Katihar District - Population 2011-2025

Quick Overview of Katihar District (2021/2025 Projection & 2011 Census)

• District: Katihar, Bihar
• Area: 3,057 sq km
• Headquarters: Katihar
• Population (2011): 3,071,029 (Male: 1,600,430 | Female: 1,470,599)
• Estimated Population (2025): 3,790,878 – 4,060,000 (varies across sources)
• Population Density (2011): 1,005 per sq km
• Sex Ratio (2011): 919 females per 1000 males
• Child Sex Ratio (0-6): 961 girls per 1000 boys
• Literacy Rate (2011): 52.24% (Male: 59.36%, Female: 44.39%)
• SC population: 8.57% | ST population: 5.86%
• Urban population: 8.92% | Rural: 91.08%
• Households (2011): 619,076
• Blocks/Taluks: 16 | Subdivisions: 3 | Villages: 1,540
• Number of Towns: 3

Historic Population (1901–2011, Decadal and Projected Growth)

Census Year	Population	Variation	Variation %	Male	Female
1901	484,667	-	-	247,000	238,000
1911	520,805	+36,138	+7.46%	265,000	256,000
1921	556,136	+35,331	+6.78%	287,000	270,000
1931	601,533	+45,397	+8.16%	311,000	291,000
1941	654,841	+53,308	+8.86%	336,000	319,000
1951	694,986	+40,145	+6.13%	360,000	335,000
1961	911,037	+216,051	+31.09%	472,000	439,000
1971	1,136,994	+225,957	+24.80%	591,000	546,000
1981	1,428,622	+291,628	+25.65%	741,000	688,000
1991	1,825,380	+396,758	+27.77%	956,000	869,000
2001	2,392,638	+567,258	+31.08%	1,246,872	1,145,766
2011	3,071,029	+678,391	+28.35%	1,600,430	1,470,599

Year	Projected Population
2025	3,790,878 – 4,060,000
2026	3,888,240 – 4,100,000
2027	3,939,436 – 4,140,000
2031	4,140,019 – 4,240,000
2036	4,359,826

Urban & Rural, Households, City/Town Stats

	Urban	Rural	Total
Population (2011)	273,822	2,797,207	3,071,029
Male	144,686	1,455,744	1,600,430
Female	129,136	1,341,463	1,470,599
Sex Ratio	893	921	919
Child Sex Ratio	939	962	961
Literacy Rate	77.27%	49.6%	52.24%
Male Literacy	82.46%	56.9%	59.36%
Female Literacy	71.4%	41.59%	44.39%
Number of Households	619,076
Number of Towns	3
Number of Villages	1,540

City List & Urban Agglomerations

City Name	Population 2011	Male	Female	Estimated Population 2025
Katihar (Municipal Corporation)	226,261	119,574	106,687	279,297
Katihar (Urban Agglomeration)	240,838	127,240	113,598	–

Subdistrict/Taluks/Blocks in Katihar

• Katihar
• Korha
• Falka
• Sameli
• Barari
• Kursela
• Pranpur
• Hasanganj
• Dandkhora
• Mansahi
• Barsoi
• Kadwa
• Azamnagar
• Balrampur
• Manihari
• Amdabad

Subdivision	Blocks
Katihar	Katihar, Korha, Falka, Sameli, Barari, Kursela, Pranpur, Hasanganj, Dandkhora, Mansahi
Barsoi	Barsoi, Kadwa, Azamnagar, Balrampur
Manihari	Manihari, Amdabad

Religion-wise Population (2011 & 2025 Estimate)

Religion	Population 2011	% (2011)	Estimated Population 2025
Hindu	1,684,589	54.85%	2,079,457
Muslim	1,365,645	44.47%	1,685,752
Christian	8,659	0.28%	10,689
Sikh	2,754	0.09%	3,400
Buddhist	212	0.01%	262
Jain	507	0.02%	626
Other/Not Stated	8,663 (Other+Not Stated)	0.28%	10,694
Total	3,071,029	100%	3,790,878

Block-wise Religion Percentage (2011)

