List of cities in Bihar by population


This is a list of urban agglomerations and cities, with a population above 100,000 as per 2011 census in the Indian state of Bihar:

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, 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 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 1 lakh or above, are noted below:
Urban Agglomerations constituents with a population above 100,000 as per 2011 census are shown in the table below.
Urban AgglomerationName of ConstituentDistrictTypePopulation 2011MaleFemalePopulation
below 5 yrs		Literacy Rate
PatnaPatna Municipal CorporationPatna districtM Corp.1,683,200894,158789,042190,49684.71
DanapurPatna districtNP182,24197,12985,11225,09278.40
GayaGayaGaya districtM Corp.463,454245,764217,69059,01585.74
BhagalpurBhagalpurBhagalpur districtM Corp.398,138212,005186,11353,77581.16
MuzaffarpurMuzaffarpurMuzaffarpur districtM Corp.351,838186,145165,69342,27685.16
DarbhangaDarbhangaDarbhanga districtM Corp.294,116154,970139,14640,39280.88
PurniaPurniaPurnia districtM Corp.280,547148,021132,52641,04674.48
KatiharKatiharKatihar districtM Corp.225,982119,142106,84031,03679.87
ChhapraChhapraSaran districtM Corp.201,597106,25095,34727,66881.30
BettiahBettiahWest Champaran districtNP132,89670,38162,51518,20382.54
BuxarBuxarBuxar districtNP102,59154,12384,46813,63994.16