The road from Patna
The Patna to Bhagalpur drive follows the south bank of the Ganga for about 235 km: out through Fatuha and Bakhtiyarpur, then Barh, Mokama, Barahiya, Munger and Sultanganj. Trucks leave Patna early, stop once near Munger and reach Bhagalpur by evening; bigger homes are unloaded the next morning in daylight. If the house is across the river in Naugachia, the Vikramshila Setu adds half an hour.