Transport in Bihar

This article deals with the system of transport in Bihar, both public and private.

Long distance

Ground transport

Highways

NH	Route inside Bihar	Complete Route	Length in State (km)	Total Length
2	Uttar Pradesh border – Mohania – Kudra – Sasaram – Dehri – Aurangabad – Madanpur – Dobhi – Barachati – Jharkhand border	Delhi – Mathura – Agra – Kanpur – Allahabad – Varanasi – Mohania – Barhi – Palsit – Baidyabati – Calcutta	Delhi (12), Haryana (74), Uttar Pradesh (752), Bihar (202), Jharkhand (190), West Bengal (235)	1465
19	Uttar Pradesh border – Manjhi – Chhapra – Sonpur – Hajipur – Patna	Ghazipur – Balia – Manjhi – Chhapra – Sonpur – Hajipur – Patna	Bihar (120), Uttar Pradesh (120)	240
28	Junction with NH 31 – Barauni – Bachwara – Tajpur – Muzaffarpur – Mehsi – Chakia – Gopalganj – Uttar Pradesh border	Junction with NH 31 – Barauni – Muzaffarpur – Pipra – Kothi – Gorakhpur – Lucknow	Bihar (259), Uttar Pradesh (311)	570
28A	Junction with NH 28 – Pipra – Kothi – Sagauli – Raxaul – Indo-Nepal Border	Junction with NH 28 – Pipra – Kothi – Sagauli – Raxauli – Indo-Nepal border	Bihar (68)	68
28B	Chapra – Bettiah – Lauriya – Bagaha – Chhitauni – Uttar Pradesh Border	Chapra – Bettiah – Lauriya – Bagaha – Chhitauni – Uttar Pradesh border	Bihar (121)	121
30	Junction with 2 – Mohania – Kochas – Dinara – Bikramganj – Arrah – Danapur – Patna – Fatuha – Bakhtiarpur	Junction with NH 2 – Mohania – Arrah – Patna – Bakhtiarpur	Bihar (230)	230
30A	Fatuha – Chandi – Harnaut – Barh	Fatuha – Chandi – Harnaut – Barh	Bihar (65)	65
31	Jharkhand border – Rajauli – Nawada – Bihar Sharif – Bakhtiarpur – Barh – Mokameh – Barauni – Begusarai – Balia – Khagaria – Bihpur – Kursela – Purnia – Baisi – West Bengal – Kishanganj – West Bengal border	Junction with NH 2 – Barhi – Bakhtiarpur – Mokameh – Purnea – Dalkola – Siliguri – Sevok – Cooch Behar – North Salmara – Nalbari – Charali – Amingaon Junction with NH 37	Bihar (393), West Bengal (366), Assam (322), Jharkhand (44)	1125
57	Muzaffarpur – Darbhanga – Jhanjharpur – Narahia – Narpatganj – Forbesganj – Araria – Purnia	Muzaffarpur – Darbhanga – Jhanjharpur – Narahia – Narpatganj – Forbesganj – Araria – Purnia	Bihar (310)	310
57A	Junction with 57 – Forbesganj – Jogbani	Junction with NH 57 – Forbesganj – Jogbani	Bihar (15)	15
77	Hajipur – Muzaffarpur – Sitamarhi – Sonbarsa	Hajipur – Muzaffarpur – Sitamarhi – Sonbarsa	Bihar (142)	142
80	Mokamah – Luckeesarai – Munger – Bhagalpur – Kahalgaon – Jharkhand border	Mokamah – Luckeesarai – Munger – Bhagalpur – Kahalgaon – Rajmahal – Farrakka	Bihar (200), Jharkhand (100), West Bengal (10)	310
81	Kora – Katihar – Malda – West Bengal border	Kora – Katihar – Malda – West Bengal Border	Bihar (45), West Bengal (55)	100
82	Gaya – Hisua — Rajgir – Bar Bigha – Bihar Sharif – Mokameh	Gaya – Hisua — Rajgir – Bar Bigha- Bihar Sharif – Mokameh	Bihar (130)	130
83	Patna – Jehanabad – Bela – Gaya – Bodhgaya – Dobhi	Patna – Jehanabad – Bela – Gaya – Bodhgaya – Dobhi	Bihar (130)	130
84	Arrah – Buxar	Arrah – Buxar	Bihar (60)	60
85	Chhapra – Ekma – Siwan – Gopalganj	Chhapra – Ekma – Siwan – Gopalganj	Bihar (95)	95
98	Patna – Arwal – Daudnagar – Aurangabad – Rajhara – Amba – Jharkhand border	Patna – Arwal – Daudnagar – Aurangabad – Rajhara – Amba – Jharkhand border	Bihar (156), Jharkhand (51)	207
101	Chhapra – Baniapur – Mohammadpur	Chhapra – Baniapur – Mohamadpur	Bihar (60)	60
102	Chhapra – Rewaghat – Muzaffarpur	Chhapra – Rewaghat – Muzaffarpur	Bihar (80)	80
103	Hajipur – Hazrat Jandaha – Mushrigharari	Hajipur – Hazrat Jandaha – Mushrigharari	Bihar (55)	55
104	Chakia – Madhubani – Jainagar – Shivhar – Sitamarhi – Sursand – Jainagar – Narahia	Chakia – Madhubani – Jainagar – Shivhar – Sitamarhi – Sursand – Jainagar – Narahia	Bihar (160)	160
105	Darbhanga – Aunsi – Jainagar	Darbhanga – Aunsi – Jainagar	Bihar (66)	66
106	Birpur – Pipra – Madhepura – Kishanganj – Bihpur	Birpur – Pipra – Madhepura – Kishanganj – Bihpur	Bihar (130)	130
107	Maheshkhunt – Sonbarsa Raj – Simri-Bakhtiarpur – Bariahi – Saharsa –Madhepura – Banmankhi – Purnia	Maheshkhunt – Sonbarsa Raj – Simri Bakhtiarur – Bariahi – Saharsa – Madhepura – Banmankhi – Purnia	Bihar (145)	145
110	Junction with NH 98 – Arwal – Jehanabad – Bandhuganj – Kako – Ekangarsarai – Bihar Sharif – Junction with	Junction with NH 98 – Arwal – Jehanabad – Bandhuganj – Kako – Ekangarsarai – Biharsharif – Junction with NH 31	Bihar (89)	89

