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Seal of Bihar | |
Seat of Government | |
Patna | |
Executive | |
Governor of Bihar | Ram Nath Kovind |
Chief Minister of Bihar | Nitish Kumar |
Legislative | |
Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
Speaker | Vijay Kumar Chaudhary |
Members in Assembly | 243 |
Bihar Legislative Council | |
Chairman | Awadhesh Narain Singh |
Members in Council | 75 |
Judiciary | |
Patna High Court | |
Chief Justice of High Court | Hon. Mr. Justice Rajendra Menon (assumed office on 15 March 2017) |
District Courts | |
Panchayat | |
Administrative division | |
Divisions of Bihar | 9 |
Districts of Bihar | 39 |
Sub-Divisions of Bihar | 101 |
Towns of Bihar | 130 |
Blocks in Bihar | 534 |
Panchayats in Bihar | 8,406 |
Villages in Bihar | 45,103 |
Police Stations in Bihar | 853 |
Police Districts in Bihar | 43 |
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Bihar has 12 Municipal Corporations, 49 Nagar Parishads and 80 Nagar Panchayats. The state is divided into 9 divisions and 38 districts, for administrative purposes. The various districts included in the divisions - Patna, Tirhut, Saran, Darbhanga, Kosi, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Munger and Magadh Division, are as listed below.
The Patna High Court (Hindi: पटना उच्च न्यायालय) is the High Court of the state of Bihar. It was established on February 3, 1916 and later affiliated under the Government of India Act, 1915. The court is headquartered in Patna, the administrative capital of the state.
Proclamation made by the Governor-General of India on the 22 March 1912. The foundation-stone of the High Court Building was laid on 1 December 1913 by His Excellency the late Viceroy and Governor-General of India, Sir Charles Hardinge of Penshurst.The Patna High Court building on its completion was formally opened by the same Viceroy on 3 February 1916. Hon. Sir Justice Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier was the first Chief Justice of Patna High Court.