Overview of the Katihar District

Katihar district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Katihar town is the administrative headquarter of the district. The district is a part of Purnia Division. Katihar district is a located in north eastern part of Bihar State in India. It is one of the largest district which occupies area of 3,056 Sq KM.

Katihar District is an Amalgamation of 3 Sub-Divisions (Katihar, Barsoi, Manihari) following by the 16 Blocks (Katihar, Dandkhora, Hasanganj, Korha, Sameli, Falka, Kursela, Barari, Mansahi, Pranpur, Barsoi, Balrampur, Azamnagar, Kadwa, Manihari and Amdabad)

The district latitude and longitude is 25.5422194 , 87.5645687

After Census 2011 Katihar district became one of the populous district in Bihar State with total population of 3,071,029 and the sex ratio was 916 Female per 1000 Male.

The district covers 4  major rivers Ganga, Koshi, Mahananda and Righa.

Maize, Wheat, Banana and Rice are main predominant crops of district. The district is also good producer of Green Vegetables which is dominated by Potato, onion and Cauliflowers.

Economy

The major source of living is agriculture. There are few industries in near by the place : two jute mills and two flour mills. The jute mills known as Purana Mill and Naya Mill once shaped the characteristics of the town. There are units which are producing agricultural products in Tingachhiya. The rice industry is a flourishing business in this area.The industry here, is mainly agro based. Banana, Jute, Maize are the main cash crop of the farmers of the Katihar district. One of the agro-based industry to join the group is Makhana. The Makhana Phodi (the place where edible makhana is produced from raw makhana) is growing fast. The cloth market here dealing in cotton and sarees is very vibrant and caters to nearby districts and the bordering countries of Nepal and Bangladesh. There are also a couple of old cycle trading companies with huge turnover. Pharmaceuticals business is also pretty good with huge turnover. The main crops are Paddy, Jute, Makhana, Banana, Wheat, Maize and Pulses.

Demography

As per Provisional population figures of 2011 Census, the total no of Mandals / Tahsils / Circles are 16.