Employee Benefit Plans (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employee benefit plans employer contributions	$ 1,063	$ 949	$ 820
Maximum percentage of salary deferment	75.00%
Maximum percentage of annual bonus deferment	100.00%
Deferred compensation liability	$ 6,357	5,750
Net cash surrender value of life insurance policies for deferred compensation	7,155	6,004
Deferral Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employee benefit plans employer contributions	$ 120	$ 86	$ 62

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Maximum percentage of salary deferment .

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of amounts which could be received based on the terms of the insurance contract upon surrendering life policies owned by the entity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.17)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (d)
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Aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the liabilities for all deferred compensation arrangements payable beyond one year (or the operating cycle, if longer).

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The increase in the fair value of plan assets from contributions made by the employer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)(3)
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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