Outline of Bihar

General reference

Names

• Common English country name: Bihar
• * Pronunciation
• ** English
• **
• Official English country name: State of Bihar
• Nickname:
• Adjectival: Bihari
• Demonym: Biharis

Rankings (amongst India's states)

• by population: 3rd
• List of states and territories of [India by area|by area] : 13th
• by crime rate : 19th
• by gross domestic product (GDP) (2014): 11th
• by Human Development Index (HDI):
• by life expectancy at birth:
• by literacy rate:

Geography of Bihar

• Bihar is: an Indian state
• Population of Bihar:
• Area of Bihar:
• Atlas of Bihar

Location of Bihar

• Bihar is situated within the following regions:
• * Northern Hemisphere
• * Eastern Hemisphere
• ** Eurasia
• *** Asia
• **** South Asia
• ***** Indian subcontinent
• ****** India
• ******* East India
• Time zone: Indian Standard Time

Environment of Bihar

• Climate of Bihar
• Protected areas of Bihar
• Wildlife of Bihar
• * Flora of Bihar
• * Fauna of Bihar

Natural geographic features of Bihar

• Islands of Bihar
• Lakes of Bihar
• Mountains of Bihar
• * Volcanoes in Bihar
• Rivers of Bihar
• * Waterfalls of Bihar
• Valleys of Bihar

Regions of Bihar

• North Bihar

Administrative divisions of Bihar

• Divisions of Bihar
• * Districts of Bihar
• ** Municipalities of Bihar

  Divisions of Bihar

Districts of Bihar

Municipalities of Bihar

• Capital of Bihar: Patna
• Cities of Bihar
• Villages of Bihar

Demography of Bihar

Government and politics of Bihar

• Form of government:
• Capital of Bihar: Capital of Bihar
• Political parties in Bihar
• List of politicians from Bihar

Elections in Bihar

• 1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• 1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• 1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• 1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• 1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Union government in Bihar

• Rajya Sabha members from Bihar
• Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee
• 1971 Indian general election in Bihar
• 1977 Indian general election in Bihar
• 2004 Indian general election in Bihar
• 2009 Indian general election in Bihar
• 2014 Indian general election in Bihar
• 2019 Indian general election in Bihar
• 2024 Indian general election in Bihar

Branches of the government of Bihar

Executive branch of the government of Bihar

• Head of state: Governor of Bihar,
• Head of government: Chief Minister of Bihar,
• Cabinet of Bihar

Legislative branch of the government of Bihar

• Bihar Legislature
• * Upper house: Legislative Council of Bihar
• * Lower house: Legislative Assembly of Bihar

Judicial branch of the government of Bihar

• Patna High Court

Law and order in Bihar

• Capital punishment in Bihar
• Crime in Bihar
• * Organized crime in Bihar
• Law enforcement in Bihar
• Penal system of Bihar
• Bihar Police

History of Bihar

History of Bihar, by period

• Timeline of Bihar

Ancient Bihar

• Anga
• Magadha
• * Vaishali
• * Haryanka dynasty
• ** Bimbisara
• ** Ajatashatru
• ** Rajgir
• ** Aryabhata
• * Pataliputra
• * Nanda Dynasty
• * Maurya Empire
• ** Chandragupta Maurya
• ** Chanakya
• *** Arthashastra
• ** Bindusara
• ** Ashoka the Great
• *** Promotion of Buddhism
• *** Edicts of Ashoka
• **** Ashoka Chakra
• *** Lion Capital of Ashoka
• * Sunga Empire
• * Kanva dynasty
• Gupta Empire
• * Chandragupta I
• * Samudragupta
• * Chandragupta II

Contemporary Bihar

• 2015 Bihar political crisis

History of Bihar, by subject

• Earthquakes in Bihar
• * 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake
• Floods in Bihar
• * 1987 Bihar flood
• * 2004 Bihar flood
• * 2007 Bihar flood
• * 2008 Bihar flood
• * 2013 Bihar Flood
• Terrorist attacks in Bihar
• * 2008 attacks on Uttar Pradeshi and Bihari migrants in Maharashtra
• * 2013 Bihar Maoist attack

Culture of Bihar

• Architecture of Bihar
• Cuisine of Bihar
• Ethnic minorities in Bihar
• Festivals in Bihar
• Humor in Bihar
• Languages of Bihar
• Media in Bihar
• Prostitution in Bihar
• Public holidays in Bihar
• Records of Bihar
• World Heritage Sites in Bihar

The arts in Bihar

• Art in Bihar
• Cinema of Bihar
• Literature of Bihar
• Music of Bihar
• Television in Bihar
• Theatre in Bihar

People of Bihar

• List of people from Bihar
• List of politicians from Bihar

Religion in Bihar

• Buddhism in Bihar
• Christianity in Bihar
• Hinduism in Bihar
• Islam in Bihar
• Judaism in Bihar
• Jainism in Bihar

Sports in Bihar

• Cricket in Bihar
• Football in Bihar

Symbols of Bihar

• State animal: Gaur
• State bird: House sparrow
• State flower:
• State seal: Seal of Bihar
• State symbol:
• State tree:

Economy and infrastructure of Bihar

• Economic rank (by nominal GDP):
• Agriculture in Bihar
• Banking in Bihar
• * National Bank of Bihar
• Communications in Bihar
• * Internet in Bihar
• * Media in Bihar
• Companies of Bihar
• Currency of Bihar:
• Economic history of Bihar
• Energy in Bihar
• * Energy policy of Bihar
• * Oil industry in Bihar
• Health care in Bihar
• Mining in Bihar
• Bihar Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Bihar
• Transport in Bihar
• * Airports in Bihar
• * Rail transport in Bihar
• ** Bukhtiarpur Bihar Light Railway
• ** Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
• **Patna Metro
• * Roads in Bihar
• ** National Highways in Bihar
• ** State highways in Bihar
• *** State Highway 48 (Bihar)
• *** State Highway 49 (Bihar)
• *** State Highway 74 (Bihar)

Health and safety in Bihar

• Water supply and sanitation in Bihar

Education in Bihar

• List of museums in Bihar
• Literacy In Bihar
• List of institutions of higher education in Bihar
• * Central University of South Bihar
• *Indian Institute of Technology Patna,
• *Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya
• *AIIMS, Patna
• *National Institute of Technology, Patna
• *IIIT Bhagalpur
• *National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur and
• *Nalanda University.