Katihar District Population, Bihar - Census India 2011

Katihar is one of district of Bihar in India. There are 16 Taluks, 1,540 villages and 4 towns in Katihar district.

As per the Census India 2011, Katihar district has 619,076 households, population of 3,071,029 of which 1,600,430 are males and 1,470,599 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 620,332 which is 20.2% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Katihar district is around 919 compared to 918 which is average of Bihar state. The literacy rate of Katihar district is 41.69% out of which 47.63% males are literate and 35.22% females are literate. The total area of Katihar is 3,057 sq.km with population density of 1,005 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 91.08% of population lives in Urban area and 8.92% lives in Rural area. There are 8.57% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 5.86% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Katihar district.

Katihar Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	3,071,029	100%
Hindu	1,684,589	54.85%
Muslim	1,365,645	44.47%
Christian	8,659	0.28%
Religion not stated	6,522	0.21%
Sikh	2,754	0.09%
Other religions and persuasions	2,141	0.07%
Jain	507	0.02%
Buddhist	212	0.01%

Katihar Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	68	2,989
Number of households	53,564	565,512
Total Population	273,822	2,797,207
Population (%)	52.84%	47.96%
Male Population	144,686	1,455,744
Female Population	129,136	1,341,463
Sex Ratio	893	921
Literacy (%)	65.89%	39.32%

List of Taluks in Katihar

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Katihar district, Bihar

Katihar Population Facts

Number of Households	619,076
Population	3,071,029
Male Population	1,600,430 (52.11%)
Female Population	1,470,599 (47.89%)
Children Population	620,332
Area	3,057 km2
Population density/km2	1,005
Sex-ratio	919
Literacy	41.69%
Male Literacy	47.63%
Female Literacy	35.22%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	5.86%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	8.57%