Bihta is a town and
Block
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* W242BX, a radio station licensed to Greenville, South Carolina, United States known as ''96.3 ...
in
Patna district
Patna district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India. Patna, the capital of Bihar, is the district headquarters. The Patna district is a part of Patna division. The Patna district is divided into 6 Sub-divisions ( ...
,
Bihar state
Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...
,
India
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. Bihta is part of
Maner Assembly constituency and
Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency
Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is located in Patna district in Bihar. Until 2008, there was only one Lok Sabha seat for Patna, capital of Bihar. In the reorganization ...
. It is located around west of
Patna
Patna (
), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...
. Bihta is also an upcoming
satellite town
Satellite cities or satellite towns are smaller municipalities that are adjacent to a principal city which is the core of a metropolitan area. They differ from mere suburbs, subdivisions and especially bedroom communities in that they have m ...
of
Patna
Patna (
), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...
. It lies from
Bihta railway station
Bihta railway station, (station code: BTA), is a railway station serving the town of Bihta in the Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar. It located 28 km west of Patna Junction railway station.
Bihta railway station is connected to ...
.
Geography
Bihta is west of
Patna
Patna (
), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...
and is an hourlong drive from the capital. It is the strategic location named as greater Patna and many real estate companies are investing in the region. Bihta has a famous old temple named Van Devi at Kanchanpur Bihta, and a Shiv temple: Baba Biteshwar Nath in Gultera Bazar. There is 220/132/33 KV Power Grid substation in Dumri in Bihta, where commercial operation started in April 2019. There is a dry port south of the railway station and an oil depot, both with rail connectivity. A long four-lane elevated road connecting Bihta with Danapur and Shivala is being constructed at a cost of around
₹2,000 crore. This highway will be completed by 2022 and will connect Patna to
Bihta Airport via the
Danapur railway station
Danapur Railway Station or Danapur Junction, station code DNR, is a large railway station and headquarters of Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Danapur is connected to metropolitan areas of India by the Delhi–Kolkata main ...
and Shivala
Chowk
Chowk may refer to:
Website
* Chowk.com, a website about current affairs, politics and cultural aspects of India and Pakistan
Localities
In Bangladesh
*Chowk Bazaar, a bazaar in Lalbagh
In India
* Chowk, Allahabad, a locality/township of Allah ...
. Of its total 20 km length, would be elevated. The elevated portion will terminate at the junction of the Bihta-Sarmera Road near Kanhauli village. From that junction, the road will go up to the Bihta chowk besides connecting the
Bihta Airport; it would again be elevated at the Bihta chowk. There are many hotels and shops.
Educational institutes
IIT Patna
Indian Institute of Technology Patna (abbreviated IIT Patna or IITP) is a Public university, public technical university located at Bihta near Patna, Bihar. It is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. I ...
's campus is located within the parameters of Amhara and Dilawarpur villages in Bihta block, on a site. Bihar government had already allotted of land at Amhara village in Bihta to
NIT Patna
National Institute of Technology Patna (NIT Patna), formerly Bihar School of Engineering and Bihar College of Engineering, is a public engineering institution located in Patna in the Indian state of Bihar. It was renamed as NIT Patna, by the G ...
. There is Kendriya Vidyalaya, Lok Sabha Speaker
Meira Kumar
Meira Kumar (born 31 March 1945) is an Indian politician and former diplomat. A member of the Indian National Congress, she was the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2004 to 2009, the Minister of Water Resources for a brief per ...
laid the foundation stone of an
Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) medical college and hospital in Bihta in September 2009. The 500-bed ESIC hospital and college was built here on a plot here at a cost of 523 crore. The ESIC medical college and hospital was inaugurated on 7 July 2018.
Union minister
Kapil Sibal
Kapil Sibal (born 8 August 1948) is an Indian lawyer and politician. Sibal has represented several high-profile cases in the Supreme Court of India and is widely regarded as one of the famous lawyers of India. He is a Member of Parliament, in Ra ...
on 3 June 2013 laid the foundation stone of the permanent campus of
National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology
National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), formerly known as the DOEACC Society, is a society that offers Information Technology and Electronics training at different levels. It is an autonomous scientific society und ...
(NIELIT) at Bihta.
International Airport
![Bihta airforce station](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Bihta_airforce_station.jpg)
As air traffic grows and short runway issues arise at Patna airport, also known as the
Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport
Jayprakash Narayan International Airport is an international airport serving Patna, the capital of Bihar, India. It is named after the independence activist and political leader, Jayprakash Narayan. It is the 14th busiest airport in India. ...
, the central government has considered moving the facility outside Bihar's capital city to Bihta. According to senior government officials, negotiations are underway between the ministry of civil aviation and the air force to shift the airport from Patna to Bihta, which is a defence airfield 20 km away from the existing facility.
Bihta has one
airforce base station. The length of the existing runway at Bihta airbase was .
Airports Authority of India has planned to develop Bihta airport for international operations. Airport Authority had proposed of land to the state government, apart from which state government is to transfer, so that length of the runway could be increased to , in order to install an advanced category-II
Instrument Landing System
In aviation, the instrument landing system (ILS) is a precision radio navigation system that provides short-range guidance to aircraft to allow them to approach a runway at night or in bad weather. In its original form, it allows an aircraft to ...
(ILS) at the new airport so that flights could land there at a visibility as low as .
Boeing 747 require 12,000 feet of long runways to land.
