Lok Sabha Question No. 3175 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Literacy Rate
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3175 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2018

## Literacy Rate

## 3175. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that there is a significant gap in literacy rate among several States in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, Statewise, category-wise and district-wise in Bihar including the State's average literacy rate vis-à-vis national average;
- (c)  whether  steps  are  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  literacy  rate  including  the digital literacy especially in remote rural regions of the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the measures taken by the Government to improve the enrolment of students in primary schools in areas which lacks infrastructure and where literacy rate is below par; and
- (e)  the  amount  of  expenditure  incurred  by  the  Government  towards  for  education  and development during each of the last three years, year-wise and State/ UT-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a) & (b) A statement indicating State/UT and gender-wise literacy rate in the country in the age group of 7 and above, as per Census 2011 is at Annexure-I. A statement indicating the category-wise, State/UT and gender-wise literacy rate in the country in the age group of 7 and above,  as  per  Census  2011  is  at Annexure-II .  A  statement  indicating  district-wise  and gender-wise literacy rate in Bihar is at Annexure-III .
- (c)  In order to improve the literacy rate in the country, the scheme of Saakshar Bharat was implemented in the rural areas of 410 districts in 26 States and one UT that had adult female literacy rate of 50 per cent and below as per Census 2001, and including left wing extremism affected districts, irrespective of their literacy rates, with special focus on women and other disadvantaged groups, since October 2009. The scheme was extended upto 31.03.2018. The scheme  of  Saakshar  Bharat  is  proposed  to  be  replaced  with  a  new  Scheme  of  Adult Education, the parameters of this are being finalized.

In  addition,  the  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  has  launched  the Samagra  Shiksha  -  an  Integrated  Scheme  for  School  Education  as  a  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme with effect  from  the  year  2018-19.  This  programme  subsumes  the  three  erstwhile Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  Rashtriya  Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education.

Under  the  Information  &  Communication  Technology  (ICT)  component  of  the Scheme, there is a provision to impart computer literacy and computer enabled learning to children,  by  developing  and  deploying  curriculum  based  interactive  multimedia,  digital books, virtual  labs  etc.  across  the  country.  It  supports  establishment  of  ICT  based  Science Labs, Math Labs and Language Labs, including support for hardware, educational software and e-content for teaching. It envisages covering all Government schools with classes VI to XII.

Under the erstwhile  scheme  of  SSA,  there  was  a  provision  of  Innovation  Fund  for Computer Aided Learning (CAL) to provide support in upper primary schools for hardware, software,  training,  maintenance  &  resource  support.  About  92,886  upper  primary  schools were approved to be covered under this component.

Under the erstwhile scheme of RMSA, support was given for establishing ICT labs in secondary and senior secondary schools. About 88,994 secondary & senior secondary schools were approved under the ICT component of erstwhile RMSA.

An initiative under Operation Digital Board has been taken by Government of India to provide  interactive  digital  boards  to  nearly  15  lakh  classrooms  across  the  country  for  9th Standard to post graduate level, where they can receive lectures from best teachers/professors and access quality e-content, in order to enhance overall learning process and experience of the students.

(d) & (e) In order to improve the enrolment of students in primary schools, Samagra Shiksha provides  for  infrastructure  development  in  schools,  distribution  of  free  text  book  and uniforms,  support  for  additional  teacher  posts,  teacher  training,  teacher  grant,  composite school  grant,  reimbursement  towards  admission  under  Section  12(1)(c)  of  the  RTE  Act, toilets,  drinking  water  facilities  etc.  for  universalization  of  Quality  education.  A  statement indicating State/ UT-wise central share released during the last three years under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is at Annexure-IV .

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3175  FOR  06.08.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJIV PRATAP RUDY REGARDING 'LITERACY RATE'.

Gender-wise and State/UT-wise literacy rate in the country in the age group of 7 and above, as per census 2011

