| Bakhtiyarpur | |
| Nickname: | BKP |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | India Bihar |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bihar, India |
| Coordinates: | 25.459°N 85.539°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Bihar |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Patna |
| Leader Title: | Current MLA |
| Leader Name: | Aniruddh Kumar Yadav |
| Named For: | Bakhtiyar Khalji |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 53,223 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, Magadhi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 803212 |
| Registration Plate: | BR-01 |
| Iso Code: | IN-BR |
Bakhtiyarpur is a town and a municipality notified area, near Patna City 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. The incumbent Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar belongs to Bakhtiyarpur.
India census,[1] Bakhtiarpur had a population of 53,223. Males constitute 52.5% of the population and females 47.5%. Bakhtiarpur has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the state average of 61.8%; with 78% of the males and 61.1% of females literate. About 18% of the population is under 6 years of age. Sex ratio is at 903 against the state average of 918. The majority of the residents follow Hinduism (approximately 95%), but there is a scant presence of Sikhs and Jains (0.01%) and approximately 5% of Muslims.
Bakhtiarpur is named after Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji. He was the military general of Qutb al-Din Aibak, and founded Bakhtiyar city after his conquest of Bengal in 1203, destruction of Nalanda and Vikramshila University.[2]