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district of Bihar in India

Key facts

Country
India
State
Bihar
Division
Patna
Headquarters
Patna
Lok sabha constituencies
1. Pataliputra , 2. Patna sahib , 3. Munger (shared with Munger district)
Total
3,202 km (1,236 sq mi)
Rank
(IN: 15th)
Density
1,823/km (4,723/sq mi)
Urban
2,514,590
Literacy 2011
70.68%
Sex ratio
1.897 ♂ / ♀
Time zone
UTC+05:30 ( IST )
Major highways
NH 30 , NH 83
Hdi 2016
0.811 ( high )
Gdp district 2023
US$30 (equivalent to $33.01 in 2025)Billion
Website
patna .nic .in

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
India
Capital
Patna
Population
5838465
Area
3202
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Shares border with
Arwal district
Official website
patna.nic.in
Image
City of Patna, on the River Ganges, 19th century.jpg
Households
975578
Dialing code
0612
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Commons category
Patna district
topic's main category
Category:Patna district
male population
3078512
female population
2759953
urban population
2514590
rural population
3323875
literate population
3459679
illiterate population
2378786
short name
PTN
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Encyclopedic overview

Patna district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India. Patna, the capital of Bihar, is the district headquarters. The Patna district is a part of the Patna division. The Patna district is divided into 6 Subdivisions (Tehsils) i.e. Patna Sadar, Patna City, Barh, Masaurhi, Danapur and Paliganj.

As of 2011, it is the most populous district of Bihar and the fifteenth most populous district in India.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Patna district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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