Katihar
Katihar district profile
Katihar is one of the districts covered by PACS in Bihar. The district (area: 3,056 sq km) is a part of Purnia division. It was established, on October 2, 1973, by separating Katihar sub-division from the district of Purnia. Katihar town is the administrative headquarters of the district.
The district comprises three sub-divisions: Katihar, Barsoi and Manihari. Katihar sub-division is further divided into 10 blocks: Katihar, Korha, Falka, Sameli, Barari, Kursela, Pranpur, Hasanganj, Dandkhora and Mansahi. Barsoi sub-division consists of four blocks: Barsoi, Kadwa, Azamnagar and Balrampur. Manihari sub-division has two blocks: Manihari and Amdabad.
Major rivers in the region include the Mahananda, Ganga, Kosi, and Righa.
Around 9% of the population belongs to scheduled castes. Muslims constitute 45% of the population.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 2,392,638 | |
| Male | 1,246,872 | |
| Female | 1,145,766 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 351,000 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 30.91% | |
| Rural | 2,174,361 (90.88%) | |
| Urban | 218,277 (9.12%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 919 | |
| Household size (per household) | 5 | |
| SC population | 208,384 (8.71%) | |
| ST population | 140,418 (5.87%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 35.09 | |
| Male | 45.31 | |
| Female | 23.80 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 1,363,523 | |
| Muslims | 1,017,495 | |
| Christians | 4,994 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Katihar | 175,199 | |
| Manihari | 21,803 | |
| Raghunathpur | 5,601 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 1,290 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 1,231 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 224 | |
| Primary schools | 785 | |
| Medical facility | 248 | |
| Paved approach road | 316 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 32.6% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 62.4% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 12.5% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 34.8% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 54.0% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 327,052 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 112,366 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 0 | |
Sources:
*Women aged 15-49 who had their last live/still birth after December 31, 2003
** BCG, three injections of DPT, three doses of polio (excluding Polio 0) and measles
# As on September 3, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Census of India 2001http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-1010.pdf
Indicator group 6. Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. Bihar. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 2010; funded by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator group 7: State-wise NREGA Implementation Status Report in http://nrega.nic.in viewed September 3, 2010
