Katihar district

Katihar District
Katihar District
District of Bihar
	Fields in Katihar district
	Location of Katihar district in Bihar
Country	India
State	Bihar
Division	Purnia
Headquarters	Katihar
Tehsils	17
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Katihar
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Katihar, Kadwa, Balrampur, Pranpur, Manihari, Barari Korha
Area
• Total	3,056 km2 (1,180 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,071,029
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Demographics
• Sex ratio	916
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	BR-39
Major highways	NH-31, NH-81, NH-131A
Website	http://katihar.bih.nic.in/

Katihar district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in India, and Katihar city is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district is a part of Purnia Division. It is prominently known for its Katihar Junction Railway Station, which is a Category A station on the Barauni–Guwahati line. It has been included in the Aspirational Districts Program of the Government of India since 2018, to improve its socio-economic indicators.^[1]

Katihar is the largest maize producing district of Bihar in 2022.^[2]

^ "vikaspedia Domains". vikaspedia.in. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
^ "Bihar Economic Survey 2022-23". state.bihar.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-05-07.

[:0-1] "vikaspedia Domains". vikaspedia.in. Retrieved 2021-06-13.

[2] "Bihar Economic Survey 2022-23". state.bihar.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-05-07.

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