Katihar District Religion Population 2011
Katihar, Bihar has 30,71,029 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 16,84,589 people (54.85%).
Katihar district in Bihar recorded a total population of 30,71,029 in Census 2011 across 16 subdistricts.
The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 16,84,589 residents, accounting for 54.85% of the district population.
The second largest group is Muslim with 13,65,645 people (44.47%), establishing a majority gap of 10.38 percentage points.
All other religious demographics combined represent 13,86,440 individuals (45.15% of the district total).
Census 2011 Religious Composition for Katihar District
The religion census data for Katihar district spans 8 documented religious groups:
- Hindu: 16,84,589 population (54.85% of district total).
- Muslim: 13,65,645 population (44.47% of district total).
- Christian: 8,659 population (0.28% of district total).
- NotStated: 6,522 population (0.21% of district total).
- Sikh: 2,754 population (0.09% of district total).
- Other: 2,141 population (0.07% of district total).
- Jain: 507 population (0.02% of district total).
- Buddhist: 212 population (0.01% of district total).
Detailed Religion Demographics for Katihar
| Religion | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Hindu | 16,84,589 | 54.85% |
| Muslim | 13,65,645 | 44.47% |
| Christian | 8,659 | 0.28% |
| NotStated | 6,522 | 0.21% |
| Sikh | 2,754 | 0.09% |
| Other | 2,141 | 0.07% |
| Jain | 507 | 0.02% |
| Buddhist | 212 | 0.01% |
Subdistricts in Katihar
Key Facts
- Hindu: 16,84,589 (54.85%)
- Muslim: 13,65,645 (44.47%)
- Christian: 8,659 (0.28%)
- NotStated: 6,522 (0.21%)
- Sikh: 2,754 (0.09%)
- Other: 2,141 (0.07%)