Floods in Bihar Floods in Bihar Bihar is India's most flood-prone State, with 76% of the population in the North Bihar living under the recurring threat of flood devastation. According to some historical data, 16.5% of the total flood affected area in India is located in Bihar while 22.1% of the flood affected population in India lives in Bihar. About out of total geographical area of comprising 73.06% is flood affected. Floods in Bihar are a recurring disaster which on an annual basis destroys thousands of human lives apart from livestock and assets worth millions. Floods in Bihar have claimed 9,500 lives since
Migrated provinces, commanderies and counties Migrated provinces, commanderies and counties The migrated provinces, commanderies and counties () were consequence of a special administrative regionalization called qiao zhi () during the Six dynasties era of China. The Shahumyan Province is a modern analogue of their alternative local government, in their infancy. With adoption of tu duan and merger, these nominal subdivisions transitioned to the actual administrative divisions. Since the uprising of the five barbarians, a large number of northern refugees migrated south. These migrants who called "qiao ren (, literally the migrated people)" were the base of the migrated provinces, commanderies, and counties. Bearing northern place