Kishanganj
Kishanganj district profile
Kishanganj is one of the districts covered by PACS in Bihar. The district is a part of Purnia division. Kishanganj town is the administrative headquarters.
Kishanganj is one of India’s three districts with lowest literacy rates. Around two-thirds of the population is Muslim; 6% belong to the scheduled castes.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 1,296,348 | |
| Male | 669,552 | |
| Female | 626,796 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 193,354 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 31.50% | |
| Rural | 1,167,340 (90.05%) | |
| Urban | 129,008 (9.95%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 936 | |
| Household size (per household) | 5 | |
| SC population | 85,833 (6.62%) | |
| ST population | 47,116 (3.63%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 31.09 | |
| Male | 42.71 | |
| Female | 18.63 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Muslims | 876,105 | |
| Hindus | 412,995 | |
| Christians | 2,856 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Kishanganj | 85,590 | |
| Bahadurganj | 28,118 | |
| Thakurganj | 15,300 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 730 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 730 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 97 | |
| Primary schools | 442 | |
| Medical facility | 120 | |
| Paved approach road | 181 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 27.7% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 57.9% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 17.9% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 23.6% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 52.7% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 214,681 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 58,998 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 4 | |
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-1008.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
