Bihta

Bihta is {{convert|35|km}} west of Patna and is an hourlong drive from the capital. It is the strategic location named as greater Patna and many real estate companies are investing in the region. Bihta has a famous old temple named Van Devi at Kanchanpur Bihta, and a Shiv temple: Baba Biteshwar Nath in Gultera Bazar. There is 220/132/33 KV Power Grid substation in Dumri in Bihta,{{cite web|url=http://www.bsptcl.in/Downloads/Grids_under_construction.pdf|title= GRIDS UNDER CONSTRUCTION}} where commercial operation started in April 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/power-supply-from-dumri-grid-sub-station-to-bihta-24-hours-electricity-065611-4395771.html|title=बिहटा के डुमरी ग्रिड उपकेंद्र से हाेने लगी आपूर्ति, 24 घंटे मिलेगी बिजली}} There is a dry port south of the railway station and an oil depot, both with rail connectivity. A {{convert|20|km|abbr=on}} long four-lane elevated road connecting Bihta with Danapur and Shivala is being constructed at a cost of around ₹2,000 crore.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/nitish-approves-alignment-of-rs-2000-crore-danapur-bihta-elevated-road/articleshow/69638951.cms|title=Nitish approves alignment of Rs 2,000 crore Danapur-Bihta elevated road|website=The Times of India}} This highway will be completed by september 2026 and will connect Patna to Bihta Airport via the Danapur railway station and Shivala Chowk. Of its total 20 km length, {{convert|17|km|abbr=on}} would be elevated. The elevated portion will terminate at the junction of the Bihta-Sarmera Road near Kanhauli village. From that junction, the road will go up to the Bihta chowk besides connecting the Bihta Airport; it would again be elevated at the Bihta chowk. There are many hotels and shops.

IIT Patna's campus is located within the parameters of Amhara and Dilawarpur villages in Bihta block, on a {{convert|501|acre|adj=on}} site.{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/No-ragging-in-IIT-Patna-says-director/articleshow/15134779.cms | title=No ragging in IIT-Patna, says director | access-date=25 August 2012 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929003758/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-25/patna/32847349_1_iit-p-anil-k-bhowmick-btech-students | archive-date=29 September 2013 | newspaper=The Times of India | df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://igovernment.in/site/Bihar-acquires-land-for-permanent-IIT-P-campus |title=Bihar acquires land for permanent IIT-P campus | iGovernment.in |access-date=2013-02-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927231135/http://igovernment.in/site/Bihar-acquires-land-for-permanent-IIT-P-campus |archive-date=27 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }} Bihar acquires land for permanent IIT-P campus{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/iit-patna-enough-faculty-for-all/500659/ |title=IIT-Patna: Enough faculty for all |newspaper=Business Standard India |publisher=Business Standard |date=2013-02-01 |access-date=2013-09-26|last1=Mishra |first1=Satyavrat }} Bihar government had already allotted {{convert|100|acre}} of land at Amhara village in Bihta to NIT Patna.{{cite web|url=http://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-nit-to-get-land-tomorrow-15194710.html|title=एनआइटी पैकेज 2 : एनआइटी को कल बिहटा कैंपस के लिए मिलेगी जमीन|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222153519/http://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-nit-to-get-land-tomorrow-15194710.html|archive-date=22 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |url=http://telegraphindia.com/1120103/jsp/bihar/story_14954142.jsp |title=NIT frowns & accepts 100 acres |work=telegraphindia.com |access-date=6 January 2012 |location=Calcutta, India |first=Roshan |last=Kumar |date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928010500/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120103/jsp/bihar/story_14954142.jsp |archive-date=28 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Nitish-Kumar-suggests-research-on-disaster-management/articleshow/18326499.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929003922/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-04/patna/36741861_1_institute-of-technology-patna-disaster-management-educational-institutions | url-status=live | archive-date=2013-09-29 | work=The Times of India | title=Nitish Kumar suggests research on disaster management | date=2013-02-04}} There is Kendriya Vidyalaya, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar laid the foundation stone of an Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) medical college and hospital in Bihta in September 2009. The 500-bed ESIC hospital and college was built here on a {{convert|25|acre|adj=on}} plot here at a cost of {{INR}}523 crore.{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Meira-lays-stone-for-hospital-at-Bihta/articleshow/5057074.cms | title=Meira lays stone for hospital at Bihta | date=2009-09-26 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929003926/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-26/patna/28086910_1_esic-hospital-employees-state-insurance-corporation-medical-facilities | archive-date=29 September 2013 | work=The Times of India | df=dmy-all }} The ESIC medical college and hospital was inaugurated on 7 July 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/bihar/bihta-esic-hospital-opens-243171?ref=bihar-new-stry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708191504/https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/bihar/bihta-esic-hospital-opens-243171?ref=bihar-new-stry|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2018|title=Bihta ESIC hospital opens}}{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/minister-opens-esic-hospital-at-bihta/articleshow/64900474.cms|title=Minister opens ESIC hospital at Bihta|website=The Times of India}}

