List of cities in Bihar by population From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a list of urban agglomerations and cities (those not included in the Urban Agglomerations), with a population above 100,000 as per 2011 census in the Indian state of Bihar : [1] Rank Name District Type* Population 2011 Male Female Population below 15 yrs Literacy Rate 1 Patna Patna district UA 2,046,652 1,087,864 958,788 239,035 84.05 2 Gaya Gaya district UA 470,839 249,797 221,042 62,389 85.45 3 Bhagalpur Bhagalpur district UA 410,210 218,284 191,926 55,898 80.76 4 Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur district UA 393,724 208,509 185,215 47,784 85.07 5 Purnia Purnia district UA 310,817 163,892 146,925 47,730 74.04 6 Darbhanga Darbhanga district UA 306,089 161,346 144,743 42,213 80.74 7 Bihar Sharif Nalanda district City 296,889 154,915 141,974 43,646 80.32 8 Arrah Bhojpur district City 261,099 139,319 121,780 34,419 83.41 9 Begusarai Begusarai district City 251,1...