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Patna: History, Geography, Community & Culture

Patna (Hindi: Paṭanā, pronounced ⓘ), historically known as Pāṭaliputra, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Bihar. According to the United Nations, as of 2026, Patna had a population of 3.33 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. Covering 250 square kilometres (97 sq mi) and over 2.5 million people, its urban agglomeration…

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Patna topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Geography, Community and Culture as prominent areas in the source structure around Patna.

Related topics
434
Source areas
16
Connected nodes
450
Extracted relationships
692
Concept neighborhoods
119
Bridge connections
450

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Transport · 63 topics
Overview · 56 topics
History · 47 topics
Culture · 43 topics
Utility services · 36 topics
Education · 31 topics
Tourism · 26 topics
Economy · 22 topics
Government · 19 topics
Geography · 18 topics
Media · 17 topics
Demographics · 16 topics
Sports · 15 topics
Etymology · 14 topics
Politics · 6 topics
Administration · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Airport
Jay Prakash Narayan Airport
Area Code(s)
+91-(0)612
Country
India
Demonym(s)
Pataniya (local), Patnawasi (Hindi), Patnaite
District
Patna
Division
Patna

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Etymology

History

Geography

Economy

Demographics

Administration

Government

Politics

Utility services

Transport

Culture

Tourism

Education

Sports

Media

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Patna connects Entity context

The extracted context around Patna shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Patna → Allen, Antiquities, Archaeological Survey, Baleshwar, Bankura, Bardwan, Beglar, Behar, Bengal Provinces, Bhagalpur, Bihar And Orissa District, Birbhum, Century, Co, Concept Publishing Company, Date, Eastern India, Gaya, Gazetteers Patna, Government Printing Another extracted example is Patna → Abul Fazl, Afghan, Afghan Chief Daud Khan, Ain-i-Akbari, Akbar, Akbar's, Alivardi Khan, Aurangzeb, Azim, Azimabad, Bengal, Bengala, By, Calcutta, Daulah, December, Delhi, Europe, Ganges, Gobind Rai. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Patna

Top relations

related to Further reading · 55
Patna → Allen, Antiquities, Archaeological Survey, Baleshwar, Bankura, Bardwan, Beglar, Behar, Bengal Provinces, Bhagalpur, Bihar And Orissa District, Birbhum, Century, Co, Concept Publishing Company, Date, Eastern India, Gaya, Gazetteers Patna, Government Printing
related to Mughal Empire · 53
Patna → Abul Fazl, Afghan, Afghan Chief Daud Khan, Ain-i-Akbari, Akbar, Akbar's, Alivardi Khan, Aurangzeb, Azim, Azimabad, Bengal, Bengala, By, Calcutta, Daulah, December, Delhi, Europe, Ganges, Gobind Rai
related to Railways · 48
Patna → Asia's, Assam, Bailey, Bhagalpur, Bidupur, Bihar, Bihar Sharif, Bogibeel Bridge, Danapur, Delhi, Digha, East Central Railway, Ganga, Ganges, Ganges River, Gaya, Gaya Motihari, Hajipur, Howrah, In
related to Utility services · 42
Patna → Agam Kuan, Around, As, At, Bankipore, Barh, Beur, Bihar State Electricity Board, Bihar State Power Holding, Circle, Company Limited, Consists Danapur, Dak Bungalow, Electricity, Ganga, Gardanibagh, Groundwater, Gulzarbagh, Gulzarbagh Press, Guru Gobind Singh Hospital
related to British Empire · 40
Patna → After, Allahabad, Bankipore, Battle, Bengal Presidency, Bengal-Bihar, Bengalis, Bihar, British, British East India Company, Buxar, Danes, During, Dutch, East India Company, English, English East India Company, Europe, Europeans, Francois Bernier
related to Metro · 36
Patna → Allahabad, Bay, Bengal, Bhagalpur, Bihar, Danapur, Ganges, Haldia, Haldia National Inland Waterway, In, India, Indo-Gangetic Plain, Inland Waterways Authority, It, Khemnichak, Munger, Pataliputra, Pataliputra Bus Terminal, Patna Junction, Patna Metro
related to Etymology · 35
Patna → Azimabad, BCE, Bengali, Chinese, Devanagari, Emerald Buddha, Fa Hien's, Gram, Gulzarbagh, Gurmukhi, Hindu, India, It, Kaithi, King Putraka, Kusumapura, Kusumdhwaja Pushpapuram, Legend, Many, Nagasena
related to Tourism · 35
Patna → Agam Kuan, Ashokan Pataliputra, Bagh, Bihar, Bodh Gaya, British, Buddha Smriti Park, Didarganj Yakshi, Five Takhts, Gandhi Maidan, Gobind Singh, Golghar, Gurdwara Bal Leela, Gurdwara Gobind Ghat, Gurdwara Guru, Gurdwara Handi Sahib, Gurdwara Pahila Bara, Gurdwaras, Guru, High Court
related to Politics · 23
Patna → As, Bihar, Bihar Government's Home Department, Bihar Legislative Assembly, Government, Governor's, High Court, India, India's, Lok Sabha, Parliament, Patna High Court, Patna Secretariat, Police, Raj Bhavan, Senior Superintendent, Sessions Court, Small Causes Court, State Legislative Assembly, The
related to Education · 20
Patna → All-India Council, Bengali, Bihar School Examination Board, Bihar State Intermediate Board, BSEB, CBSE, Central Board, CISCE, Council, English, Hindi, Indian School Certificate Examinations, National Institute, NIOS, Open Schooling, Schools, Secondary Education, The, This, Under

