Bihta


Bihta is a town and Block under Danapur Tehsil in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar. Bihta is part of Maner assembly constituency under the Pataliputra Lok Sabha. It is located around west of Patna. Bihta is also an upcoming satellite town of Patna. The IIT Patna is around from Bihta railway station.

Geography

Bihta is west of Patna and is an hourlong drive from the capital. It is the strategic location named as greater Patna and many real estate companies are investing in the region. Bihta has a famous old temple named Van Devi at Kanchanpur Bihta, and a Shiv temple: Baba Biteshwar Nath in Gultera Bazar. There is a 220/132/33 KV Power Grid substation in Dumri in Bihta, where commercial operation started in April 2019. There is a dry port south of the railway station and an oil depot, both with rail connectivity. A long four-lane elevated road connecting Bihta with Danapur and Shivala is being constructed at a cost of around ₹2,000 crore.

Educational institutes

IIT Patna's campus is located within the parameters of Amhara and Dilawarpur villages in Bihta block, on a site. Bihar government had already allotted of land at Amhara village in Bihta to NIT Patna. There is Kendriya Vidyalaya, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar laid the foundation stone of an Employees State Insurance Corporation medical college and hospital in Bihta in September 2009. The 500-bed ESIC hospital and college was built here on a plot here at a cost of 523 crore. The ESIC medical college and hospital was inaugurated on 7 July 2018.
Union minister Kapil Sibal on 3 June 2013 laid the foundation stone of the permanent campus of National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology at Bihta.

International Airport

As air traffic grows and short runway issues arise at Patna airport, also known as the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, the central government has considered moving the facility outside Bihar's capital city to Bihta. According to senior government officials, negotiations are underway between the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the air force to shift the airport from Patna to Bihta, which is a defence airfield 20 km away from the existing facility.
Bihta has one airforce base station. The length of the existing runway at Bihta airbase was. Airports Authority of India has planned to develop Bihta airport for international operations. Airport Authority had proposed of land to the state government, apart from which state government is to transfer, so that length of the runway could be increased to, in order to install an advanced category-II Instrument Landing System at the new airport so that flights could land there at a visibility as low as. Boeing 747 require 12,000 feet of long runways to land.
In October 2016, Bihar cabinet approved the Patna master plan 2031 which envisions development of a new airport at Bihta. Bihar government is acquiring of land for construction of the new airport. Bihar cabinet approved a budget of ₹260 crore for the acquisition of 126 acres for Bihta airport which will be completed by October 2019. Of the 126 acres, in Vishambhar and in Kultupur localities have been acquired from approximately 400 land owners. An elevated expressway from Saguna Mor to Bihta is going to be constructed. Of the 126 acres of acquired land for Bihta airport, will be utilised for development of a civil enclave and the remaining 18 acres for development of amenities, including a VIP lounge, a hotel and a hangar.
An four-lane semi-elevated road between the proposed Bihta airbase and Danapur railway station is being constructed at the expenditure of 1400 crore. National Highways Authority of India will construct 13.5 km elevated four-lane road from Bihta to Shivala, while the remaining 5 km stretch from Shivala to Danapur station will be constructed by Bihar RCD. Apart from Danapur-Shivala-Bihta road, Bihta will be connected by two more four-lane roads: Patna-Buxar NH-30 and Bihta-Sarmera SH-78.

Real estate boom

The price of land in Bihta — 40 km west of Patna — has skyrocketed in the past few years in large part due to the construction of a number of projects in the area, including the Indian Institute of Technology, National Institute of Technology, Employees' State Insurance Corporation Hospital, and others. At present, a cottah of land is priced between 30 and 35 lakh in urban areas. Even in nearby villages like Amhara, Kanchanpur, and Dilawarpur the price of 1 cottah of land is ₹ 15-20 Lakh. A few years ago, such land was available for 2-2.5 lakh in urban and ₹ 25k-50k in rural areas. 25 acres of land have been acquired at Bihta in Patna district for setting up the State Disaster Response Force headquarters and training centre.
Real estate also acquired land near the village of Paharpur to build a colony for families of retired paramilitary forces. Majorly Suraksha enclave members are acquiring land for the development of a residential, logistic and industrial park, which is fully functional at Bihta at the site of a former sugar mill. Work is in progress by a team led by officials of the IT department. Construction work will begin by mid-2013. It is also popular for Swami Sahajanand Saraswati ashram. A RERA Approved Township project is one of them.

