Schools in Bihar
Bihar has 94,339 schools (UDISE+ 2024-25): 76,320 government, 712 government-aided, 11,274 private unaided and 6,033 others. 10,253 schools with a primary section also have a pre-primary section.
Source: UDISE+ 2024-25 booklet, Ministry of Education (Tables 3.3-3.7), booklet PDF, read 20 Oct 2026.
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Districts
84,352 schools in the named-school list for Bihar, 4,501 of them with a pre-primary section.
- Araria2,452 schools
- Arwal696 schools
- Aurangabad (Bihar)2,228 schools
- Banka2,361 schools
- Begusarai1,927 schools
- Bhagalpur2,174 schools
- Bhojpur2,360 schools
- Buxar1,343 schools
- Darbhanga2,865 schools
- Gaya3,515 schools
- Gopalganj2,012 schools
- Jamui1,894 schools
- Jehanabad1,022 schools
- Kaimur (Bhabua)1,357 schools
- Katihar2,411 schools
- Khagaria1,182 schools
- Kishanganj1,899 schools
- Lakhisarai942 schools
- Madhepura1,632 schools
- Madhubani3,405 schools
- Munger1,233 schools
- Muzaffarpur3,685 schools
- Nalanda2,898 schools
- Nawada1,990 schools
- Pashchim Champaran3,130 schools
- Patna4,156 schools
- Purbi Champaran3,882 schools
- Purnia2,603 schools
- Rohtas2,649 schools
- Saharsa1,754 schools
- Samastipur2,964 schools
- Saran3,043 schools
- Sheikhpura593 schools
- Sheohar460 schools
- Sitamarhi2,455 schools
- Siwan2,674 schools
- Supaul1,886 schools
- Vaishali2,620 schools
UDISE data year: about 2019-20 (Shishya's estimate; the publisher does not state the year). Source: India Data Portal (Bharti Institute, ISB) and UDISE+, Ministry of Education. ODC-BY. Dataset · Licence (ODC-BY). Names and labels are shown exactly as UDISE prints them.
RTE 25% free seats in Bihar
Private unaided schools keep at least 25% of entry-class seats free for children from weaker sections and disadvantaged groups. Check your state's education department for the portal and dates. Read the Bihar RTE guide.