Bihar’s wholesale, healthcare and silk businesses keep large credit and stock records.
Bihar’s businesses keep wholesale ledgers in Patna City, patient registers at nursing homes, weavers’ advances in Bhagalpur and litchi purchase books in Muzaffarpur. Many of these records sit in Tally, bahi-khata and WhatsApp. Billing, CRM and hospital software can be set up around them. Work is done remotely from Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru.
Wholesale markets in Patna City and Maruf Ganj, and the mandis of Muzaffarpur and Gaya, supply retailers across the state, largely on credit, with balances carried in the books. Ledgers are kept in Tally or in a bahi-khata. Each entry records a long-running dealer relationship.
Services are the other large sector. Patna has hospitals and coaching institutes that serve students and patients from many districts, and Bodh Gaya receives pilgrims through the winter, so records there have to cope with sudden peaks. Bhagalpur’s silk and Muzaffarpur’s litchi each run on a short selling season.
What Bihar makes, trades and runs on.
How Bihar businesses pick and use software.
In many Bihar family businesses, the interest in software comes from a younger family member with work experience in another city. The senior owner relies on the bahi-khata and the family CA. A new system is easier to adopt when it shows the same ledger in the same order as the book it replaces.
Owners often ask who will support a system after installation, since older billing packages were left without updates after tax changes. Floor staff may speak Bhojpuri, Maithili or Magahi. Screens in plain Hindi with large buttons suit them better than English ones.
Where Bihar businesses lose time and money.
Credit books are larger than the Tally records
Wholesalers extend credit to retailers across the state, with promises made on calls and settlements paid part in cash and part by UPI. Tally holds the invoices. The running outstanding sits with the owner.
Seasonal peaks outrun manual records
Litchi buyers in Muzaffarpur and silk dealers before the wedding orders in Bhagalpur do much of their business in a few weeks. Trucks, advances and orders accumulate faster than one clerk can enter them. Gaps appear.
Patient files stay on paper
A nursing home in Patna or Gaya sees families who travel from other districts for follow-up visits. Old prescriptions and reports are stored in cupboards. The billing counter cannot see earlier visits.
Older billing software has no support
A billing or inventory package bought years ago may still run on a single computer. It may not produce e-way bills or current GST returns. The original installer is often no longer reachable.
What we would build for Bihar businesses.
Usually in this order, starting with whatever the audit ranks first.
ERP, CRM and Business Software Implementation
One record of stock, orders, customers and accounts, set up so your team opens it every day.
Learn moreCustom Software and Product Engineering
Software built around how your business actually runs, when nothing off the shelf fits without workarounds.
Learn moreAPI and System Integration
Accounting software, WhatsApp, payment gateways, tax portals and your own apps sharing one set of numbers.
Learn moreSoftware Maintenance, Support and Rescue
Taking over the system your last vendor stopped answering for: fixing it, documenting it and keeping it running.
Learn moreWeb and Mobile Application Development
Web and mobile apps for customers, field staff and dealers, built to work on ordinary phones.
Learn moreBusiness Process Automation
Approvals, reminders, follow-ups and reports that run on their own instead of on someone remembering.
Learn moreReady products that fit Bihar businesses.
Each one is adapted to how your business works before it goes live, and anything your trade needs that it lacks is added then. You are not paying to build the basics again.
Hospital/Clinic Management System
Appointments, OPD queue, patient records, billing, medicine stock and staff rosters for clinics and small hospitals, set up around your doctors and departments.
Learn moreSchool & College Management System
Admissions, fee instalments, attendance, timetables, exams and report cards, transport and parent messages on one student record.
Learn morePaying Guest Management System
Bed-level occupancy, rent and food billing, deposits and tenant documents for PG owners, set up around your blocks and sharing rates.
Learn moreHow the work runs from Bengaluru for Bihar.
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The audit, by call
A screen-share and a look at the sheets, accounting reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.
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A written proposal
Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.
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Build in short rounds
Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.
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Go-live, in person when it helps
For data migration and training we can come to Bihar. Travel is agreed in advance.
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Support online
Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.
The work we have published.
We don’t claim Bihar clients we don’t have. These are systems our team built; the way we work is the same wherever you are.
PetSeva: matching owners to the right vet, at any hour
A two-sided veterinary platform where vets are searchable by specialisation and bookable outside clinic hours. It now carries more than 2,000 veterinary doctors.
Read the case study Paying guest accommodationSAM Atithi Pavathi: bed-level occupancy as the source of truth
PG management software where allocation, rates and invoices are derived from bed-level occupancy and not maintained in parallel spreadsheets.
Read the case study School transport servicesSAM Tours: school transport on a single ledger
Registration, fee collection, routing and finance write to the same records, closing the gap between journeys run and fees collected.
Read the case study Microfinance and Self Help GroupsVikasa RDO: making SHG loan recovery auditable
Loan proposals, recoveries and commissions sit on one record, with a person attached to every state change, so a business handling a bank’s money can show where each rupee went.
Read the case studyQuestions Bihar owners ask before they call.
Does GullySystem have an office in Bihar?
No. GullySystem works from one address in Nagarbhavi, west Bengaluru. Work in Bihar is done over calls, WhatsApp and screen-shares. A visit for a training day or a go-live can be discussed, and it is agreed in advance.
Can the software work in Hindi for our staff?
Yes. Screens, printed bills and outgoing WhatsApp messages can be set up in Hindi, with reports kept in English for your CA if you prefer. The language for each role is decided during implementation.
Will it replace Tally and the CA’s work?
No. Most Bihar businesses keep Tally for accounts and GST filing. The new system connects to it so that invoices and receipts post across, and the CA works from the same books.
What happens after I share my requirements?
An engineer reads what you send and replies within one business day. We then look at the software, spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups your business runs on today and write down what works, what slows your team down and what is missing. A demo login, a screen-share or a few screenshots are enough. You get a short written summary ordered by priority, with no obligation to hire us afterwards.
How much will the software cost?
We don’t publish a price, because it depends on what the system has to do. That first review settles the scope, and the cost goes into a written proposal before any work starts.
Industries we build for in Bihar.
Cities in Bihar.
Tell us what your Bihar business runs on today.
Send a short note on the spreadsheets, software or WhatsApp groups your team depends on. We reply the same working day.
What happens after you share your requirements
- A senior engineer reads your answers. Nobody phones first.
- Within one business day you get a written note: what we understood, what we would start with, and the questions we still have.
- If it fits, a proposal follows with the order of work, what we need from you and what you receive at each step.
- No call is booked and nothing is paid until you have read the note. Your details stay with us.
Start with your requirements
Seven short steps that tell us what you need. A senior engineer reads them before anyone gets in touch.
Share your requirements