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Literacy rate in urban areas was 87.7%, higher than rural areas with 73.5%. There is a wide gender disparity in the literacy rate in India [5] and effective literacy rates (age 7 and above) was 84.7% for men and 70.3% for women. [6]
The rates for the 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011 Censuses relate to the population aged seven years and above. The literacy rate for 1951 in case of West Bengal relates to Total Population including 0-4 age group. Literacy rate for 1951 in respect of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Manipur are based on sample population.
The global literacy rate for all males is 90.0%, and the rate for all females is 82.7%. The rate varies throughout the world, with developed nations having a rate of 99.2% (2013), South and West Asia having 70.2% (2015), and sub-Saharan Africa at 64.0% (2015). [ 1 ] Over 75% of the world's 781 million illiterate adults are found in South Asia ...
Although literacy rates are increasing, the female literacy rate lags behind the male literacy rate. Literacy rate census of India 2001 and 2011 comparison. Literacy for females stands at 65.46%, compared to 82.14% for males. [27] An underlying factor for such low literacy rates are parents' perceptions that education for girls are a waste of ...
Literacy rate map of India, 2011. [83] Literacy rate by state/union territory ... (total number of children born per women) by religion in 2005–2006 was: Hindus, 2.7
Literacy in Bihar. Bihar has a total literacy rate of 61.7%. The overall male and female literacy rates are 70.32% and 53.57% respectively. The total rural literacy rate is 43.9%. In rural areas of Bihar, male and female literacy rate is 57.1 and 29.6 respectively. The total Urban literacy rate is 71.9.
However, the fact that the female literacy rate was at 8.9% post-Independence could not be ignored. Thus, in 1958, a national committee on women's education was appointed by the government, and most of its recommendations were accepted. The crux of its recommendations were to bring female education on the same footing as offered for boys. [113]
The state's GDP is ranked 11th out of all Indian states. The extremely high female literacy rate, especially when compared to the national rate of female literacy at 65.46%, [21] is attributed to a historical, societal value of women compared to other Indian states. [22]