Behea, Bihar
Behea
Bihiya | |
|---|---|
town | |
Location in Behea block | |
Behea Location in Bihar, India Behea Behea (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°33′39″N 84°27′34″E / 25.5607°N 84.45935°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Bhojpur |
| Area | |
• Total | 100 km2 (39 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 26,707 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (690/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bhojpuri, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 802152 |
| Sex ratio | 58-42 ♂/♀ |
| Website | bhojpur |
Behea or Bihiya (historically spelled in British sources as Bihiā or Beheea) is a nagar panchayat town and block in Bhojpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. Historically, it was a seat of the Harihoban Rajputs and later, in the colonial era, became the headquarters of the influential Bihiā Estate. The town is particularly notable for the 19th-century invention of the Bihiā Mill, a bullock-powered sugar mill that became widely adopted.