Union minister Kapil Sibal on 3 June 2013 laid the foundation stone of the permanent campus of National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) at Bihta.{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Sibal-lays-stone-of-IT-college-building-assures-support-for-Bihars-special-status-demand/articleshow/20902671.cms | title=Sibal lays stone of IT college building, assures support for Bihar's special status demand | newspaper=The Times of India | access-date=4 June 2013 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202035806/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Sibal-lays-stone-of-IT-college-building-assures-support-for-Bihars-special-status-demand/articleshow/20902671.cms | archive-date=2 December 2015 | df=dmy-all }}{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/National-Institute-of-Electronic-and-Information-Technology-to-be-linked-with-other-institutions/articleshow/20902575.cms | title=National Institute of Electronic and Information Technology to be linked with other institutions | newspaper=The Times of India | access-date=4 June 2013 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704131221/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/National-Institute-of-Electronic-and-Information-Technology-to-be-linked-with-other-institutions/articleshow/20902575.cms | archive-date=4 July 2013 | df=dmy-all }}

{{Main|Bihta Airport}}

File:Bihta airforce station.jpg]]

As air traffic grows and short runway issues arise at Patna airport, also known as the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, the central government has considered moving the facility outside Bihar's capital city to Bihta.{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/centre-bihar-government-agree-to-resolve-patna-airport-upgrade-issues/articleshow/51986606.cms |title=Centre, Bihar government agree to resolve Patna Airport upgrade issues |newspaper=The Economic Times |access-date=2016-04-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428132832/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/centre-bihar-government-agree-to-resolve-patna-airport-upgrade-issues/articleshow/51986606.cms |archive-date=28 April 2016 |df=dmy-all }} According to senior government officials, negotiations are underway between the ministry of civil aviation and the air force to shift the airport from Patna to Bihta, which is a defence airfield 20 km away from the existing facility.{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Ministry-of-civil-aviation-plans-to-shift-Patna-airport-to-Bihta-Bihar-government-batting-for-Nalanda/articleshow/18127955.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=Ministry of civil aviation plans to shift Patna airport to Bihta, Bihar government batting for Nalanda - The Times of India | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125092914/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Ministry-of-civil-aviation-plans-to-shift-Patna-airport-to-Bihta-Bihar-government-batting-for-Nalanda/articleshow/18127955.cms | archive-date=25 January 2013 | df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/BIH-patna-airport-may-be-shifted-to-bihta-4156922-NOR.html |title=Patna Airport may be shifted to Bihta |publisher=daily.bhaskar.com |date=2013-01-23 |access-date=2013-09-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928085511/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/BIH-patna-airport-may-be-shifted-to-bihta-4156922-NOR.html |archive-date=28 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Patna/Bihta-cleared-for-new-airport-in-Patna/Article1-448078.aspx |title=Bihta cleared for new airport in Patna |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=28 August 2009 |access-date=4 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105000811/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Patna/Bihta-cleared-for-new-airport-in-Patna/Article1-448078.aspx |archive-date=5 January 2012 }}{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110204/jsp/bihar/story_13534428.jsp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title='Nalanda on airport radar, Bihta off ' | date=2011-02-04 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928010517/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110204/jsp/bihar/story_13534428.jsp | archive-date=28 September 2013 | df=dmy-all }}