Block	Hindu %	Muslim %	Other %
Falka	69.94	29.38	0.68
Korha	59.16	39.78	1.06
Hasanganj	62.91	36.66	0.43
Kadwa	47.33	52.27	0.40
Balrampur	45.67	53.45	0.88
Barsoi	27.61	72.06	0.33
Azamnagar	43.48	56.21	0.31
Pranpur	61.37	38.17	0.46
Dandkhora	85.89	12.76	1.35
Katihar	70.91	28.08	1.01
Mansahi	55.87	43.79	0.34
Barari	52.28	46.70	1.02
Sameli	91.3	8.57	0.13
Kursela	92.25	7.51	0.24
Manihari	62.86	35.67	1.47
Amdabad	45.57	54.13	0.3

SC/ST/Caste-wise Population (2011)

Caste	Total	Male	Female	% of Population	Sex Ratio
Scheduled Caste	263,100	136,429	126,671	8.57%	929
Scheduled Tribe	179,971	92,190	87,781	5.86%	953

Sex Ratio & Child Sex Ratio, Religion & Area

Category	Sex Ratio
Total	919
Urban	893
Rural	922
SC	929
ST	953

Religion	Sex Ratio
Hindu	913
Muslim	927
Christian	954
Religion not stated	991

Literacy Rate (Overall, Urban/Rural, Religion, 2011)

Category	Average Literacy Rate	Male Literacy Rate	Female Literacy Rate
Total	52.24%	59.36%	44.39%
Urban	77.27%	82.46%	71.4%
Rural	49.6%	56.9%	41.59%

Religion	Average Literacy Rate	Male Literacy Rate	Female Literacy Rate
Hindu	57.34%	65.32%	48.5%
Muslim	45.58%	51.54%	39.08%
Christian	55.83%	63.57%	47.79%
Religion not stated	52.31%	60.6%	44.19%

Child Population (0-6 years, 2011)

	Total	Male	Female	% of Population	Child Sex Ratio
Katihar	620,332	316,391	303,941	20.20%	961

Workforce Details (2011)

Work Profile	Total	Male	Female
Main Workers	667,602	555,631	111,971
Cultivators	139,059	125,129	13,930
Agricultural Labourers	399,923	324,095	75,828
Household Industries	10,823	7,037	3,786
Other Workers	117,797	99,370	18,427
Marginal Workers	345,964	204,891	141,073
Total Workers	1,013,566	760,522	253,044
Non Working	2,057,463	839,908	1,217,555

Houseless Population (2011)

• Families living without roof: 152
• Total population houseless: 643 (~0.021%)

Languages Spoken (2011 Census)

• Surjapuri: 25.86%
• Hindi: 19.73% (+ 25.46% recorded as 'Others' under Hindi)
• Bengali: 12.04%
• Urdu: 9.11%
• Santali: 2.97%
• Bhojpuri: 2.29%

Key Rivers

• Mahananda River
• Ganges River
• Koshi River
• Righa River

Assembly Constituencies & Politics

No.	Constituency	Current MLA	Party	Alliance	Remarks
63	Katihar	Tarkishore Prasad	BJP	NDA	Deputy CM, Bihar
64	Kadwa	Shakeel Ahmad Khan	INC	MGB	–
65	Balrampur	Mahbub Alam	CPI(ML)L	MGB	–
66	Pranpur	Nisha Singh	BJP	NDA	–
67	Manihari	Manohar Prasad Singh	INC	MGB	–
68	Barari	Bijay Singh	JD(U)	NDA	–
69	Korha	Kavita Devi	BJP	NDA	–

Neighbouring Districts (Bihar)

District	Population 2011	Population 2025 Estimate (where available)
Purnia	3,264,619	–
Madhepura	2,001,762	–
Saharsa	1,900,661	–
Kishanganj	1,690,400	–
Darbhanga	3,937,385	–
Araria	2,811,569	–
Muzaffarpur	4,801,062	5,926,431
Supaul	2,229,076	–
Madhubani	4,487,379	–
Gopalganj	2,562,012	–