Water transport

Map showing national inland waterways-1 and various river ports or terminals along its stretch.

Patna river port on national inland waterways-1 at Gai Ghat

Main article: Inland Waterways Authority of India

Bihar is connected by National Waterways No. 1 which established in October 1986. This National Waterways has fixed terminals at Haldia, BISN (Kolkata), Pakur, Farrakka and Patna. This National Waterways has also floating terminals facilities at Haldia, Kolkata, Diamond Harbour, Katwa, Tribeni, Baharampur, Jangipur, Bhagalpur, Semaria, Doriganj, Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi, Chunar and Allahabad.

Air transport

Patna airport is connected to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Ranchi. It is categorized as a restricted international airport, with customs facilities to receive international chartered flights. Gaya Airport, airport is a small international airport connected to Colombo, Singapore, Bangkok and more. Air Deccan (Delhi, Kolkata) and Indian (Delhi, Ranchi) are the main [airlines] which are operating from Patna airport. In 2009, Patna airport registered a 42.8 per cent growth on aircraft movement, the highest in the country, handling 7,456 flights compared to 5,220 in 2008-09.[1] Weekly Shared Chartered Plane Service between Patna and Kolkata via Purnea is also available at affordable rates.[2]

Airports

Main article: List of airports in India

City served	ICAO	IATA	Name	Type
Patna	VEPT	PAT	Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport (Patna Airport)	Restricted International Airport
Gaya	VEGY	GAY	Gaya Airport	International Airport
Muzzafarpur	VEMZ	MZU	Muzzafarpur Airport	Restricted
Purnia (Purnea)	VEPU	PUI	Purnea Airport	Restricted
Raxaul	VERL		Raxaul Airport	Restricted
Bhagalpur			Bhagalpur Airport	Restricted
Gopalganj			Sabeya Airport	Restricted
Jogbani			Jogbani Airport[3]	Restricted

Transport Ministers of Bihar

Transport Ministers of Bihar

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Chief Minister	Party
1	Mahesh Prasad Singh			Shri Krishna Singh	Congress
2	Rafique Alam	28 May 1973	2 July 1973	Kedar Pandey	Congress
3	Shatrughan Sharan Singh	2 July 1973	25 September 1973	Abdul Gafoor	Congress
4	Bindeshwari Dubey	25 September 1973	18 April 1974	Abdul Gafoor	Congress
5	Harihar Mahato	12 March 1985	14 February 1988	Bindeshwari Dubey	Congress
6	Shanker Prasad Tekriwal	2 April 2000	6 March 2005	Rabri Devi	Rashtriya Janata Dal
7	Ajit Kumar	24 November 2005	13 April 2008	Nitish Kumar	Janata Dal (United)
8	Ramanand Singh	14 April 2008	26 November 2010	Nitish Kumar	Janata Dal (United)
9	Brishen Patel	26 November 2010	20 May 2014	Nitish Kumar	Janata Dal (United)
10	Brishen Patel	20 May 2014	22 February 2015	Jitan Ram Manjhi	Janata Dal (United)
11	Brishen Patel	22 February 2015	20 November 2015	Nitish Kumar	Janata Dal (United)
12	Chandrika Rai	20 November 2015	26 July 2017	Nitish Kumar	Janata Dal (United)
13	Santosh Kumar Nirala	August 2017	Incumbent	Nitish Kumar	Janata Dal (United)

See also

• Transport in India
• Indian Railways
• National Highways
• List of National Highways in India
• List of airports in India
• List of railway stations in India
• Bridges in Bihar

References

1. "From goons to boom, Bihar is coming of age". business.rediff.com. Retrieved 25 Oct 2010.
2. http://news.biharprabha.com/2012/11/spirit-launches-purnia-bound-helicopter-services-from-patna-and-kolkata/
3. Jogbani Airport Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine at the Airports Authority of India