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01 / A PLACEFind a districtAll 38 district archives, with maps and factbooks.02 / A QUESTIONFollow a subjectCulture, language, work, elections, rain and more.03 / A YEARSee what changedMove through dated records and estimates.04 / A MOMENTLook through photographsBrowse the photo gallery and its captions.

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Places and districts

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People, numbers and change

Explore estimates and dated records with their definitions kept in view.

Population in 2026State and district projections beside Census benchmarks.Population on the mapExplore a modelled population grid and its limits.Age structureSee the published state projection by age and sex.Bihar through timeMove between years where a source has an observation.Compare districtsPut districts side by side using one measure at a time.Cities and built-up changeCompare mapped built-up surfaces across selected years.District economyRead district output, income and agriculture measures.District productsBrowse Bihar’s district product register.

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Land, weather and water

Follow the physical systems that shape travel and everyday life.

Climate and seasonsCompare rainfall and temperature records by place and period.Rivers of BiharExplore named rivers and their district geography.GroundwaterRead the latest included district groundwater indicators.Landscape in 3DTilt and inspect a terrain model of Bihar and its surroundings.A Patna neighbourhoodExplore an illustrative OpenStreetMap snapshot near Bihar Museum.

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Culture, photographs and field notes

Meet traditions, public records and the people and places around them.

Photo galleryLook through photographs of places and everyday life.All subjectsBrowse the site’s culture, society and public-record pages.Folklore & songSix attributed traditions: Salhesh, Lorik–Chanda, Reshma–Chauharmal, Sama-Chakeva, Bihula–Bishahari and Maithili seasonal songs.Craft & observanceSelected GI products from individual registry records, and the four-day sequence of Chhath.Travel & footfallReported tourist arrivals in Bihar and Rajgir, with annual and partial-year records kept separate.Education & living standardsCensus literacy rates and dated per-capita income figures for Bihar.Elections & representationProvisional 2025 turnout and a local research reading of ADR’s analysis of winning candidates.Rain & riversBihar’s reported through-August rainfall and separate full-year 2025 DES totals, with source normals.Cinema & policyBhojpuri and Maithili films, filmmakers, audience conversations and Bihar’s film policy.Folklore and songRead attributed accounts and follow their variants.SalheshA deity-hero carried in song, craft and performance Lorik–ChandaAn oral epic with more than one way of being told Reshma–ChauharmalKeep the named version attached to the hero Sama-ChakevaClay birds, a sibling bond and a seasonal farewell Bihula–BishahariWhere the festival and Manjusha painting meet Maithili seasonal songsA year remembered through changing weather and absence Field notesLonger reads that connect places, records and everyday life.Heritage registerBrowse the heritage records included in this edition.Share a memory or correctionSuggest a photograph, place or correction for review.

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Research and source material

For learners and researchers who want to check how a number was made.

Questions about BiharStart with a question, then follow the evidence.Recorded place groupingsBrowse a few short groupings of already documented places.Buddhist places in BiharA route through recorded Buddhist heritage places.Patna and the riverPlaces along Patna’s riverfront and nearby city records.Unequal footprintsHow built-up land changed across selected settlements.Cities and the built-up recordA closer reading of urban expansion indicators.People and population recordsOpen the site’s population and age-structure views.Evidence for learnersA starting point for BPSC and UPSC preparation and careful reading.Bihar in numbersA compact entry into the measures used across the atlas.Data downloadsFind the public data tables and machine-readable files.Source registerSee the records, dates, licences and source notes.Method and definitionsHow the atlas handles units, boundaries and estimates.How to read this atlasA short guide to dates, evidence labels and missing values.

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