Andhra Pradesh State Profile NIDM（NIDM安得拉邦概要文件）.pdf

NIDM Bihar National Disaster Risk Reduction Portal 1 Map of Bihar State1 2 1. STATE PROFILE2 1.1 General:- Bihar is located in the eastern part of the country (between 83°-30 to 88°-00 longitude). It is an entirely land–locked state, although the outlet to the sea through the port of Kolkata is not far away. Bihar lies mid-way between the humid West Bengal in the east and the sub humid Uttar Pradesh in the west which provides it with a transitional position in respect of climate, economy and culture. It is bounded by Nepal in the north and by Jharkhand in the south. The Bihar plain is divided into two unequal halves by the river Ganga which flows through the middle from west to east. Latitude 24°-20-10 ~ 27°-31-15 N Longitude 82°-19-50 ~ 88°-17-40 E Rural Area 92,257.51 sq. kms Urban Area 1,095.49 sq. kms Total Area 94,163.00 sq. kms Height above Sea-Level 173 Feet Normal Rainfall 1,205 mm Avg. Number of Rainy Days 52.5 Days in a Year 1.2 Administrative Setup :- Divisions 9 Districts 38 Sub-Divisions 101 CD Blocks 534 Panchayats 8,471 Number of Revenue Villages 45,103 Number of Urban Agglomerations 14 Number of Towns 199 3 Statutory Towns 139