| S. No.   | Name of States / UTs   | Literacy Rate   | Literacy Rate   | Literacy Rate   |
|----------|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| S. No.   | Name of States / UTs   | Persons         | Male            | Female          |
| S. No.   | India                  | 72.98           | 80.88           | 64.63           |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh         | 67.02           | 74.88           | 59.15           |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh      | 65.38           | 72.55           | 57.70           |
| 3.       | Assam                  | 72.19           | 77.85           | 66.27           |
| 4.       | Bihar                  | 61.80           | 71.20           | 51.50           |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh           | 70.28           | 80.27           | 60.24           |
| 6.       | Goa                    | 88.70           | 92.65           | 84.66           |
| 7.       | Gujarat                | 78.03           | 85.75           | 69.68           |
| 8.       | Haryana                | 75.55           | 84.06           | 65.94           |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh       | 82.80           | 89.53           | 75.93           |
| 10.      | Jammu &Kashmir         | 67.16           | 76.75           | 56.43           |
| 11.      | Jharkhand              | 66.41           | 76.84           | 55.42           |
| 12.      | Karnataka              | 75.36           | 82.47           | 68.08           |
| 13.      | Kerala                 | 94.00           | 96.11           | 92.07           |
| 14.      | Madhya Pradesh         | 69.32           | 78.73           | 59.24           |
| 15.      | Maharashtra            | 82.34           | 88.38           | 75.87           |
| 16.      | Manipur                | 76.94           | 83.58           | 70.26           |
| 17.      | Meghalaya              | 74.43           | 75.95           | 72.89           |
| 18.      | Mizoram                | 91.33           | 93.35           | 89.27           |
| 19.      | Nagaland               | 79.55           | 82.75           | 76.11           |
| 20.      | Odisha                 | 72.87           | 81.59           | 64.01           |
| 21.      | Punjab                 | 75.84           | 80.44           | 70.73           |
| 22.      | Rajasthan              | 66.11           | 79.19           | 52.12           |
| 23.      | Sikkim                 | 81.42           | 86.55           | 75.61           |
| 24.      | Tamil Nadu             | 80.09           | 86.77           | 73.44           |
| 25.      | Tripura                | 87.22           | 91.53           | 82.73           |
| 26.      | Uttar Pradesh          | 67.68           | 77.28           | 57.18           |
| 27.      | Uttarakhand            | 78.82           | 87.40           | 70.01           |
| 28.      | West Bengal            | 76.26           | 81.69           | 70.54           |
| 29.      | A &NIslands            | 86.63           | 90.27           | 82.43           |
| 30.      | Chandigarh             | 86.05           | 89.99           | 81.19           |
| 31.      | D &NHaveli             | 76.24           | 85.17           | 64.32           |
| 32.      | Daman &Diu             | 87.10           | 91.54           | 79.55           |
| 33.      | Lakshadweep            | 91.85           | 95.56           | 87.95           |
| 34.      | NCT of Delhi           | 86.21           | 90.94           | 80.76           |
| 35.      | Puducherry             | 85.85           | 91.26           | 80.67           |

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3175  FOR  06.08.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJIV PRATAP RUDY REGARDING 'LITERACY RATE'.

Category-wise, State/UT and gender-wise literacy rate in the country in the age group of 7 and above, as per Census 2011

