Patna, historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Bihar, with a population of about 3.33 million as of 2026 United Nations estimates. One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Patna was once the capital of the ancient Magadha and Maurya empires, and today serves as Bihar's administrative, commercial and educational center on the banks of the Ganges.
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Area (sq km) Founding YearInfobox established_date names 490 BCE, stored as a negative year per the atlas convention (rome -753, jerusalem -3000). Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) LatitudeConverted from the infobox coord template degrees-minutes-seconds (25 35 38 N) to decimal degrees by this lane. LongitudeConverted from the infobox coord template degrees-minutes-seconds (85 08 15 E) to decimal degrees by this lane. Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Patna
Quote is a substring of the lead sentence chosen to avoid the diacritic characters in the same sentence's Pataliputra clause, so the stored Quote matches the retrieved text character for character.
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Source Patna High Court (Wikipedia)Lead [seat-city]Quote, Lead [seat-city]
The court is based in Patna, the administrative capital of the state of Bihar.
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1. Wikipedia: Patna
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox population_total field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna
1,684,222
Infobox population_as_of field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna
2011
Infobox area_total_km2 field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna
250
Infobox elevation_m field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna
53
Infobox established_date field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna
490 BCE
Infobox coord template (latitude DMS), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna
25|35|38|N
Infobox coord template (longitude DMS), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna
85|08|15|E
Associated With: India, Lead sentence naming Bihar and India, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna
is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Bihar
Associated With: Bihar, Infobox subdivision_name1 field (state), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna
Bihar
Capital Of: Bihar, Lead sentence naming capital status, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna
is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Bihar
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
Patna had a population of 3.33 million, making it the 19th largest city in India
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- Wikidata Q80484, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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