Bihta has one airforce base station.{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Security-tightened-in-Bihta-air-force-base-after-ISI-threat/articleshow/16806206.cms | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140206102535/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-23/patna/27321394_1_air-base-bihta-air-isi | url-status=live | archive-date=2014-02-06 | newspaper=The Times of India | title=Security tightened in Bihta air force base after ISI threat }}{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Hoax-call-to-Bihta-air-base-one-arrested/articleshow/3638751.cms | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140206102600/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-10-25/patna/27898518_1_bihta-air-force-base-cell-phone-bhojpur | url-status=live | archive-date=2014-02-06 | newspaper=The Times of India | title=Hoax call to Bihta air base, one arrested }} The length of the existing runway at Bihta airbase was {{convert|9000|ft}}.{{cite web|title=Pave way for runway expansion: Patna DM|website=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/pave-way-for-runway-expansion-dm/articleshow/64375020.cms}} Airports Authority of India has planned to develop Bihta airport for international operations.{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/aai-plans-to-develop-bihars-bihta-airport-for-international-operations/articleshow/46519625.cms |title=AAI plans to develop Bihar's Bihta airport for international operations |newspaper=The Economic Times |access-date=2015-03-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821192449/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/aai-plans-to-develop-bihars-bihta-airport-for-international-operations/articleshow/46519625.cms |archive-date=21 August 2016 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150311/jsp/frontpage/story_7908.jsp#.VQBgKIuUeSo |title= Bihta blips on new airport radar|website=www.telegraphindia.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311091109/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150311/jsp/frontpage/story_7908.jsp |archive-date=11 March 2015}} Airport Authority had proposed {{convert|156|acres}} of land to the state government, apart from {{convert|128|acres}} which state government is to transfer, so that length of the runway could be increased to {{convert|12000|ft}},{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/bihar/march-date-for-airport-revamp-firm-185347|title=March date for airport revamp firm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114202240/https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/bihar/march-date-for-airport-revamp-firm-185347|archive-date=14 November 2017|df=dmy-all}} in order to install an advanced category-II Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the new airport so that flights could land there at a visibility as low as {{convert|350|m|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/state-govt-unable-to-give-more-land-for-bihta-airbase-runway/articleshow/65506559.cms|title=Bihar government unable to give more land for Bihta airbase runway|website=The Times of India}} Boeing 747 require 12,000 feet of long runways to land.

