Bakhtiyarpur is a block and a notified area in Patna district in the state of Bihar, India. Bakhtiyarpur is under the Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency), and is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bihar in Patna District under the Barh sub-division of Bihar. It is a major railway junction in Danapur railway division, ECR.
Bakhtiarpur is named after Bakhtiyar Khilji, who was military general of Qutb-ud- din Aybak and responsible for destruction of Nalanda University and later founded bakhtiyar city.
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