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Urban local bodies · Bihar

264 municipal bodies with 5,629 wards: 19 municipal corporations, 88 municipal councils and 157 nagar panchayats. Every body below links to its ward list and the assembly and Lok Sabha seats that cover it, from the Local Government Directory as of 25 September 2026.

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  • Municipal Corporation19
  • Municipal Council88
  • Nagar Panchayat157

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Urban local bodies
#7 of 35 states/UTs
5,629
Wards
264 bodies with ward lists
Districts
with at least one body
At a glance

Counts from the Local Government Directory. Names of types follow what the directory uses for Bihar.

Municipal Corporation
19
904 wards
Municipal Council
88
2,465 wards
Nagar Panchayat
157
2,260 wards
Wards in total
5,629
about 21 per body, on average
Mapped to assembly seats
251 of 264
183 assembly seats cover an urban ward

Largest by number of wards

  1. Municipal Corporation · PatnaPatna75wards · 4 assembly seats
  2. Municipal Corporation · GayaGaya53wards · 3 assembly seats
  3. Municipal Corporation · BhagalpurBhagalpur51wards · 1 assembly seat
  4. Municipal Corporation · NalandaBiharsharif51wards · 1 assembly seat
  5. Municipal Corporation · MuzaffarpurMuzaffarpur49wards · 1 assembly seat
  6. Municipal Corporation · DarbhangaDarbhanga48wards · 1 assembly seat
  7. Municipal Corporation · RohtasSasaram48wards · 1 assembly seat
  8. Municipal Corporation · Pashchim ChamparanBettiah46wards · 1 assembly seat
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264 of 264 local bodies

