Bakhtiyarpur is a notified area and town near Patna City in the Patna district in the state of Bihar, India. Bakhtiyarpur is under the Patna Sahib, 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. The former Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar belongs to Bakhtiyarpur.