Bakhtiarpur

Bakhtiyarpur is a city and a notified area in Patna district in the state of Bihar, India. Bakhtiyarpur is under the Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency), and is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bihar in Patna District under the Barh sub-division of Bihar. It is a major railway junction in Danapur railway division, ECR. In 1193 when Ikhtiyar ad-Din Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji was on conquest of Bihar, he came to destroy Glorious Nalanda University. En-route he destroyed Buddhist monasteries of Bakhtiyarpur, and Muslim soldiers he left there named place Bakhtiyarpur. The incumbent Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar belongs to Bakhtiyarpur.DemographicsIndia census, Bakhtiyarpur had a population of 32,288. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bakhtiyarpur has an average literacy rate of 53%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 63% of the males and 37% of females literate. About 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.EconomyBanks Dena bank Bank of India Patliputra cooperative bank State bank of India Punjab national bank IDBI bank Central bank of India Canara bank Corporation bank Bank of Baroda HDFC Bank Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank Colleges R.L.S.Y. COLLEGE N.J.S. COLLEGE Bakhtiyarpur college of engineering (session start from 2016) Sanskrit College Kamleshwari Prasad Singh Teacher Training College, Techa BighaSchools Vimala Vidyalaya Daffodil International public school St. John's school Middle school Bakhtiyarpur Middle school Dedaur Shree Ganesh high school Karnauti high school Krishna Sudarshan school Girls high school, etc. Hospitals Government Primary Hospital Railway Hospital Vimla Hospital Taj Hospital