female literacy rate

India witnesses a significant shift as girls now lead in education, outperforming boys in school enrolment and higher education pass-outs. While the overall literacy gap persists, younger generations show near parity. Women dominate fields like MPhil and arts, though men still lead in STEM, indicating ongoing gendered career paths.

PATNA: Bihar continues to be a state having the lowest literacy rate in comparison to the national average, while female literacy rate also happens to be awfully low.

In one decade, Karnataka has seen its population rise by 82.44 lakh people, up from 5.28 crore to 6.1 crore.

PATNA: The low female literacy rate in Kishanganj and adjoining Muslim-dominated areas is worrying the state education department. The female literacy rate of Kishanganj district, according to the 2001 census, is about 20 per cent, close to that of their Afghanistan counterparts, which stands at about 18 per cent.

Despite tall claims of women empowerment not a single district of Punjab has higher female literacy rate than males.In all districts of Punjab females are less educated than males.

NEW DELHI: Literacy rates point to demographic shifts in the years to come. The 2001 Census shows Jains, with a literacy rate of 94.1%, are the most educated.

More women turned literate in Karnataka than men in the past decade. While the number of male literates went up by 51,47,257 between Census 2001 and 2011, female literates went up by 54,47,104, drastically narrowing the gender gap in literacy.

Data shows that India's overall literacy rate is up - with regions in the South and East doing the best - but there are gaps in who's getting access to quality education.

The PLFS 2023-24 reveals India's overall literacy rate at 80.9% for those aged seven and above, with Mizoram leading at 98.2%. Significant disparities persist across states, gender, and urban-rural divides. Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan have the lowest literacy rates, while Rajasthan exhibits the widest gender gap, highlighting the need for focused interventions in education.

Gumla, which has 12 blocks, is among the aspirational districts in the country and one of the most underdeveloped areas, but one of its blocks - Chainpur - has a female literacy rate of 84.09% which is far more than the national rate (65.46%) as per the 2011 census. Out of 12 blocks, Chainpur is among the only two which do not have proper electrification, according to the government website for Gumla.

Taking a serious view of its slipping to 28th position in the country in literacy in 2011 census, the state is now gearing for a war against illiteracy and aiming to impart functional literacy to all unlettered persons of over 15 years of age.

Malini Awasthi as the brand ambassador for Sakshar Bharat Mission.

After gaining 12 healthy points since the 2001 Census, the literacy rate of Uttar Pradesh moved closer to the national average of 74.04%.

After the panchayat elections in April-May this year, the elected mukhiyas and sarpanchs would have the added responsibility of supervising the implementation of literacy drive to make adult women literate under the National Literacy Mission (NLM).

Andhra Pradesh’s literacy rate of 66.4% is the worst among all states in India and significantly lower than Bihar's 70.9%. Similarly, Telangana’s 72.8% is well below the national average of 77.7% while Assam is well above it at 85.9% and Karnataka’s 77.2% pales in comparison to Uttarakhand’s 87.6%, which is bettered only by Kerala and Delhi among the major states and UTs.

The provisional data of Census 2011 for the state shows the districts of Churu and Barmer with negative growth in literacy. While Churu's literacy rate has fallen from 67.59% to 67.46%, Barmer reported a much higher drop from 58.99% to 57.49%.

PATNA: The low literacy rate among females in Kishanganj and adjoining Muslim-dominated areas is worrying the state education department.

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Despite significant social development and progress in female literacy and education, opinion is divided among experts on the changes that the 50% reservation for women in local bodies might usher in in Kerala.