| Sl. No   | State/UTs                | Scheduled Caste   | Scheduled Caste   | Scheduled Caste   | Scheduled Tribe   | Scheduled Tribe   | Scheduled Tribe   |
|----------|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Sl. No   | State/UTs                | Person            | Male              | Female            | Person            | Male              | Female            |
| 00       | India                    | 66.07             | 75.17             | 56.46             | 58.95             | 68.51             | 49.36             |
| 01       | Andhra Pradesh           | 62.28             | 70.23             | 54.44             | 49.21             | 58.35             | 40.09             |
| 02       | Arunachal Pradesh        | -                 | -                 | -                 | 64.58             | 71.48             | 57.96             |
| 03       | Assam                    | 76.99             | 83.17             | 70.45             | 72.06             | 78.96             | 65.10             |
| 04       | Bihar                    | 48.65             | 57.97             | 38.46             | 51.08             | 61.31             | 40.38             |
| 05       | Chhattisgarh             | 70.76             | 81.66             | 59.86             | 59.09             | 69.67             | 48.76             |
| 06       | Goa                      | 83.73             | 89.90             | 77.69             | 79.14             | 87.16             | 71.53             |
| 07       | Gujarat                  | 79.18             | 87.87             | 69.87             | 62.48             | 71.68             | 53.16             |
| 08       | Haryana                  | 66.85             | 75.93             | 56.65             | -                 | -                 | -                 |
| 09       | Himachal Pradesh         | 78.92             | 86.23             | 71.46             | 73.64             | 83.17             | 64.20             |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir           | 70.16             | 78.79             | 60.67             | 50.56             | 60.58             | 39.73             |
| 11       | Jharkhand                | 55.89             | 66.94             | 44.20             | 57.13             | 68.17             | 46.20             |
| 12       | Karnataka                | 65.33             | 74.03             | 56.58             | 62.08             | 71.14             | 52.98             |
| 13       | Kerala                   | 88.73             | 92.64             | 85.07             | 75.81             | 80.76             | 71.08             |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh           | 66.16             | 76.72             | 54.70             | 50.55             | 59.55             | 41.47             |
| 15       | Maharashtra              | 79.66             | 87.18             | 71.89             | 65.73             | 74.27             | 57.02             |
| 16       | Manipur                  | 76.09             | 83.41             | 68.79             | 72.58             | 77.33             | 67.81             |
| 17       | Meghalaya                | 68.57             | 74.89             | 61.43             | 74.53             | 75.54             | 73.55             |
| 18       | Mizoram                  | 92.43             | 93.08             | 91.04             | 91.51             | 93.59             | 89.47             |
| 19       | Nagaland                 | -                 | -                 | -                 | 80.04             | 83.11             | 76.91             |
| 20       | Odisha                   | 69.02             | 79.21             | 58.76             | 52.24             | 63.70             | 41.20             |
| 21       | Punjab                   | 64.81             | 70.66             | 58.39             | -                 | -                 | -                 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                | 59.75             | 73.77             | 44.63             | 52.80             | 67.62             | 37.27             |
| 23       | Sikkim                   | 77.54             | 82.80             | 72.04             | 79.74             | 85.01             | 74.27             |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu               | 73.26             | 80.94             | 65.64             | 54.34             | 61.81             | 46.80             |
| 25       | Tripura                  | 89.45             | 92.78             | 85.98             | 79.05             | 86.43             | 71.59             |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh            | 60.89             | 71.77             | 48.87             | 55.68             | 67.08             | 43.72             |
| 27       | Uttarakhand              | 74.41             | 84.34             | 64.05             | 73.88             | 83.56             | 63.89             |
| 26       | West Bengal              | 69.43             | 77.22             | 61.23             | 57.93             | 68.17             | 47.71             |
| 27       | Chandigarh               | 76.45             | 83.57             | 68.27             | -                 | -                 | -                 |
| 28       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | -                 | -                 | -                 | 75.58             | 80.87             | 69.92             |
| 29       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 89.42             | 93.11             | 85.03             | 61.85             | 73.62             | 50.27             |
| 30       | Daman &Diu               | 92.56             | 96.79             | 88.09             | 78.79             | 86.23             | 71.23             |
| 31       | Lakshadweep              | -                 | -                 | -                 | 91.70             | 95.69             | 87.76             |
| 32       | NCT OF Delhi             | 78.89             | 86.77             | 70.01             | -                 | -                 | -                 |
| 33       | Puducherry               | 77.90             | 85.22             | 71.05             | -                 | -                 | -                 |

## Annexure-III

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3175  FOR  06.08.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJIV PRATAP RUDY REGARDING 'LITERACY RATE'.

Category-wise, State/UT and gender-wise literacy rate in the country in the age group of 7 and above, as per Census 2011

| Sl No.   |                    | Literacy Rate   | Literacy Rate   | Literacy Rate   |
|----------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|          | District           | Persons         | Male            | Female          |
| 1        | Bihar              | 61.8            | 71.2            | 51.5            |
| 2        | Pashchim Champaran | 55.7            | 65.59           | 44.69           |
| 3        | Purba Champaran    | 55.79           | 65.34           | 45.12           |
| 4        | Sheohar            | 53.78           | 61.31           | 45.26           |
| 5        | Sitamarhi          | 52.05           | 60.64           | 42.41           |
| 6        | Madhubani          | 58.62           | 70.14           | 46.16           |
| 7        | Supaul             | 57.67           | 69.62           | 44.77           |
| 8        | Araria             | 53.53           | 62.3            | 43.93           |
| 9        | Kishanganj         | 55.46           | 63.66           | 46.76           |
| 10       | Purnia             | 51.08           | 59.06           | 42.34           |
| 11       | Katihar            | 52.24           | 59.36           | 44.39           |
| 12       | Madhepura          | 52.25           | 61.77           | 41.74           |
| 13       | Saharsa            | 53.2            | 63.56           | 41.68           |
| 14       | Darbhanga          | 56.56           | 66.83           | 45.24           |
| 15       | Muzaffarpur        | 63.43           | 71.28           | 54.67           |
| 16       | Gopalganj          | 65.47           | 76.51           | 54.81           |
| 17       | Siwan              | 69.45           | 80.23           | 58.66           |
| 18       | Saran              | 65.96           | 77.03           | 54.42           |
| 19       | Vaishali           | 66.6            | 75.41           | 56.73           |
| 20       | Samastipur         | 61.86           | 71.25           | 51.51           |
| 21       | Begusarai          | 63.87           | 71.58           | 55.21           |
| 22       | Khagaria           | 57.92           | 65.25           | 49.56           |
| 23       | Bhagalpur          | 63.14           | 70.3            | 54.89           |
| 24       | Banka              | 58.17           | 67.62           | 47.66           |
| 25       | Munger             | 70.46           | 77.74           | 62.08           |
| 26       | Lakhisarai         | 62.42           | 71.26           | 52.57           |
| 27       | Sheikhpura         | 63.86           | 73.56           | 53.4            |
| 28       | Nalanda            | 64.43           | 74.86           | 53.1            |
| 29       | Patna              | 70.68           | 78.48           | 61.96           |
| 30       | Bhojpur            | 70.47           | 81.74           | 58.03           |
| 31       | Buxar              | 70.14           | 80.72           | 58.63           |
| 32       | Kaimur (Bhabua)    | 69.34           | 79.37           | 58.4            |
| 33       | Rohtas             | 73.37           | 82.88           | 62.97           |
| 34       | Aurangabad         | 70.32           | 80.11           | 59.71           |
| 35       | Gaya               | 63.67           | 73.31           | 53.34           |
| 36       | Nawada             | 59.76           | 69.98           | 48.86           |
| 37       | Jamui              | 59.79           | 71.24           | 47.28           |
| 38 39    | Jehanabad Arwal    | 66.8 67.43      | 77.66 79.06     | 55.01 54.85     |

