Bihar was established in 2015. The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur, was established in 2017. Bihar Bihar (; ) is an Indian state considered to be a part of Eastern and Northern India. It is the thirteenth-largest Indian state, with an area of . The third-largest state by population, it is contiguous with Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, with Jharkhand to the south. The Bihar plain is split by the river Ganges, which flows from west to east. Bihar is an amalgamation of three distinct regions: Magadh,
North Bihar North Bihar North Bihar is a term used for the region of Bihar which lies north of the Ganga river and east of Gandak river. Maithili is the mother tongue of most of the people from North Bihar. Different variances of Maithili is spoken in the region. There is an ongoing movement in the Maithili speaking region of Bihar for a separate Mithila state. What will be the capital of the state has yet to be decided, however, Darbhanga is the most likely candidate. Other potential capitals include Muzaffarpur, Purnia and Begusarai. Agriculture is the main economic activity of the