a state of NE India: consists of part of the Ganges plain; important for rice: lost the S to the new state of Jharkhand in 2000. Capital: Patna. Pop: 82 878 796 (2001). Area: 99 225 sq km (38 301 sq miles)
Bihar in American English
(bɪˈhɑr)
state of NE India: 38,301 sq mi (99,200 sq km); pop. 68,400,000 cap. Patna