In October 2016, Bihar cabinet approved the Patna master plan 2031 which envisions development of a new airport at Bihta.{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Cabinet-OKs-Patna-master-plan-paves-way-for-big-bulidings-new-airport/articleshow/55100844.cms |title=Cabinet OKs Patna master plan, paves way for big bulidings [sic], new airport | Patna News |website=The Times of India |access-date=2016-10-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807182141/http://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/residential/home-still-a-dream-sans-nod-to-map-in-patna/47294944 |archive-date=7 August 2016 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.prabhatkhabar.com/news/patna/patna-master-plan-2031-metropolitan-committee-will-pass-the-map/885005.html|title=पटना मास्टर प्लान 2031 मेट्रोपोलिटन कमेटी नक्शा पास करेगी|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104010315/http://www.prabhatkhabar.com/news/patna/patna-master-plan-2031-metropolitan-committee-will-pass-the-map/885005.html|archive-date=4 November 2016|df=dmy-all}} Bihar government is acquiring {{convert|126|acres}} of land for construction of the new airport.{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Patna-airport-to-be-spruced-up-for-Prakashotsava/articleshow/55915600.cms |title=Patna airport to be spruced up for Prakashotsava | Patna News |website=The Times of India |access-date=2016-12-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928090919/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Patna-airport-to-be-spruced-up-for-Prakashotsava/articleshow/55915600.cms |archive-date=28 September 2017 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Land-identified-to-make-Bihta-airport-operational-for-flyers/articleshow/54513137.cms|title=Land identified to make Bihta airport operational for flyers|website=The Times of India|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929205528/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Land-identified-to-make-Bihta-airport-operational-for-flyers/articleshow/54513137.cms|archive-date=29 September 2016|df=dmy-all}} Bihar cabinet approved a budget of ₹260 crore for the acquisition of 126 acres for Bihta airport which will be completed by October 2019.{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bihta-defence-airbase-patna-bihar-government-aai-jai-prakash-narayan-international-airport/1/811788.html |title=Patna to get second civil airport on city's outskirts in Bihta |access-date=2016-11-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117071438/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bihta-defence-airbase-patna-bihar-government-aai-jai-prakash-narayan-international-airport/1/811788.html |archive-date=17 November 2016 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Flying-from-Bihta-to-be-less-expensive-than-Patna-AAI/articleshow/55463364.cms |title=Airports Authority of India: Flying from Bihta to be less expensive than Patna: AAI | Patna News |website=The Times of India |access-date=2016-11-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121101221/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Flying-from-Bihta-to-be-less-expensive-than-Patna-AAI/articleshow/55463364.cms |archive-date=21 November 2016 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1161116/jsp/bihar/story_119435.jsp#.WCyhzdJ97IU |title= Airport gets bigger wingspan|website=www.telegraphindia.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116155055/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1161116/jsp/bihar/story_119435.jsp |archive-date=16 November 2016}} Of the 126 acres, {{convert|99|acres}} in Vishambhar and {{convert|27|acres}} in Kultupur localities have been acquired from approximately 400 land owners.{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/aai-to-get-airport-land-in-3-mths/articleshow/59582001.cms|title=AAI to get airport land in 3 mths|website=The Times of India|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928090854/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/aai-to-get-airport-land-in-3-mths/articleshow/59582001.cms|archive-date=28 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170714/jsp/bihar/story_161745.jsp|title=Satellite airport project rolls DM interacts with land owners over compensation issues|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818133956/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170714/jsp/bihar/story_161745.jsp|archive-date=18 August 2017|df=dmy-all}} An elevated expressway from Saguna Mor to Bihta is going to be constructed.{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/elevated-expressway-boost-for-bihta-airbase/articleshow/59611470.cms|title=Elevated expressway boost for Bihta airbase|website=The Times of India|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719073256/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/elevated-expressway-boost-for-bihta-airbase/articleshow/59611470.cms|archive-date=19 July 2017|df=dmy-all}} Of the 126 acres of acquired land for Bihta airport, {{convert|108|acres}} will be utilised for development of a civil enclave and the remaining 18 acres for development of amenities, including a VIP lounge, a hotel and a hangar.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/civil-enclave-land-wall-work-to-begin-next-week/articleshow/64670347.cms|title=Civil enclave land wall work to begin next week|website=The Times of India}}

An {{convert|18.5|km|abbr=on}} four-lane semi-elevated road between the proposed Bihta airbase and Danapur railway station is being constructed at the expenditure of {{INR}} 1400 crore.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/4-lane-bihta-shivala-elevated-road-okd/articleshow/62074525.cms|title=4-lane Bihta-Shivala elevated road OK'd|website=The Times of India}} National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will construct 13.5 km elevated four-lane road from Bihta to Shivala, while the remaining 5 km stretch from Shivala to Danapur station will be constructed by Bihar RCD.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/state-awaits-land-for-four-lane-road/articleshow/65444614.cms|title=Bihar awaits land for four-lane road|website=The Times of India}} Apart from Danapur-Shivala-Bihta road, Bihta will be connected by two more four-lane roads: Patna-Buxar NH-30 and Bihta-Sarmera SH-78.

