Bihar

Eastern India's state of Bihar is home to about 4.5 million people. It is the third-most populous state and the twelfth-most expansive in terms of land size, with 94,163 kilometres squared (36,357 sq mi). It has borders with Uttar Pradesh to the west, Nepal to the north, the northern portion of West Bengal to the east, and with Jharkhand to the south. It is the largest state in India by land area and population. The Ganges River, which runs from west to east across Bihar, divides the plain. Bihar is also the fourth-most populated subnational entity in the world, according to the United Nations Population Division.

The state of Jharkhand was established on November 15, 2000, when the southern part of Bihar was surrendered. Compared to other states in India, just 11.3 percent of Bihar's population resides in urban areas, which is the second lowest in the country, after Himachal Pradesh. Furthermore, almost 58 percent of Biharis are under the age of 25, making Bihar the state with the greatest percentage of young people of any Indian state in this age group. Even though Hindi and Urdu are the official languages, many other languages are spoken, such as Maithili, Magahi, Bhojpuri, and other Bihari dialects.