Government of Bihar

Government of Bihar
Seal of Bihar
Polity type	Parliamentary republic State government
Constitution	Constitution of India
Legislative branch
Name	Bihar Legislature
Type	Bicameral
Upper house
Name	Bihar Legislative Council
Presiding officer	Devesh Chandra Thakur, Chairman
Lower house
Name	Bihar Legislative Assembly
Presiding officer	Nand Kishore Yadav[1], Speaker
Executive branch
Head of state
Title	Governor
Currently	Arif Mohammed Khan
Appointer	President of India
Head of government
Title	Chief Minister
Currently	Nitish Kumar   JD(U)
Appointer	Governor
Cabinet
Name	Council of Ministers of Bihar
Leader	Nitish Kumar
Headquarters	Patna
Judicial branch
Name	Patna High Court
Courts	Judiciary of India
Chief judge	K. Vinod Chandran
Seat	Patna

Bihar Government is the state government of the Indian state of Bihar and its nine divisions which consist of districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Bihar, a judiciary and legislative branches.

Like other states in India, the head of state of Bihar is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the central government. The head of state is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Patna is the capital of Bihar hence, it serves as the headquarter for almost all the departments.

The Patna High Court, located in Patna, has jurisdiction over the whole state. The present legislative structure of Bihar is bicameral. The Legislative houses are the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Bihar Legislative Assembly) and Bihar Vidhan Parishad (Bihar Legislative Council). Their normal term is five years, unless dissolved earlier.