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

city india bihar also state indian corporation major several many one ganges government pataliputra including municipal national population area capital

Patna relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 692 structured relationships around Patna. Examples in this analysis include Patna → Airport → Jay Prakash Narayan Airport and Patna → Area Code(s) → +91-(0)612. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PatnaAirportJay Prakash Narayan Airport1.00infobox
PatnaArea Code(s)+91-(0)6121.00infobox
PatnaCountryIndia1.00infobox
PatnaDemonym(s)Pataniya (local), Patnawasi (Hindi), Patnaite1.00infobox
PatnaDistrictPatna1.00infobox
PatnaDivisionPatna1.00infobox
PatnaElevation53 m (174 ft)1.00infobox
PatnaEstablished490 BCE1.00infobox
PatnaFounded byUdayin1.00infobox
PatnaGDP per capita(2020)US$7,766 (equivalent to $9,661 in 2025)1.00infobox
PatnaGDP(2024)US$17.085 (equivalent to $21.25 in 2025)Billion1.00infobox
PatnaHDI0.722 - high1.00infobox
PatnaISO 3166 codeIN-BR-PA IN PAT1.00infobox
PatnaLiteracy .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(2011)82.73%1.00infobox
PatnaPincode(s)8000xx (Patna)1.00infobox
PatnaRapid TransitPatna Metro1.00infobox
PatnaSex ratio (2011)897 ♀/1000 ♂1.00infobox
PatnaStateBihar1.00infobox
PatnaTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)1.00infobox
PatnaVehicle registrationBR-011.00infobox
PatnaWebsitepatna.nic.in1.00infobox
Patna• AdditionalUrdu1.00infobox
Patna• BodyPatna Municipal Corporation1.00infobox
Patna• City250 km2 (97 sq mi)1.00infobox
Patna• City1,684,222 (IN: 19th)1.00infobox
Patna• Density6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi)1.00infobox
Patna• MayorSita Sahu (BJP)1.00infobox
Patna• Metro600 km2 (230 sq mi)1.00infobox
Patna• Metro3,874,000 (IN: 12th)1.00infobox
Patna• OfficialHindi1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Patna bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include India, Bihar and Also. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Patna
    • India
    • Bihar
    • Also
    • One
    • State
    • Major
    • District
    • Corporation
    • Cities
    • Area
    • Many
    • Several
  • patna
    • India
    • Bihar
    • Also
    • One
    • State
    • Major
    • District
    • Corporation
    • Cities
    • Area
    • Many
    • Several
  • indian state
    • State
    • Cities
    • Government
    • Bihar
    • Several
    • Empire
    • Per
    • Patna
    • Largest
    • People
    • Court
    • Municipal
  • bihar
    • State
    • Government
    • Patna
    • Indian
    • Capital
    • City
    • Major
    • Also
    • Per
    • Cities
    • Court
    • Centre
  • patna high court
    • India
    • Bihar
    • One
    • State
    • Also
    • Government
    • Indian
    • Major
    • District
    • Corporation
    • Cities
    • Area
  • patna city
    • India
    • Patna
    • Bihar
    • State
    • Including
    • Several
    • Also
    • Largest
    • Population
    • National
    • One
    • Indian
  • ancient patna
    • India
    • Bihar
    • Also
    • One
    • State
    • Major
    • District
    • Corporation
    • Cities
    • Area
    • Many
    • Several
  • indian subcontinent
    • State
    • Cities
    • Government
    • Bihar
    • Empire
    • Per
    • Patna
    • Largest
    • People
    • Court
    • Municipal
    • National

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Patna, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Patna with Transport. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Patna — Transport · splits 387 ⟂ 64
Patna — Overview · splits 394 ⟂ 57
Patna — History · splits 403 ⟂ 48
Patna — Culture · splits 407 ⟂ 44
Patna — Utility services · splits 414 ⟂ 37
Patna — Education · splits 419 ⟂ 32
Patna — Tourism · splits 424 ⟂ 27
Patna — Economy · splits 428 ⟂ 23
Patna — Government · splits 431 ⟂ 20
Patna — Geography · splits 432 ⟂ 19
Patna — Media · splits 433 ⟂ 18
Patna — Demographics · splits 434 ⟂ 17
Patna — Sports · splits 435 ⟂ 16
Patna — Etymology · splits 436 ⟂ 15
Patna — Politics · splits 444 ⟂ 7
Patna — Administration · splits 445 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Patna

Nodes451
Edges450
Triples692
Avg. degree2
Density0.004435
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Patna to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Geography, Community & Culture, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Patna · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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