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'''Katira''' (historic spelling: '''Kuttereea'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Thornton |first=J. H. |date=1874-06-01 |title=Report on Cholera in the Shahabad District |journal=The Indian Medical Gazette |volume=9 |issue=6 |pages=146–147 |issn=0019-5863 |pmc=5128170 |pmid=28995022}}</ref>) is a neighbourhood in the town of [[Arrah]] in the [[Bhojpur district, India|Bhojpur district]] of [[Bihar]], [[India]]. It is situated almost five miles from the town of [[Piro, Bihar|Piro]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dutt |first=Kartik Chandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&dq=%22katira%22+%22arrah%22&pg=PA775 |title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M |date=1999 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-0873-5 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=usScAAAAMAAJ&q=%22katira%22+%22arrah%22 |title=Learned Asia: Educationists who's who |date=1992 |publisher=Rifacimento International |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Reuben |first=Samson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gvlK22xrgP0C&q=%22katira%22+%22arrah%22 |title=A Guide for Travellers in India: A Complete Guide to All the Historical and Important Cities and to the Interesting Places in India, with Information on Rail, Steamer and Air Routes |date=1943 |publisher=D.B. Taraporevala Sons |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bihar (India) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ti5uAAAAMAAJ&q=%22katira%22+%22arrah%22 |title=Bihar District Gazetteers |last2=Choudhury |first2=Pranab Chandra Roy |date=1966 |publisher=Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Association |first=Indian Science Congress |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O_kPAQAAMAAJ&q=%22katira%22+%22arrah%22 |title=Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress |date=2004 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Srivastava |first=Lakshman Prasad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fHEmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22katira%22+%22arrah%22 |title=Public Personnel System in India |date=1987 |publisher=Anmol Publications |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Auditor-General |first=India Comptroller and |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kTfoALjDTK4C&q=%22katira%22+%22arrah%22 |title=Report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India for the Year ... (Civil), Government of Bihar |date=1983 |publisher=Government of Bihar |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The village is mentioned in an 1873 report by J. H. Thornton, the [[Civil surgeon|Civil Surgeon]] of [[Shahabad district|Shahabad]], in the context of a major [[1863–1875 cholera pandemic|cholera epidemic]] that affected the region.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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During a visit to Piro (spelled as Peeroo) in May 1873, the Civil Surgeon found that while Piro itself was healthy, Katira had been severely impacted by the outbreak. According to the report, there had been 34 cases of cholera and 19 deaths in the village. At the time, the sanitary condition of the village was noted as being "very dirty". As part of the public health response, the Civil Surgeon advised that the village should be cleaned and that sulphur fires should be burned, a common disinfectant measure of the era.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Notable people ==<br />
* [[Mithileshwar]], Hindi Author<br />
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== References ==<br />
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