IT Park

The Bihar government has acquired 25 acres of land for an IT park. In October 2018, Bihar's government approved Rs 38 crore for the acquisition of 33 acres of land for IT Park at Bihta as part of a Mega Industrial Park. IT giants, including Infosys, have shown interest for a plot near Bihta. Tata Consultancy Services has already been assigned with the responsibility of developing a main data centre which will provide IT links to all government departments. The IT centre was formally launched in March 2013 on the premises of Beltron Bhawan. A regional centre of the National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology will also be developed at Bihta. The land for the IT park has already been selected and bidding processes for selection of a consultancy company for promotion of the IT park has almost been completed. NEECH Technology of Kolkata is engaged in collecting data for social and caste censuses in Bihar, and HP Education Services is engaged in providing IT skill development courses.

Economy

A $35 million production facility for Cobra Beer, a premium beer brand promoted by Lord Karan Bilimoria, was set up at Bihta in 2010. Not the closed sugar mill is going to be revived.

In Popular Cultures

Films set or Shot in Bihata

List of villages

The list of villages in Bihta Block is as follows:.
Village nameLand area Population
Adlipur3801,490
Akhtiarpur1891,511
Amhara 650
Aminabad4905,458
Anandpur 9968,504
Babhan Lai4723,627
Baghpur812,047
Bahpura1994,039
Basaurha921,429
Bazidpur153978
Bedauli1181,876
Bela 1782,631
Bilap2592,177
Bindaul 6063,668
Bishunpura 2384,942
Chauki10104
Chaura Gopalpur51588
Dalelganj17732
Daulatpur Semri 2015,750
Dayalpur Daulatpur 4385,949
Dekuli2943,538
Dihri2021,567
Dilawarpur3022,179
Doghra741,829
Doghra3673,199
Dumri2943,440
Etwa1721,381
Ghoratap1591,920
Gorhna2992,414
Hasan Chak158
Hiramanpur83810
Hiramanpur47714
Ibrahimpur60524
Jaintipur190752
Jamnapur1251,657
Kaliganj19483
Kamalpur43468
Kanhauli1604,050
Katesar 3327,088
Kauria 2333,356
Kelhanpur1602,260
Kanchanpur Kharagpur3885,035
Kujawan2393,249
Kutlupur3342,913
Lachhmanpur1382,195
Machhalpur Lai 524,167
Maddhupur41625
Madhopur781,140
Mahuar4201,587
Makhdumpur 3023,356
Mathura Pur40372
Mithapur167596
Modahi1614,264
Mohiuddin Chak39667
Moharampur
Monije Chak39324
Munsepur 1122,191
Mustafapur104904
Mustafapur58880
Nagabihta116658
Narainpur1151,512
Nathupur1661,247
Neura 2416,419
Neuri1542,094
Painal 8419,618
Pakri681,490
Pali2463,507
Pande Chak05695
Panrepur2452,103
Purusottampur Painathi 2893,584
Parri2383,517
Purainia1801,919
Raghopur Jalahwa 491,731
Rambad42164
Ramnagar471,410
Rampur Hasan Lai831,702
Rampur Ismail2692,529
Ramtari2122,057
Sadisopur 923,900
Samsara931,919
Sikandarpur4834,494
Sikandarpur64840
Sikaria1031,798
Sri Chandpur 902,237
Tara Nagar 111,311
Taregna601,017
Tarvan90718
Tikaitpur2063,146
Til Bikrampur39513