About Katihar District Katihar District is one among 38 Districts of Bihar State ,India. Katihar District Administrative head quarter is Katihar. It is is Located 285 KM west towards State capital Patna . Katihar District population is 3068149. It is 14 th Largest District in the State by population. Geography and Climate Katihar District It is Located at Latitude-25.5, Longitude-87.5. Katihar District is sharing border with Bhagalpur District to the west , Purnia District to the North , Sahebganj District to the South , Maldah District to the South . It is sharing Border with Jharkhand State to the South , West Bengal State to the South . Katihar District occupies an area of approximately 3056 square kilometres. Its in the 37 meters to 31 meters elevation range.This District belongs to Hindi Belt India . Climate of Katihar District It is Hot in summer. Katihar District summer highest day temperature is in between 29 ° C to 44° C . Average temperatures of January is 16 ° C , February is 21 ° C , March is 27 ° C , April is 32 ° C , May is 33 ° C . DemoGraphics of Katihar District Maithili is the Local Language here. Also People Speaks Hindi, Urdu, Bengali And Surjapuri . Katihar District is divided into 16 Blocks , 238 Panchayats , 1174 Villages. Hasanganj Block is the Smallest Block by population with 42886 population. Kadwa Block is the Biggest Block by population with 268917 population. Major producing Items,Crops,Industries and Exports from Katihar District Basket, Jute, JuteItems, LeatherShoes, Makhana, MilkProduct, Rice are the major producing Items and Exports from here. Census 2011 of Katihar District Katihar district Total population is 3068149 according to census 2011.Males are 1601330 and Females are 1466819 .Literate people are 2029887 among total.Its total area is 3056 km². It is the 14 th largest district in the state by Population . But 13 th Largest District in the state By Area. 116 th Largest District in the Country By Population. 36 th highest District in the State By literacy rate. 599 th highest District in the Country By literacy rate.its literacy Rate is 53.56 Katihar Transport Road Transport District Headquarters Katihar is well connected by road . Katihar , Manihari are the Cities in this district having road connectivity to major towns and remote villages. Katihar is about 285 KM by road to Patna( Capital of Bihar ) Rail Transport Katihar has the major rail way station Katihar Jn connecting to most of the Important Cities and rail way station in India. Some of the rail way stations in district are Barsoi Jn , Karagola Road , Kursela , Azamnagar Road , Semapur , Kumedpur , Labha , Sakrigali Jn .... which connects most of the towns and villages in the District. Bus Transport Bihar State Road Transportation Corporation ( BSTDC) runs Busses from Major cities to Towns and Villages in this District. .