Bakhtiyarpur is a city and a notified area in Patna district in the state of Bihar, India."'Bakhtiyarpur"' is under the Patna Shahib lok shabha constituency. It is also a vidhan shabha constituency of bihar in Patna District under the Barh sub-division of Bihar state. It is the major railway station in Danapur railway division. In 1193 when Ikhtiyar ad-Din Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji was on conquest of Bihar, he came to dsetroy Nalanda University.