List of districts of Bihar

Template:No footnotes Bihar, a state of India, currently has 38 administrative districts Districts of Bihar, 101 subdivisions (अनुमंडल) and 534 CD blocks.

A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a district magistrate or a deputy commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officials belonging to different wings of the administrative services of the state.

A superintendent of police, an officer belonging to Indian Police Service, is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues.

3 to 6 districts are comprised to form a division (प्रमंडल). Each district is divided into sub-divisions (अनुमंडल), which are further sub-divided into CD blocks (प्रखण्ड).

Detailed List

#	Code	District	District Headquarters	C.D. Blocks	Population (2011)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²) (2011)	Map
1	AR	Araria	Araria	Araria Jokihat Kursakanta Raniganj Sikti Palasi Forbesganj Narpatganj Bhargama	2,811,569	2,829	751
2	AW	Arwal	Arwal	Arwal Kaler Karpi Kurtha Sonbhadra Banshi Suryapur	699,000	637	918
3	AU	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	Aurangabad Barun Navinagar Kutumba Madanpur Deo Rafiganj Obra Daudnagar Goh Haspura	2,540,073	3,303	607
4	BA	Banka	Banka	Amarpur Banka Barahat Belhar Bounsi Chandan Dhoraiya Fullidumar Katoriya Rajoun Sambhuganj	2,034,763	3,018	533
5	BE	Begusarai	Begusarai	Begusarai Barauni Teghra Matihani Bachhwara Mansurchak Naokothi Cheriabariyarpur Sahebpur Kamal Bakhari Birpur Dandari Garhpura Balia Chhorahi Khodawandpur Bhagwanpur Samho Akha Kurha	2,970,541	1,917	1,222
6	BG	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	Goradih Jagdishpur Nathnagar Sabour Shahkund Sultanganj Kahalgaon Pirpainty Sanhaula Bihpur Gopalpur Ismailpur Kharik Narayanpur Naugachhiya Rangrachowk	3,037,766	2,569	946
7	BJ	Bhojpur	Arrah	Arrah Agiaon Barhara Koilwar Udwantnagar Sandesh Sahar Garhani Piro Charpokhari Tarari Jagdispur Bihiya Shahpur	2,728,407	2,473	903
8	BU	Buxar	Buxar	Buxar Itarhi Chausa Rajpur Dumraon Nawanagar Brahampur Kesath Chakki Chougain Simri	1,706,352	1,624	864
9	DA	Darbhanga	Darbhanga	Darbhanga Sadar Benipur Baheri Ali Nagar Hanuman Nagar Bahadurpur Hayaghat Keoti Singhwara Jale Manigachhi Tardih Biraul Ghanshyampur Kusheshwar Asthan Kusheshwar Asthan East Kiratpur Gaura Bauram	3,937,385	2,278	1,442
10	EC	East Champaran	Motihari	Raxaul Adapur Ramgarhwa Sugauli Banjaria Narkatia Bankatwa Ghorasahan Dhaka Chiraia Motihari Turkaulia Harsidhi Paharpur Areraj Sangrampur Kesaria Kalyanpur Kotwa Piprakothi Chakia Pakri Dayal Patahi Phenhara Madhuban Tetaria Mehsi	5,099,371	3,969	991
11	GA	Gaya	Gaya	Gaya Town Tikari Bodh Gaya Fatehpur Belaganj Wazirganj Konch Mohanpur Imamganj Gurua Khizirsarai Sherghati Dobhi Manpur Barachatti Guraru Banke Bazar Dumaria Tan Kuppa Amas Paraiya Muhra Neem Chak Bathani Atri	4,391,418	4,978	696
12	GO	Gopalganj	Gopalganj	Kuchaikote Barauli Hathua Gopalganj Baikunthpur Manjha Bhorey Uchkagaon Sidhwalia Bijaipur Katiya Phulwaria Thawe Pach Deuri	2,562,012	2,033	1,057
