<p>Provided is a planar heating body characterized by comprising: a knitted structure (1); a plurality of first heating threads (3a) which are laterally woven with a space therebetween in the longitudinal direction in the knitted structure (1); and a plurality of conducting threads (4) which are longitudinally woven in edge sections (6, 6) at both sides of the knitted structure (1) in the lateral direction.</p>