Bihta
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Bihta बिहटा |
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 Bihta
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| Coordinates: 25°33′43″N 84°52′12″E / 25.56194°N 84.87000°ECoordinates: 25°33′43″N 84°52′12″E / 25.56194°N 84.87000°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Bihar |
| Region | Magadh |
| District | Patna |
| Government | |
| • Type | Nagar Panchayat |
| Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 210,619 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Magadhi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 801103 |
| Telephone code | +91-6115 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
| Vehicle registration | BR-01 |
| Sex ratio | 1000/892 ♂/♀ |
| Climate | ETh (Köppen) |
| Precipitation | 1,000 millimetres (39 in) |
Bihta (Hindi: बिहटा) is a township and Block in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is located 28 km west of Patna. Bihta is also upcoming satellite town of Patna.It is also popular for Swami Sahajanand Saraswati ashram.
Bihta is 28 km west of Patna and is a hour drive from the capital. It is the strategic location named as greater patna and many real estate companies are investing over there.
IIT Patna's campus is located in parameters of Amhara and Dilawarpur village of Bihta block, at a 500 acres (200 ha) site. Bihar government had already allotted 100 acres (40 ha) of land at Amhara village in Bihta to NIT Patna. There is Kendriya Vidyalaya,AFS. NSIT opened its new college in Bihta, which is now emerging as a new education hub in Bihar, in 2008. It is recognized by All India Council for Technical Education. NSIT has the huge infrastructure of 1,50,000 Sq.Ft of Built up area on approximately 12 Acres of land at Amhara, Bihta, Patna. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar 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 is coming up on a 25-acre plot here at a cost of ₹523 crore.The medical college and hospital would become functional in a record time of two years. The first batch of MBBS students will be admitted in 2013.
Union minister Kapil Sibal on June 3, 2013 laid the foundation stone of the permanent campus of National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) at Bihta.
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