Local bodyTypeDistrictWardsAssembly seats
AkbarnagarअकबरनगरNagar PanchayatBhagalpur11Sultanganj
AlamnagarआलमनगरNagar PanchayatMadhepura21Alamnagar
AlauliअलौलीNagar PanchayatKhagaria12Alauli
AmarpurअमरपुरNagar PanchayatBanka14Amarpur
AMDABADअमदाबादNagar PanchayatKatihar16Manihari
AmourअमौरNagar PanchayatPurnia12Amour
AndarआंदरNagar PanchayatSiwan11Darauli
ArariaअररियाMunicipal CouncilAraria29Araria
ArerajअरेराजNagar PanchayatPurbi Champaran14Govindganj
ArrahआराMunicipal CorporationBhojpur45Arrah
ArwalअरवलMunicipal CouncilArwal25Arwal
AsarganjअसरगंजNagar PanchayatMunger12Tarapur
Asthawanअस्थावांNagar PanchayatNalanda11Asthawan
AurangabadऔरंगाबादMunicipal CouncilAurangabad33Aurangabad
BagahaबगहाMunicipal CouncilPashchim Champaran35Bagaha
BahadurganjबहादुरगंजNagar PanchayatKishanganj18Bahadurganj
Baheriबहेड़ीNagar PanchayatDarbhanga15Benipur
BairganiaबैरगनियाMunicipal CouncilSitamarhi21Riga
BaisiबायसीNagar PanchayatPurnia10Baisi
BakhriबखरीMunicipal CouncilBegusarai27Bakhri
Bakhtiyarpurबख्तियारपुरMunicipal CouncilPatna27Bakhtiarpur
BaliaबलियाMunicipal CouncilBegusarai28Not mapped
BalrampurबलरामपुरNagar PanchayatKatihar10Balrampur
BangaonबनगांवNagar PanchayatSaharsa19Saharsa
BankaबांकाMunicipal CouncilBanka26Banka
BanmankhiबनमनखीMunicipal CouncilPurnia26Banmankhi
Barahiyaबड़हियाMunicipal CouncilLakhisarai26Lakhisarai
BARARIबरारीNagar PanchayatKatihar11Barari
BarauliबरौलीMunicipal CouncilGopalganj25Barauli
BarauniबरौनीMunicipal CouncilBegusarai31Matihani
BarbighaबरबीघाMunicipal CouncilSheikhpura26Barbigha
Barhबाढ़Municipal CouncilPatna27Barh
BarhariaबडहरियाNagar PanchayatSiwan13Siwan
BarsoiबारसोईNagar PanchayatKatihar17Balrampur
BarunबारुनNagar PanchayatAurangabad11Nabinagar
BaruraajबरुराजNagar PanchayatMuzaffarpur18Baruraj
BasantpurबसंतपुरNagar PanchayatSiwan11Goriakothi
BegusaraiबेगुसरायMunicipal CorporationBegusarai45Begusarai
BeheaबिहियाँNagar PanchayatBhojpur14Shahpur
BeldaurबेलदौरNagar PanchayatKhagaria14Beldaur
BelsandबेलसंडNagar PanchayatSitamarhi13Belsand
Benipattiबेनीपट्टीNagar PanchayatMadhubani22Benipatti
BenipurबेनीपुरMunicipal CouncilDarbhanga29Benipur
BettiahबेतियाMunicipal CorporationPashchim Champaran46Bettiah
BhabuaभभुआMunicipal CouncilKaimur (Bhabua)25Bhabua
BhagalpurभागलपुरMunicipal CorporationBhagalpur51Bhagalpur
BharwaraभरवाराNagar PanchayatDarbhanga20Jale
BhawanipurभवानीपुरNagar PanchayatPurnia16Rupauli
BihariganjबिहारीगंजNagar PanchayatMadhepura14Bihariganj
BiharsharifबिहारशरीफMunicipal CorporationNalanda51Biharsharif
BihatबीहटMunicipal CouncilBegusarai30Teghra
BihtaबिहटाMunicipal CouncilPatna27Maner
Bikarmबिक्रमNagar PanchayatPatna14Bikram
Bikramganjविक्रमगंजMunicipal CouncilRohtas27Karakat
BiraulबिरौलNagar PanchayatDarbhanga11Kusheshwar AsthanGaura Bauram
BirpurबीरपुरNagar PanchayatSupaul13Chhatapur
Bodh GayaबोधगयाMunicipal CouncilGaya33Bodh Gaya
BounsiबौंसीNagar PanchayatBanka21Katoria
Brahmpurब्रहम्पुरNagar PanchayatBuxar13Brahampur
Buxarबक्सरMunicipal CouncilBuxar42Buxar

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FAQ

Answers use the Local Government Directory entries for the state.

How many urban local bodies are there in Bihar?

The Local Government Directory lists 264 urban local bodies in Bihar: 19 municipal corporations, 88 municipal councils and 157 nagar panchayats. Together they have 5,629 wards on record. That is the 7th highest number among the 35 states and union territories in the directory.

Which urban local body in Bihar has the most wards?

Patna Municipal Corporation has the most wards in the directory, 75. It is followed by Gaya Municipal Corporation (53) and Bhagalpur Municipal Corporation (51). Ward counts change after each delimitation, so check the latest State Election Commission notification before planning.

How many municipal corporations are there in Bihar?

There are 19 municipal corporations: Arrah, Begusarai, Bettiah, Bhagalpur, Biharsharif, Chapra, Darbhanga, Gaya, Katihar, Madhubani, Motihari, Munger, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Saharsa, Samastipur, Sasaram, Sitamarhi. Corporations govern the largest cities; each ward elects one councillor (corporator).

Who conducts municipal elections in Bihar?

The State Election Commission, not the Election Commission of India. It prepares the ward electoral rolls, notifies ward reservation and conducts the polls for every municipal body listed here. Results are published by the commission, ward by ward.

Source: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Ministry of Panchayati Raj, as of 25 September 2026, via the open daily mirror at github.com/ramSeraph/opendata. Used under the Government Open Data License - India. Ward-to-constituency mapping is as recorded in the directory and may lag behind the latest delimitation. Cantonment boards are not part of the directory’s urban list and are not counted.

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