUNGER MAGADH PATNA SARAN
West Champaran Madhubani Supaul Araria Bhagalpur Khagaria Nawada Patna Gopalganj
East Champaran Darbhanga Madhepura Kishanganj Banka Munger Gaya Nalanda Siwan
Sitamarhi Samastipur Saharsa Purnea Jamui Aurangabad Bhojpur Saran
Sheohar Katihar Shekhpura Arwal Buxar
Muzaffarpur Lakhisarai Jahanabad Kaimur
Vaishali Begusarai Rohtas

Sub-Divisions = 101

Blocks/ Circles = 534

Panchayats = 8,406

Revenue Villages = 45,103

  Numbers   A/c to Bihar Municipal Act, 2007
Mahanagar 1 Patna  
Municipal Corporation

(Nagar Nigam)

 12

{5 more has been approved by the cabinet:

Motihari,

Sasaram,

Betiah,

Madhubani,

Samastipur}

 Patna, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Purnea, Katihar, Bhagalpur, Munger, Begusarai, Gaya, Ara, Chapra, Biharsharif Population >=2lac CITY
City Council

(Nagar Parishad)

 49   40,000 >= Population <2lac TOWN
Town Council

(Nagar Panchayat)

 80   Population < 40,000 Small Town or, Transitional Area

 

 

  Bihar India
Rural : Urban population 88.73% : 11.27%

(2nd least urbanized state)

 68.84% : 31.16%

 

Polity of Bihar:

                                                                         Legislature of Bihar
Vidhan Mandal Parliament
The Governor Vidhan Sabha Vidhan Parishad The President Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha
Art.170 Art.171 Art.81 Art.80
Provision in the Constitution 60 < No. of V.S members < 500 40 < No. of V.P members < 1/3rd of V.S members 530+20+2* 238+12
Present Strength 530+13 233+12
Seats in Bihar 243

[Reserved for SC – 38

Reserved for ST – 2 (Katoria, Manihari)]

 75 40

[Reserved for SC – 6 (Gopalganj, Hajipur, Gaya, Samastipur, Jamui, Sasaram)]

 16