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, and 154 nagar panchayats.
RankNameImageDistrictType*Population
2011
1PatnaPatnaUA2,061,834
2GayaGayaUA474,093
3BhagalpurBhagalpurUA412,209
4MuzaffarpurMuzaffarpurUA354,462
5Bihar SharifNalandaCity337,819
6PurniaPurniaUA325,307
7DarbhangaDarbhangaUA296,039
8SasaramRohtasCity264,709
9ArrahBhojpurCity261,430
10SamastipurSamastipurCity253,136
11BegusaraiBegusaraiCity252,008
12KatiharKatiharUA240,838
13BettiahWest ChamparanUA237,254
14MotihariEast ChamparanCity221,646
15SaharsaSaharsaCity216,491
16MungerMungerCity213,303
17ChhapraSaranUA202,352
18SiwanSiwanTown191,385
19HajipurVaishaliTown191,275
20MadhubaniMadhubaniTown164,165

  • UA=Urban Agglomeration

Urban agglomeration

In the census of India 2011, an urban agglomeration is 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 100,000 or above, are noted below:
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 agglomerationName of constituentDistrictTypePopulation 2011MaleFemalePopulation
Literacy rate
PatnaPatna Municipal CorporationPatna districtM Corp.1,683,200894,158789,042190,49684.71
MungerMungerMunger districtM Corp.3,88,0002,00,0001,88,00042,26081.83
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
SasaramRohtasRohtas districtM Corp.222,597106,25095,34727,66889.30
BettiahBettiahWest Champaran districtM Corp.132,89670,38162,51518,20382.54
BuxarBuxar districtNP102,59154,12384,46813,63994.16