Katihar is one of district of Bihar in India. There are 16 Taluks, 1540 villages and 4 towns in Katihar district.
As per the Census India 2011, Katihar district has 619076 households, population of 3071029 of which 1600430 are males and 1470599 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 620332 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 3057 sq.km with population density of 1005 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 |
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Total | 3071029 | 100% |
Hindu | 1684589 | 54.85% |
Muslim | 1365645 | 44.47% |
Christian | 8659 | 0.28% |
Religion not stated | 6522 | 0.21% |
Sikh | 2754 | 0.09% |
Other religions and persuasions | 2141 | 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 |
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Area(sq.km) | 68.36 | 2988.64 |
Number of households | 53564 | 565512 |
Total Population | 273822 | 2797207 |
Population (%) | 52.84% | 47.96% |
Male Population | 144686 | 1455744 |
Female Population | 129136 | 1341463 |
Sex Ratio | 893 | 921 |
Literacy (%) | 65.89% | 39.32% |
List of Taluks in Katihar
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