In October 2016, Bihar cabinet approved the Patna master plan 2031 which envisions development of a new airport at Bihta. Bihar government is acquiring of land for construction of the new airport. Bihar cabinet approved a budget of ₹260 crore for the acquisition of 126 acres for Bihta airport which will be completed by October 2019. Of the 126 acres, in Vishambhar and in Kultupur localities have been acquired from approximately 400 land owners. An elevated expressway from Saguna Mor to Bihta is going to be constructed. Of the 126 acres of acquired land for Bihta airport, will be utilised for development of a civil enclave and the remaining 18 acres for development of amenities, including a VIP lounge, a hotel and a hangar.
An four-lane semi-elevated road between the proposed Bihta airbase and
Danapur railway station
Danapur Railway Station or Danapur Junction, station code DNR, is a large railway station and headquarters of Danapur railway division of East Central Railway. Danapur is connected to metropolitan areas of India by the Delhi–Kolkata main ...
is being constructed at the expenditure of 1400 crore. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will construct 13.5 km elevated four-lane road from Bihta to Shivala, while the remaining 5 km stretch from Shivala to Danapur station will be constructed by Bihar RCD. Apart from Danapur-Shivala-Bihta road, Bihta will be connected by two more four-lane roads: Patna-Buxar
NH-30 and Bihta-Sarmera SH-78.
Real estate boom
![IIT Patna Bihta Campus](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/IIT_Patna_Bihta_Campus.png)
The price of land in Bihta — 40 km west of Patna — has skyrocketed in the past few years in large part due to the construction of a number of projects in the area, including the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), National Institute of Technology (NIT),
Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital, and others. At present, a
cottah () of land is priced between 30 and 35 lakh in urban areas. Even in nearby villages like Amhara, Kanchanpur, and Dilawarpur the price of 1 cottah of land is ₹ 15-20 Lakh. A few years ago, such land was available for 2-2.5 lakh in urban and ₹ 25k-50k in rural areas. 25 acres of land have been acquired at Bihta in Patna district for setting up the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) headquarters and training centre.
Real estate also acquired land near the village of Paharpur to build a colony for families of retired paramilitary forces. Majorly Suraksha enclave members are acquiring land for the development of a residential, logistic and industrial park (LIP), which is fully functional at Bihta at the site of a former sugar mill. Work is in progress by a team led by officials of the IT department. Construction work will begin by mid-2013. It is also popular for Swami Sahajanand Saraswati ashram
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RERA Approved Township project is one of them.
IT Park
The Bihar government has acquired 25 acres of land for an
IT park. In October 2018, Bihar’s government approved Rs 38 crore for the acquisition of 33 acres of land for IT Park at Bihta as part of a Mega Industrial Park. IT giants, including
Infosys
Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational information technology company that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services. The company was founded in Pune and is headquartered in Bangalore. Infosys is the s ...
, have shown interest for a plot near Bihta.
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company with its headquarters in Mumbai. It is a part of the Tata Group and operates in 150 locations across 46 countries. In July ...
(TCS) has already been assigned with the responsibility of developing a main data centre which will provide IT links to all government departments. The IT centre was formally launched in March 2013 on the premises of Beltron Bhawan. A regional centre of the
National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology
National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), formerly known as the DOEACC Society, is a society that offers Information Technology and Electronics training at different levels. It is an autonomous scientific society und ...
(NIELIT) will also be developed at Bihta. The land for the IT park has already been selected and bidding processes for selection of a consultancy company for promotion of the IT park has almost been completed. NEECH Technology of Kolkata is engaged in collecting data for social and caste censuses in Bihar, and HP Education Services is engaged in providing IT skill development courses.
Economy
A $35 million production facility for
Cobra Beer
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, a premium beer brand promoted by
Lord Karan Bilimoria
Karan Faridoon Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria, (born 26 November 1961) is a British Indian businessman, life peer in the UK House of Lords, and a university chancellor.
Bilimoria founded the global beer brand, Cobra Beer and is the company's chai ...
, was set up at Bihta in 2010. Not the closed sugar mill is going to be revived.
Hero Cycles
Hero Cycles Limited, based in Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Punjab, is an Indian company that manufactures bicycles and bicycle related products. Pankaj M Munjal is the chairman and managing director of Hero Cycles.
History
Hero Cycles was estab ...
Ltd, part of the O.P. Munjal Group, started production at Amhara village near IIT Patna in Bihta from June 2014 to cater to different markets.
List of villages
The list of villages in ''Bihta''
Block
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(under Danapur
Tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administ ...
) is as follows:
* Amhara
* Anandpur
* Bela
* Bihta
* Bindaul
* Bishunpura
* Dayalpur Daulatpur
* Daulatpur Simri
* Kanchanpur Kharagpur
* Kateshar
* Kouriya
* Kunwa
* Machhalpur Lai
* Makhdumpur
* Mushepur
* Neora
* Painal
* Parev
* Purusottampur Painathi
* Raghopur
* Sadisopur
* Sikandarpur
* Sri Chandpur
* Sri Rampur
* Tara Nagar
* Yamunapur
See also
*
1997 Raghopur Massacre
*
Bihta railway station
Bihta railway station, (station code: BTA), is a railway station serving the town of Bihta in the Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar. It located 28 km west of Patna Junction railway station.
Bihta railway station is connected to ...
*
Bihta Air Force Station
The Bihta Air Force Station is an Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Bihta, Bihar, India. The military airfield, lies 40 kilometres southwest of state capital Patna and is spread over an area of around 900 acres.
Civilian Operations
In 2016, the Air ...
*
Patna Regional Development Authority
Patna Regional Development Authority abbreviated as ''PRDA'', is a body of the Government of Bihar that is responsible for the infrastructure development of the Patna Metropolitan Region (PMR). It was established by the Bihar State Government w ...
*
Sonepur
References
{{Patna Division
Cities and towns in Patna district
Neighbourhoods in Patna