Outline of Bihar

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Bihar:

Location of Bihar

Bihar – state in East India. It is the 13th largest state in India, with an area of 94,163 km² (36,357 sq mi) and the 3rd largest by population; its population is the fastest-growing of any state.

Seal of Bihar

General reference

Names

• Common English country name(s): Bihar
  • Pronunciation
    • English /bɪˈhɑːr/
    • Hindi pronunciation: [bɪˈɦaːr]
• Official English country name(s): State of Bihar
• Nickname(s):
• Adjectival(s): Bihari
• Demonym(s): Biharis

Rankings (amongst India's states)

• by population: 3rd
• by area (2011 census): 13th
• by crime rate (2015): 19th
• by gross domestic product (GDP) (2014): 11th
• by Human Development Index (HDI):
• by life expectancy at birth:
• by literacy rate:

Geography of Bihar

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 (UTC+05:30)

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

Regions of Bihar

• North Bihar

Administrative divisions of Bihar

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

Divisions of Bihar

Divisions of Bihar

Districts of Bihar

Districts of Bihar

Municipalities of Bihar

Municipalities of Bihar

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

Demography of Bihar

Demographics of Bihar

Government and politics of Bihar

Politics of Bihar

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

Elections in 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
• 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
• October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Union government in Bihar

• Rajya Sabha members from Bihar
• Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee
• Indian general election, 1971 (Bihar)
• Indian general election, 1977 (Bihar)
• Indian general election, 2004 (Bihar)
• Indian general election, 2009 (Bihar)
• Indian general election, 2014 (Bihar)

Branches of the government of Bihar

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 (bicameral)
  • 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

Law of 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

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

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

People of Bihar

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

Religion in 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

Sports in Bihar

• Cricket in Bihar
• Football in Bihar

Symbols of 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

Economy 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

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(NIPER Hajipur) and
  • Nalanda University.

See also

• List of international rankings
• Outline of geography
• Adapur Bihar
• Administration in Bihar
• Ahe Dayamaya Biswa Bihari
• Arun Pathak (Bihari politician)
• Association of Bihar Cricket
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium
• Aurangabad (Bihar Lok Sabha constituency)
• Aurangabad district, Bihar
• Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University
• Banke Bihari Temple
• Bari Sangat Bihar
• Bayt al-Bihar
• Bengal Orissa Bihar Baptist Convention
• Bihar 996
• Bihar Agricultural University
• Bihar Colony
• Bihar Cricket Association
• Bihar Diwas
• Bihar Light Horse
• Bihar Mennonite Mandli
• Bihar Movement
• Bihar Museum
• Bihar National College
• Bihar Province
• Bihar Public Service Commission
• Bihar Regiment
• Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000
• Bihar School Examination Board
• Bihar School of Yoga
• Bihar Sharif
• Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation
• Bihar Times
• Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation
• Bihar Vikas Party
• Bihar al-Anwar
• Bihar cricket team
• Bihar famine of 1873–74
• Bihari (disambiguation)
• Bihari Hindi
• Bihari Lal
• Bihari Mauritian
• Bihari Muslims
• Bihari brothers
• Bihari hindi
• Bihari languages
• Bihari literature
• Biharinath
• Biharipur
• Biharis
• Biharkeresztes
• Biharmonic Bézier surface
• Biharmonic equation
• Biharnagybajom
• Biharsharif (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
• Bihartorda
• Biharugra
• Biharwe
• Biharwe Division
• Biharwe F.C.
• Biman Bihari Das
• Binod Bihari Chowdhury
• Brahmapur, Bihar
• Bridges in Bihar
• Brij Bihari Chaubey
• Brij Bihari Pandey
• DD Bihar
• Digvijay Singh (Bihar)
• ETV Bihar
• Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
• Ferenc Bihar
• Floods in Bihar
• Girish Bihari
• Gola Bazar, Bihar
• HMIS Bihar (J247)
• Hajdú-Bihar County
• Hindi in Bihar
• János Bihari
• József Bihari
• Kunj Bihari Lal Rathi
• Lal Bihari
• List of chief ministers of Bihar
• List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar
• List of finance ministers of Bihar
• List of governors of Bihar
• List of governors of Bihar and Orissa Province
• List of Monuments of National Importance in Bihar
• List of State Protected Monuments in Bihar
• List of cities in Bihar by population
• List of constituencies of Bihar Legislative Assembly
• Malik clan (Bihar)
• Nalanda College Biharsharif
• Rajendra Nagar Bihar – Indore Express
• Pathans in Bihar
• Persecution of Biharis in Bangladesh
• Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
• Pulin Bihari Baske
• Pune Via Bihar
• Rahas Bihari Dwivedi
• Raj Bhavan (Bihar)
• Rajnagar Bihar
• S. H. Bihari
• Shaikh of Bihar
• Shita Coat Bihar, Nawabganj
• Shoshit Seva Sangh
• Shyam Bihari Misra
• State Mahadalit Commission, Bihar
• Sándor Bihari
• Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Bihar

• Official website
• Bihar at Curlie
• Bihar State Trouism Development Corporation, Ltd. Archived 2010-01-27 at the Wayback Machine