40 seats
01 / 04Lok Sabha
A Lok Sabha election survey agency in Bihar has to weight six assembly segments per seat, and Bihar's seats are large; samples are drawn by segment.
Locations · Bihar
243 segments, two river plains, one monsoon to plan around
Bharat Survey is a survey company in Bihar for campaign teams, departments, CSR foundations and researchers who need household data from the Gangetic villages as well as Patna's wards. We write Hindi questionnaires, test wording with Maithili, Bhojpuri and Magahi speakers, train enumerators for each project and GPS-stamp every interview on an offline Android app.
- Sampling across 38 districts and 9 divisions
- Maithili, Bhojpuri and Magahi wording checks
- GPS and time on every record
Gram Panchayat Barauli
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26.8467 N · 80.9462 E · ±12 m
Approximately in area
38 districts243 Vidhan Sabha seats40 Lok Sabha seatsVidhan ParishadGram KachahariFlood-season planningOffline Android app
Bihar's large, mobile electorate is easy to sample badly. We stay neutral and publish our method.
Segment-level trackers
As an assembly election survey agency Bihar campaigns can brief, we sample booth clusters inside each segment and account for households whose working members live outside the state.
Booth app, offline
The booth management app Bihar volunteers use saves visits offline with GPS and syncs later. It does not import voter-roll personal data.
3,000
Target homes
2,184
Visits
1,962
Completed
1,871
Accepted
Daily accepted surveysLast 12 days
North Bihar
Flood-prone plains
North of the Ganga, from Champaran to Purnia, the Kosi, Gandak and Bagmati flood often, and Maithili and Bhojpuri are widely spoken. Darbhanga, Purnia and Begusarai are useful field hubs.
South Bihar
Drier plains
South of the Ganga, from Buxar to Bhagalpur, the land is drier, with Magahi spoken around Patna, Gaya and Nalanda. Bhagalpur, Arrah and Sasaram are useful field hubs.
Frames
Separate samples
As an election survey agency Bihar teams can rely on, we build separate frames for each zone and do not let Patna's urban wards stand in for either.
Capital
Patna
Districts
38
Divisions
9
Patna, Tirhut, Saran, Darbhanga, Kosi, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Munger, Magadh
Lok Sabha seats
40
Vidhan Sabha seats
243
Elected November 2025
Legislative Council
Yes
Bicameral: Vidhan Parishad
Official languages
Hindi; Urdu (second, since 1981)
Panchayati raj
Three tiers + Gram Kachahari
50% of seats in all tiers reserved for women (Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006)
Sources: Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar · Bihar government portal · Local Government Directory · Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 (India Code) · Bihar Panchayati Raj Department · ECI results portal (Bihar 2025, declared 14 Nov 2025)
243 seats
02 / 04Vidhan Sabha
The assembly elected in November 2025 serves to 2030. As a Vidhan Sabha election survey agency in Bihar we run light mid-term issue waves.
Corporations
03 / 04Nagar Nigam
A Nagar Nigam election survey agency in Bihar works ward by ward in corporations such as Patna, Gaya, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur, where renters and students change the doorstep mix.
Villages
04 / 04Panchayats
A Panchayat election survey agency in Bihar covers mukhiya, samiti, zila parishad and Gram Kachahari posts, with half the seats reserved for women.
Our view
Flood and relief checks
Household surveys after Kosi and Gandak floods, with GPS points to confirm the village was actually reached.
Jeevika and SHG studies
Self-help group and livelihood studies across rural blocks, with women enumerators where needed.
School and anganwadi visits
Facility checks with photos and time stamps, sampled beyond the district road network.
Remittance households
RuralSpending in many villages depends on money sent home, so we record migrant members and remittance timing, often around Chhath and Diwali.
Town markets
RetailRetail audits in district towns such as Darbhanga and Arrah, each outlet geo-tagged.
CSR programmes in Bihar often focus on health, school learning and livelihoods in aspirational districts such as Purnia, Katihar and Araria. We reuse the baseline village frame at endline and pull comparison villages from the same block, so flood years do not masquerade as programme effects.
Before
Data from the implementing chain
- Block staff check their own work
- Flooded villages quietly dropped
- No proof of visit
With Bharat Survey
Bharat Survey evaluation
- Enumerators report to our supervisors
- Substitutions agreed and logged
- GPS and back-checks on records
Before fieldwork
- North or south Bihar strata
- Maithili, Bhojpuri or Magahi pilot
- Migrant household members
Avoid
- July–September flood peak in the north
- Chhath week
- Model code periods for political work
Child marriage and schooling
Sensitive-topic interviews with consent recorded on the phone and private settings.
Maternal health
Household visits in Kosi-belt villages, timed after floodwaters recede.
Not the right fit if
- Anyone wanting voter-list data or caste lists loaded into an app
- Campaigns wanting a guaranteed result
- Buyers needing an iOS app today
All locations
Every state we cover.
Learn morePatna
The state capital.
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South Bihar city page.
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North Bihar city page.
Learn moreNorth Bihar
Darbhanga, Purnia and more.
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Bhagalpur, Arrah and more.
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Learn moreFAQ
Straight answers to the questions people ask most about this topic.
Which languages do you use for Bihar surveys?
Hindi in Devanagari is the base. We pilot wording with Maithili speakers in Mithila districts, Bhojpuri speakers in the west, and Magahi speakers around Patna and Gaya. Urdu versions are available, since Urdu is Bihar's second official language.
Can you survey north Bihar during the monsoon?
Only with care. Kosi, Gandak and Bagmati floods cut roads between July and September. We plan buffer days, agree substitute villages in advance and log every substitution, or move fieldwork to the post-flood months when that suits the study.
Do you have an office in Bihar?
We do not claim a local office. For each project we recruit and train enumerators, often from the sampled districts, supervise them, and verify records through GPS, time stamps and back-check visits before data is accepted.
Do you run caste-based surveys?
We collect only the demographic questions a client's study legally needs, with consent and neutral wording. We do not import voter lists or caste lists into the app, and we never promise an electoral outcome in Bihar or anywhere else.
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