File:IIT Patna Bihta Campus.png

The price of land in Bihta — 40 km west of Patna — has skyrocketed in the past few years{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140914/jsp/frontpage/story_18831560.jsp#.VbXPh4uUdyw|title=Price graph: 100 times in 10 years- Bihta fertile belt transforms into industrial zone|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119133208/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140914/jsp/frontpage/story_18831560.jsp#.VbXPh4uUdyw|archive-date=19 November 2015|df=dmy-all}} in large part due to the construction of a number of projects in the area, including the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), National Institute of Technology (NIT), Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital, and others.{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bihta-emerges-as-a-real-estate-hotspot/articleshow/57523096.cms|title=Bihta emerges as a real estate hotspot|website=The Times of India|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311034032/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bihta-emerges-as-a-real-estate-hotspot/articleshow/57523096.cms|archive-date=11 March 2017|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150716/jsp/bihar/story_31789.jsp#.VaftHIuUdyx|title=Realty to broaden horizon|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716095624/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150716/jsp/bihar/story_31789.jsp#.VaftHIuUdyx|archive-date=16 July 2015|df=dmy-all}} At present, a cottah ({{convert|1,361|ft2|m2}}) of land is priced between {{INR}} 30 and {{INR}} 35 lakh in urban areas. Even in nearby villages like Amhara, Kanchanpur, and Dilawarpur the price of 1 cottah of land is ₹ 15-20 Lakh. A few years ago, such land was available for {{INR}}2-2.5 lakh in urban and ₹ 25k-50k in rural areas.{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120521/jsp/bihar/story_15510962.jsp#.UQ_XyB12xaU | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | first=Roshan | last=Kumar | title=Real estate boom in suburbs - Land prices touch sky in Bihta | date=2012-05-21 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911155703/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120521/jsp/bihar/story_15510962.jsp#.UQ_XyB12xaU | archive-date=11 September 2012 | df=dmy-all }} 25 acres of land have been acquired at Bihta in Patna district for setting up the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) headquarters and training centre.{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Work-on-SDRF-hqs-in-progress-at-Bihta/articleshow/9879204.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419064710/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-06/patna/30118328_1_disaster-management-districts-sdrf | url-status=live | archive-date=2012-04-19 | work=The Times of India | title=Work on SDRF hqs in progress at Bihta | date=2011-09-06}}

Real estate also acquired land near the village of Paharpur to build a colony for families of retired paramilitary forces. Majorly Suraksha enclave members are acquiring land for the development of a residential, logistic and industrial park (LIP), which is fully functional at Bihta at the site of a former sugar mill.{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-07/patna/29392362_1_sugar-mill-ethanol-pristine-logistics | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917204953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-07/patna/29392362_1_sugar-mill-ethanol-pristine-logistics | url-status=dead | archive-date=2011-09-17 | work=The Times of India | title=Industrial Park at Bihta soon | date=2011-04-07}}{{cite web |url=http://www.techgig.com/tech-news/editors-pick/Bihar-to-set-up-its-first-IT-park-15176 |title=Bihar to set up its first IT park - Tech News | Latest Technology News |publisher=Techgig.com |access-date=2013-09-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928021319/http://www.techgig.com/tech-news/editors-pick/Bihar-to-set-up-its-first-IT-park-15176 |archive-date=28 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }} Work is in progress by a team led by officials of the IT department. Construction work will begin by mid-2013. It is also popular for Swami Sahajanand Saraswati ashram. [https://www.satyamevgroups.com/projects/highway-residency/ Highway Residency By Satyamev Group] A RERA Approved Township project is one of them.

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The Bihar government has acquired 25 acres of land for an IT park.{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bihar-govt-mulls-incentives-for-it-companies/articleshow/60238183.cms|title=Bihar govt mulls incentives for IT companies|website=The Times of India|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902160844/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bihar-govt-mulls-incentives-for-it-companies/articleshow/60238183.cms|archive-date=2 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/BIH-PAT-HMU-MAT-latest-patna-news-020502-2822081-NOR.html|title=बिहटा में 25 एकड़ में बनेगा आईटी पार्क}}{{cite web|url=http://inextlive.jagran.com/it-park-will-be-built-in-25-acres-of-bihta-161391|title=बिहटा में 25 एकड़ में आइटी पार्क का होगा निर्माण|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619122225/http://inextlive.jagran.com/it-park-will-be-built-in-25-acres-of-bihta-161391|archive-date=19 June 2017|df=dmy-all}} In October 2018, Bihar's government approved Rs 38 crore for the acquisition of 33 acres of land for IT Park at Bihta as part of a Mega Industrial Park.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/2-da-hike-okd-for-employees-pensioners/articleshow/66336262.cms|title=2% DA hike OK'd for employees, pensioners|website=The Times of India}} IT giants, including Infosys, have shown interest for a plot near Bihta.{{cite news | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-03-07/news/28665839_1_infosys-officials-bihta-bihar | work=The Times Of India | title=Infosys likely to set up centre in Bihar | date=2011-03-07 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929003759/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-03-07/news/28665839_1_infosys-officials-bihta-bihar | archive-date=29 September 2013 | df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/bihar/infosys-likely-to-set-up-centre-in-bihar_691593.html |title=Infosys likely to set up centre in Bihar |date=6 March 2011 |publisher=Zeenews.india.com |access-date=2013-09-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002224903/http://zeenews.india.com/news/bihar/infosys-likely-to-set-up-centre-in-bihar_691593.html |archive-date=2 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.techgig.com/tech-news/editors-pick/Infosys-on-its-way-to-Bihar-likely-to-set-up-a-development-centre-446 |title=Infosys on its way to Bihar, likely to set up a development centre - Tech News | Latest Technology News |publisher=Techgig.com |access-date=2013-09-26}}{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120916/jsp/bihar/story_15982019.jsp#.UQ_cqh12xaU | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | first=Joy | last=Sengupta | title=Promise of power funds to drive big-ticket business | date=2012-09-16 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121024837/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120916/jsp/bihar/story_15982019.jsp#.UQ_cqh12xaU | archive-date=21 November 2012 | df=dmy-all }} Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has already been assigned with the responsibility of developing a main data centre which will provide IT links to all government departments. The IT centre was formally launched in March 2013 on the premises of Beltron Bhawan. A regional centre of the National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) will also be developed at Bihta. The land for the IT park has already been selected and bidding processes for selection of a consultancy company for promotion of the IT park has almost been completed.{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-23/patna/35318040_1_data-centre-skill-development-regional-centre | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929003800/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-23/patna/35318040_1_data-centre-skill-development-regional-centre | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-09-29 | work=The Times of India | title=TCS to develop data centre to connect government departments | date=2012-11-23}} NEECH Technology of Kolkata is engaged in collecting data for social and caste censuses in Bihar, and HP Education Services is engaged in providing IT skill development courses.