## Annexure-IV

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) & (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3175  FOR  06.08.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJIV PRATAP RUDY REGARDING 'LITERACY RATE'.

State-wise Central fund released during last three years under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

(Rs. in Lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | Central Fund Release   | Central Fund Release   | Central Fund Release   |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | 2015-16                | 2016-17                | 2017-18                |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 66810.81               | 63302.18               | 70431.00               |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 18179.44               | 19956.64               | 23022.07               |
| 3         | Assam               | 100464.64              | 87652.30               | 123584.00              |
| 4         | Bihar               | 251557.33              | 270688.44              | 255797.00              |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        | 62219.70               | 59262.77               | 67477.00               |
| 6         | Goa                 | 813.58                 | 869.11                 | 862.60                 |
| 7         | Gujarat             | 61563.82               | 77740.50               | 65046.00               |
| 8         | Haryana             | 34501.21               | 32000.88               | 36355.00               |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh    | 12139.13               | 12825.46               | 30874.00               |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir      | 129980.55              | 107250.05              | 153797.98              |
| 11        | Jharkhand           | 55863.31               | 50945.73               | 58984.54               |
| 12        | Karnataka           | 41759.33               | 54495.50               | 54881.99               |
| 13        | Kerala              | 12858.86               | 11316.74               | 13680.00               |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh      | 160197.85              | 154455.09              | 173814.00              |
| 15        | Maharashtra         | 41225.28               | 60369.65               | 64232.00               |
| 16        | Manipur             | 18355.46               | 4405.31                | 18377.00               |
| 17        | Meghalaya           | 16626.96               | 20067.00               | 33579.50               |
| 18        | Mizoram             | 9437.51                | 10934.31               | 12000.33               |
| 19        | Nagaland            | 8739.53                | 10725.34               | 11717.00               |
| 20        | Odisha              | 82081.65               | 70423.00               | 86612.00               |
| 21        | Punjab              | 30003.82               | 30002.69               | 31665.00               |
| 22        | Rajasthan           | 193462.09              | 182578.48              | 198973.00              |
| 23        | Sikkim              | 4054.36                | 3479.24                | 5684.35                |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu          | 82111.73               | 82111.30               | 86644.00               |
| 25        | Telangana           | 21776.01               | 41776.09               | 44244.72               |
| 26        | Tripura             | 16956.97               | 19190.95               | 20220.38               |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh       | 505434.30              | 505433.99              | 424980.68              |
| 28        | Uttarakhand         | 22588.40               | 25268.98               | 62499.00               |
| 29        | West Bengal         | 84679.41               | 82185.32               | 89657.00               |
| 30        | A &NIslands         | 359.46                 | 479.14                 | 1945.53                |
| 31        | Chandigarh          | 3521.81                | 3333.55                | 9265.50                |
| 32        | Dadra &N. Haveli    | 594.91                 | 1068.38                | 5476.54                |
| 33        | Daman &Diu          | 78.38                  | 300.00                 | 1038.57                |
| 34        | Delhi               | 7293.80                | 8306.19                | 10976.90               |
| 35        | Lakshadweep         | 139.87                 | 239.87                 | 406.52                 |
| 36        | Pondicherry         | 583.14                 | 304.68                 | 759.28                 |
|           | Total               | 2159014.41             | 2165744.85             | 2349561.98             |