Bakhtiyarpur is a city and a notified area 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. In 1193 when Ikhtiyar ad-Din Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji was on conquest of Bihar, he came to destroy Nalanda University. En-route he destroyed Buddhist monasteries of Bakhtiyarpur, and Muslim soldiers he left there named place Bakhtiyarpur. The incumbent Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar belongs to Bakhtiyarpur.As of 2001 India census,[1] Bakhtiyarpur had a population of 32,288. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bakhtiyarpur has an average literacy rate of 53%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 63% of the males and 37% of females literate. About 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