A $35 million production facility for Cobra Beer, a premium beer brand promoted by Lord Karan Bilimoria, was set up at Bihta in 2010.{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120210/jsp/bihar/story_15113910.jsp#.URDluR12xaU | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title=Cobra to flow from Feb. 15 | date=2012-02-10 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928010505/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120210/jsp/bihar/story_15113910.jsp#.URDluR12xaU | archive-date=28 September 2013 | df=dmy-all }}{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120409/jsp/business/story_15350902.jsp#.URDluh12xaU | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title=Bilimoria's Cobra beer snakes a growth trail | date=2012-04-09 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911144011/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120409/jsp/business/story_15350902.jsp#.URDluh12xaU | archive-date=11 September 2012 | df=dmy-all }}{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120516/jsp/bihar/story_15492242.jsp#.URDlvR12xaU | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | first=Amit | last=Bhelari | title=Textile major ready to style new Bihar | date=2012-05-16 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928010508/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120516/jsp/bihar/story_15492242.jsp#.URDlvR12xaU | archive-date=28 September 2013 | df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Business/Billimoria-wants-Bihar-farmers-to-produce-barley-as-he-brews-beer/Article1-814393.aspx |title=Billimoria wants Bihar farmers to produce barley as he brews beer |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=2012-02-20 |access-date=2013-09-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006052834/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Business/Billimoria-wants-Bihar-farmers-to-produce-barley-as-he-brews-beer/Article1-814393.aspx |archive-date=2013-10-06 }}{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120520/jsp/bihar/story_15508197.jsp#.URDn6B12xaU | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title=Growth push with reality check Rs 60-cr Godrej plant in Hajipur | date=2012-05-20 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928010457/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120520/jsp/bihar/story_15508197.jsp#.URDn6B12xaU | archive-date=28 September 2013 | df=dmy-all }}{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bihars-global-summit-sees-emotion-actionfights/465395/ |title=Bihar's global summit sees emotion, action and fights |newspaper=Business Standard India |publisher=Business Standard |date=2012-02-22 |access-date=2013-09-26|last1=Phadnis |first1=Aditi }} Not the closed sugar mill is going to be revived.{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Five-closed-sugar-mills-in-state-likely-to-be-opened-soon/articleshow/11371269.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929003924/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-05/patna/30592789_1_motipur-unit-sugar-mills-sugar-units | url-status=live | archive-date=2013-09-29 | work=The Times of India | title=Five closed sugar mills in state likely to be opened soon | date=2012-01-05}}

The list of villages in Bihta Block (under Danapur Tehsil) is as follows: (GP is Gram Panchayat).

• 1997 Raghopur Massacre
• Bihta railway station
• Bihta Air Force Station
• Patna Regional Development Authority
• Sonepur

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