13	JA	Jamui	Jamui		1,760,405	3,099	451
14	JE	Jehanabad	Jehanabad		1,125,313	1,569	963	Error creating thumbnail:
15	KH	Khagaria	Khagaria		1,666,886	1,486	859	File:Bihar district location map Khagaria.svg
16	KI	Kishanganj	Kishanganj		1,690,400	1,884	687	File:Bihar district location map Kishanganj.svg
17	KM	Kaimur	Bhabua	Bhabua Mohania	1,626,384	3,363	382	File:Bihar district location map Kaimur.svg
18	KT	Katihar	Katihar		3,071,029	3,056	782	File:Bihar district location map Katihar.svg
19	LA	Lakhisarai	Lakhisarai		1,000,912	1,229	652	File:Bihar district location map Lakhisarai.svg
20	MB	Madhubani	Madhubani		4,487,379	3,501	1,020	File:Bihar district location map Madhubani.svg
21	MG	Munger	Munger		1,367,765	1,419	800	File:Bihar district location map Munger.svg
22	MP	Madhepura	Madhepura		2,001,762	1,787	853	File:Bihar district location map Madhepura.svg
23	MZ	Muzaffarpur	Muzaffarpur		4,801,062	3,173	1,180	File:Bihar district location map Muzaffarpur.svg
24	NL	Nalanda	Bihar Sharif		2,877,653	2,354	1,006	File:Bihar district location map Nalanda.svg
25	NW	Nawada	Nawada		2,219,146	2,492	726	File:Bihar district location map Nawada.svg
26	PA	Patna	Patna	Patna Sadar Sampatchak Phulwarisarif Fatwah Daniyawan Khusrupur Athmal gola Mokama Belchhi Ghoswari Pandarak Bakhtiyarpur Barh Masaurhi Punpun Dhanarua Danapur Maner Bihta Naubatpur Paliganj Dulhinbazar Bikram	5,838,465	3,202	1,471	File:Bihar district location map Patna.svg
27	PU	Purnia	Purnia		3,264,619	3,228	787	File:Bihar district location map Purnia.svg
28	RO	Rohtas	Sasaram		2,959,918	3,850	636	File:Bihar district location map Rohtas.svg
29	SH	Saharsa	Saharsa		1,900,661	1,702	885	File:Bihar district location map Saharsa.svg
30	SM	Samastipur	Samastipur	Tajpur Morwa Khanpur Sarairanjan Pusa Warishnagar Kalyanpur Rosera Hasanpur Bithan Shivajinagar Singhiya Bibhutipur Dalsingsarai Ujiyarpur Vidyapatinagar Patori Mohanpur Mohiuddin Nagar	4,261,566	2,905	1,175	File:Bihar district location map Samastipur.svg
31	SO	Sheohar	Sheohar		656,916	443	1,161	File:Bihar district location map Sheohar.svg
32	SP	Sheikhpura	Sheikhpura		634,927	689	762	File:Bihar district location map Sheikhpura.svg
33	SR	Saran	Chhapra		3,951,862	2,641	1,231	File:Bihar district location map Saran.svg
34	ST	Sitamarhi	Dumra, Sitamarhi		3,423,574	2,199	1,214	File:Bihar district location map Sitamarhi.svg
35	SU	Supaul	Supaul		2,229,076	2,410	724	File:Bihar district location map Supaul.svg
36	SW	Siwan	Siwan		3,330,464	2,219	1,221	File:Bihar district location map Siwan.svg
37	VA	Vaishali	Hajipur		3,495,021	2,036	1,332	File:Bihar district location map Vaishali.svg
38	WC	West Champaran	Bettiah		3,935,042	5,229	582	File:Bihar district location map West Champaran.svg

See Also

Administrative Division in Details

Divisions	9
Districts	38
Subdivisions	109
Cities and towns	207
Blocks	534
Villages	45,103
Panchayats	8,406
Police Districts	43
Police Stations	853

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