Katihar

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Katihar

Town in the head-quarters subdivision of Purnea District, Bengal, situated in 25 degree 34' N. and 87 degree 35 E. Population (1901), 9,761. Katihar, which was formerly known as Saifganj, is an important railway junction, at which the Bengal and North- Western Railway meets the Bihar section of the Eastern Bengal State Railway. The latter is continued to Manihan Ghat on the Ganges, whence a steamer plies to Sakrigali, establishing communication also with the East Indian Railway. There is a large export of rice and mustard seed. The town is the head-quarters of the sheep-breeding trade, and rough blankets are manufactured by a colony of Gareris settled there.