Religion in Bihar Bahá'í community-building activities in four cities from different continents, the fourth of which is Bihar Sharif. Sarnaism has a presence among the tribal populations. Religion in Bihar The main religions in the Indian state of Bihar are Hinduism (practiced by 82.7% of the population) and Islam (16.9%). Other religions are practiced by small minorities. Places in Bihar have important historical and cultural associations with Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism along with Hinduism. Since Bihar was a part of Aryavart the oldest religion of Bihar was Vedic Hinduism. The majority of the people in Bihar adhere to Hinduism (82.7%), followed by Islam
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