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Administration in Bihar

Seal of Bihar
Seat of Government
Patna
Executive
Governor of Bihar	R. L. Bhatia
Chief Minister of Bihar	Nitish Kumar
Dpty Chief Minister of Bihar	Sushil Kumar Modi
Legislative
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Deputy Speaker	U. N. Chaudhury
Member in Assembly	243
Bihar Legislative Council
Chairman	Arun Kumar
Member in Council	95
Judiciary
Patna High Court
Chief Justice of High Court	Justice R.M. Lodha
District Courts
Panchayat
Administrative division
Divisions of Bihar	9
Districts of Bihar	38
Sub-Divisions of Bihar	101
Towns of Bihar	130
Blocks in Bihar	534
Panchayats in Bihar	8,471
Villages in Bihar	45,103
Police Stations in Bihar	853
Police Districts in Bihar	43
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1 Administrative Structure
2 Administration Division
3 Judiciary
- 3.1 High Court
- 3.2 City Courts
4 Legislature
- 4.1 Vidhan Sabha
- 4.2 Vidhan Parishad
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Administrative Structure

                                    India 
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                                    Bihar                                                   
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                                  Divisions
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                                  Districts
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  Blocks      Municipal Corporations      Municipalities       City Councils
 (Tehsils)      (Maha-Nagar-Palika)       (Nagar-Palika)     (Nagar-Panchayat)
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     |                    ---------------------------------------------
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  Villages                                     Wards
(Graam/Gau'n)

Administration Division

The state is divided into 9 divisions and 38 districts, for administrative purposes. The various districts included in the divisions - Patna, Tirhut, Saran, Darbhanga, Kosi, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Munger and Magadh Division, are as listed below.

District map of Bihar

Division	Headquarters	Districts
Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	Banka, Bhagalpur
Darbhanga	Darbhanga	Begusarai, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Samastipur
Kosi	Saharsa	Madhepura, Saharsa, Supaul
Magadh	Gaya	Arwal, Aurangabad, Gaya, Jehanabad, Nawada
Munger	Munger	Jamui, Khagaria, Munger, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura
Patna	Patna	Bhojpur, Buxar, Kaimur, Patna, Rohtas, Nalanda
Purnia	Purnia	Araria, Katihar, Kishanganj, Purnia
Saran	Chapra	Gopalganj, Saran, Siwan
Tirhut	Muzaffarpur	East Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Vaishali, West Champaran

Judiciary

High Court

Main article: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court (Hindi: पटना उच्च न्यायालय) is the High Court of the state of Bihar. It was established on February 3, 1916 and later affiliated under the Government of India Act, 1915. The court is headquartered in Patna, the administrative capital of the state.

Proclamation made by the Governor-General of India on the March 22, 1912.The foundation-stone of the High Court Building was laid on Monday, December 1, 1913 by His Excellency the late Viceroy and Governor-General of India, Sir Charles Hardinge of Penshurst.The Patna High Court building on its completion was formally opened by the same Viceroy on February 3, [1916.Hon'ble Sir Justice Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier was the first Chief Justice of Patna High Court.

This High Court has given two Chief Justice of India, first was Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, the 6th C.J.I. and second was Hon'ble Mr. Justice Lalit Mohan Sharma, the 24th C.J.I..

Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.M. Lodha is the current Chief Justice of Patna High Court. He assumed this office on 13th of May 2008.

City Courts

Legislature

Bihar one of the six state where bicameral legislature exists these states (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra ,Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh), the Vidhan Parishad serves as the upper house and Vidhan Sabha serves as the lower house of a bicameral legislature.