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Bhagalpur Division | |
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Division of Bihar | |
 Kahalgaon city mountain | |
 Location of Bhagalpur division in Bihar | |
| Coordinates: 25°15′00″N 87°02′00″E / 25.25°N 87.0333°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Bihar |
| Division | Bhagalpur |
| Established | 1765 |
| Headquarters | Bhagalpur |
| Districts | Bhagalpur, Banka |
| Government | |
| • MP - Banka | Giridhari Yadav |
| • MP-Bhagalpur | Ajay Kumar Mandal |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,061,565 |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[1] |
| • Additional official | English[1] |
| • Regional Language | Angika[1][2] |
| • Other | Bengali language,[1] Khortha, Urdu, Santali |
Bhagalpur division is one of the nine administrative units of Bihar, a state in the east of India. Bhagalpur city is the headquarters of the division. Established in 1765, it is oldest division of the state.
- ^ a b c d Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities (2015). 52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India (June 2014−July 2015) (PDF) (Report). Ministry of Minority Affairs; Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "Language". bhagalpur.nic.in. Bhagalpur District; Government of Bihar, India. Retrieved 12 March 2022.