Katihar (District)

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Katihar District
District map
State Bihar
Administrative headquarters : Katihar
Area : 3057 km²
Residents : 3,071,029 (2011)
Population density : 1005 inhabitants / km²
Website : katihar.bih.nic.in/

Katihar is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 3057 km². The administrative seat is the city of Katihar .

history

Katihar became a district in 1972 when it was separated from the Purnia .

population

The population is 3,264,619 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 28.45% and was therefore very high. Purnia has a gender ratio of 919 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus that is usual for India. The district has a literacy rate of 52.24% in 2011, an increase of almost 17 percentage points compared to 2001. However, reading skills are still well below the national average. Almost 55% of the population are Hindus and around 45% are Muslim .

Only 8.9% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Katihar with 226,261 inhabitants.

economy

According to official statistics, the Katihar district is one of the 250 most backward districts in India, which is divided into a total of 640 districts.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
  2. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .