List of districts of Bihar

Bihar, a state of India, has currently (as of 2005) thirty-eight administrative districts.

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 Serviceis entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues.

Districts of Bihar

Summary

Code	District	Headquarters	Population (2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)	Official website
AR	Araria	Araria	2,124,831	67789	751	http://araria.bih.nic.in
AR	Arwal	Arwal	589,476	4,839	918	http://arwal.bih.nic.in/
AU	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	2,004,960	3,303	607	http://aurangabad.bih.nic.in
BA	Banka	Banka	1,608,778	3,018	533	http://banka.bih.nic.in
BE	Begusarai	Begusarai	2,342,989	1,917	1,222	http://begusarai.bih.nic.in
BG	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	2,430,331	2,569	946	http://bhagalpur.bih.nic.in
BJ	Bhojpur	Arrah	2,233,415	2,473	903	http://bhojpur.bih.nic.in
BU	Buxar	Buxar	1,403,462	1,624	864	http://buxar.bih.nic.in
DA	Darbhanga	Darbhanga	3,285,473	2,278	1,442	http://darbhanga.bih.nic.in
EC	East Champaran	Motihari	3,933,636	3,969	991	http://eastchamparan.bih.nic.in
GA	Gaya	Gaya	3,464,983	4,978	696	http://gaya.bih.nic.in
GO	Gopalganj	Gopalganj	2,149,343	2,033	1,057	http://gopalganj.bih.nic.in
JA	Jamui	Jamui	1,397,474	3,099	451	http://jamui.bih.nic.in
JE	Jehanabad	Jehanabad	1,511,406	1,569	963	http://Jehanabad.bih.nic.in
KH	Khagaria	Khagaria	1,276,677	1,486	859	http://khagaria.bih.nic.in
KI	Kishanganj	Kishanganj	1,294,063	1,884	687	http://kishanganj.bih.nic.in
KM	Kaimur	Bhabua	1,284,575	3,363	382	http://kaimur.bih.nic.in
KT	Katihar	Katihar	2,389,533	3,056	782	http://katihar.bih.nic.in
LA	Lakhisarai	Lakhisarai	801,173	1,229	652	http://lakhisarai.bih.nic.in
MB	Madhubani	Madhubani	3,570,651	3,501	1,020	http://madhubani.bih.nic.in
MG	Munger	Munger	1,135,499	1,419	800	http://munger.bih.nic.in
MP	Madhepura	Madhepura	1,524,596	1,787	853	http://madhepura.bih.nic.in
MZ	Muzaffarpur	Muzaffarpur	3,743,836	3,173	1,180	http://muzaffarpur.bih.nic.in
NL	Nalanda	Bihar Sharif	2,368,327	2,354	1,006	http://nalanda.bih.nic.in
NW	Nawada	Nawada	1,809,425	2,492	726	http://nawada.bih.nic.in
PA	Patna	Patna	4,709,851	3,202	1,471	http://patna.bih.nic.in
PU	Purnia	Purnia	2,540,788	3,228	787	http://purnia.bih.nic.in
RO	Rohtas	Sasaram	2,448,762	3,850	636	http://rohtas.bih.nic.in
SH	Saharsa	Saharsa	1,506,418	1,702	885	http://saharsa.bih.nic.in
SM	Samastipur	Samastipur	3,413,413	2,905	1,175	http://samastipur.bih.nic.in
SO	Sheohar	Sheohar	514,288	443	1,161	http://sheohar.bih.nic.in
SP	Sheikhpura	Sheikhpura	525,137	689	762	http://sheikhpura.bih.nic.in
SR	Saran	Chhapra	3,251,474	2,641	1,231	http://saran.bih.nic.in
ST	Sitamarhi	Sitamarhi	2,669,887	2,199	1,214	http://sitamarhi.bih.nic.in
SU	Supaul	Supaul	1,745,069	2,410	724	http://supaul.bih.nic.in
SW	Siwan	Siwan	2,708,840	2,219	1,221	http://siwan.bih.nic.in
VA	Vaishali	Hajipur	2,712,389	2,036	1,332	http://vaishali.bih.nic.in
WC	West Champaran	Bettiah	3,043,044	5,229	582	http://westchamparan.bih.nic.in

External links

• http://districts.nic.in/disdetails.aspx?str_state=Ymg=
• http://www.biharspider.com/resources/2437-Districts-Bihar-Names.aspx