Bhagalpur division
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 |
| • Additional official | English |
| • Regional Language | Angika |
| • Other | Bengali language, 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, which was established in 1765 and is the oldest division of the state.