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Bakhtiyarpur | |
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City | |
 Maa Jagdamba temple | |
| Nickname: BKP | |
  Bakhtiyarpur Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates: 25°27′32″N 85°32′20″E / 25.459°N 85.539°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Patna |
| Named for | Bakhtiyar Khalji |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Current MLA | Aniruddh Kumar Yadav |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 53,223 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Magadhi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 803212 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
| Vehicle registration | BR-01 |
Bakhtiyarpur is a town and a municipality notified area, near Patna City in Patna district in the state of Bihar, India. Bakhtiyarpur is under the Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency), and is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bihar in Patna District under the Barh sub-division of Bihar. It is a major railway junction in Danapur railway division, ECR. The incumbent Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar belongs to Bakhtiyarpur.