BIHAR

• Bihar formerly known as “Magadha”.

•The name Bihar is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Vihara’ which means “Monostries”.

•It is rich and fertile land with a mild climate and is crossed by many major river including the Ganga.

• AREA- 94,163 sq km •LANGUAGE- Hindi

• DISTRICTS- 37 •POPULATION- 1,091,117

INDIA ROLLER

STATE BIRD STATE ANIMAL

GAUR

STATE FLOWER

KANCHAN

STATE TREE

PEEPAL

PEOPLE IN BIHAR• Bihar has been a good deal of mixture among the various castes.• Brahman, Bhumihar, Rajput, Banias and kayastha are dominant castes.• kayasthas and Banias are the two important caste groups in the cities and town.• The Banias predominate in trade and commerce.• Member of all these caste groups have occupied prominent position in the educational and political life of the state.• The land owning castes are Ahirs(yadavas), Kurmis and Koiris in Bihar.

RELIGION

• The Hindu are the largest religious community in Bihar.

FAIR & FESTIVALS

• Bihar has an Hindu majority so Hindu festival are celebrated with great pleasure and enthusiasm.

DUSSEHRA

NAGPANCHAMI CHHATH PUJA

SONEPUR CATTLE FAIR

TRIBAL FESTIVALS

SOHARAI SARHUL

INDUSTRY• Bihar has a number of major public sector project like:-

• oil refinery of indian oil corporation

• Hindustan fertilizer corportation ltd (HPCL)

• Cotton spinning mills at Siwan

• Food processing unit and vanaspati manufacturing unit at aurangabad and patna

AGRICULTURE

• The principal agricultural crops are:

• rice • wheat • jute • oil seeds

• The entire agriculture operation is divided into two crop Season Kharif and Rabi

VEGETABLES

cabbage cauliflower carrot

NON CEREAL CROPS

Potato Sugarcane

TOURISM

• Bihar is one of the important places in the annals of Indian history.

Golghar Martyr’s memorial

Valmiki national park

Archaeological museum

State museum

MEDIA IN BIHAR

• Biharbandhu was the first Hindi newspaper published from Bihar. It was started in 1872 by Madan Mohan Bhatta.

• Dainik Jagran, Navbharat Times, Aaj, Hindustan Dainik and Prabhat Khabar are some of the popular Hindi news papers of Bihar.

• A monthly magazine named Bharat Ratna was started from patna in 1901.

• E-papers, Bihar Times and Patna Daily have become very popular among the educated Biharis, specially the non-resident Biharis.

• Jai Bihar is a similar e-paper, recently started by Kunwar Sanjeev Singh, is a huge hit among Biharis.

• www.biharplus.in is a very new face of media in bihar, it operated from patna/new delhi. It almost cover every area of media, entertainment, business sections & Matrimonial from Bihar.

CHIEF MINISTER

Shri Nitish Kumar

DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER

Sushil kumar modi

GOVERNOR

Shri Devanand Kowar

SPEAKER OF BIHAR

• Uday Narain Choudhary

BIHAR

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