Bihta is a town and block under Danapur Tehsil in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar. Bihta is part of Maner assembly constituency under the Pataliputra Lok Sabha. It is located around west of Patna. Bihta is also an upcoming satellite town of Patna. The IIT Patna is around from Bihta railway station.
Geography Bihta is west of Patna 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, and a Shiv temple: Baba Biteshwar Nath in Gultera Bazar. There is a 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.
Educational institutes IIT Patna's campus is located within the parameters of Amhara and Dilawarpur villages in Bihta block, on a site. Bihar acquires land for permanent IIT-P campus Bihar government had already allotted of land at Amhara village in Bihta to NIT Patna. There is Kendriya Vidyalaya, 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 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 on 3 June 2013 laid the foundation stone of the permanent campus of National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) at Bihta.
International Airport
As air traffic grows and short runway issues arise at Patna airport, also known as the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, 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 (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 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
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. Highway Residency By Satyamev Group A 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, have shown interest for a plot near Bihta. Tata Consultancy Services (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 (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. On 25th April 2025, the state's Information Technology Minister, Krishna Kumar Mantoo laid the foundation stone for two major companies—Lexa Lighting Technology Private Limited and Benchmark Infotech park in Sikandarpur village, Bihta. Sanjivani Media and Technologies Private Limited has been allotted land for Data Center, Call Center and Film Editing and Digital Processing Unit. 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, a premium beer brand promoted by Lord Karan Bilimoria, was set up at Bihta in 2010. Not the closed sugar mill is going to be revived.
In Popular Cultures
Films set or Shot in Bihata
Laagi Nahi Chhute Ram (1963, Bhojpuri) - This film is set in Bihta and is shot at location such as Bihta railway station and Maner.
List of villages The list of villages in Bihta Block (under Danapur Tehsil) is as follows: (GP is Gram Panchayat). Village name Land area (hectares) Population (in 2011) Adlipur 380 1,490 Akhtiarpur 189 1,511 Amhara (GP) 650 Aminabad 490 5,458 Anandpur (GP) 996 8,504 Babhan Lai 472 3,627 Baghpur 81 2,047 Bahpura 199 4,039 Basaurha 92 1,429 Bazidpur 153 978 Bedauli 118 1,876 Bela (GP) 178 2,631 Bilap 259 2,177 Bindaul (GP) 606 3,668 Bishunpura (GP) 238 4,942 Chauki 10 104 Chaura Gopalpur 51 588 Dalelganj 17 732 Daulatpur Semri (GP) 201 5,750 Dayalpur Daulatpur (GP) 438 5,949 Dekuli 294 3,538 Dihri 202 1,567 Dilawarpur 302 2,179 Doghra 74 1,829 Doghra 367 3,199 Dumri 294 3,440 Etwa 172 1,381 Ghoratap 159 1,920 Gorhna 299 2,414 Hasan Chak 158 Hiramanpur 83 810 Hiramanpur 47 714 Ibrahimpur 60 524 Jaintipur 190 752 Jamnapur 125 1,657 Kaliganj 19 483 Kamalpur 43 468 Kanhauli 160 4,050 Katesar (GP) 332 7,088 Kauria (GP) 233 3,356 Kelhanpur 160 2,260 Kanchanpur Kharagpur 388 5,035 Kujawan 239 3,249 Kutlupur 334 2,913 Lachhmanpur 138 2,195 Machhalpur Lai (GP) 52 4,167 Maddhupur 41 625 Madhopur 78 1,140 Mahuar 420 1,587 Makhdumpur (GP) 302 3,356 Mathura Pur 40 372 Mithapur 167 596 Modahi 161 4,264 Mohiuddin Chak 39 667 Moharampur Monije Chak 39 324 Munsepur (GP) 112 2,191 Mustafapur 104 904 Mustafapur 58 880 Nagabihta 116 658 Narainpur 115 1,512 Nathupur 166 1,247 Neura (GP) 241 6,419 Neuri 154 2,094 Painal (GP) 841 9,618 Pakri 68 1,490 Pali 246 3,507 Pande Chak 05 695 Panrepur 245 2,103 Purusottampur Painathi (GP) 289 3,584 Parri 238 3,517 Purainia 180 1,919 Raghopur Jalahwa (GP) 49 1,731 Rambad 42 164 Ramnagar 47 1,410 Rampur Hasan Lai 83 1,702 Rampur Ismail 269 2,529 Ramtari 212 2,057 Sadisopur (GP) 92 3,900 Samsara 93 1,919 Sikandarpur 483 4,494 Sikandarpur 64 840 Sikaria 103 1,798 Sri Chandpur (GP) 90 2,237 Tara Nagar (GP) 11 1,311 Taregna 60 1,017 Tarvan 90 718 Tikaitpur 206 3,146 Til Bikrampur 39 513
See also 1997 Raghopur Massacre Bihta railway station Bihta Air Force Station Patna Regional Development Authority Sonepur
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