Lok Sabha Question No. 1221 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-25
Subject: Women Literacy in Jharkhand
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Annpurna Devi, Pashupati Nath Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1221

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2019

## Women Literacy in Jharkhand

## †1221    SHRIMATI ANNPURNA  DEVI:

## SHRI PASHUPATI NATH SINGH:

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

- (a) the current level of women literacy rate in Jharkhand and level thereof at national level;
- (b) the reasons for low women literacy rate in Jharkhand;
- (c) the measures taken by the Government to enhance the women literacy rate in Jharkhand; and
- (d) the details of the success achieved through the measures taken by the Government?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAMESH  POKHARIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) The  literacy data in the country is collected  through  decennial census  operation conducted  by  Registrar  General  of  India.  The  last  Census  was  held  in  2011.  A  statement indicating State/UT-wise female literacy rate in the country including Jharkhand, as per Census 2011 is annexed. The female literacy rate in Jharkhand is 55.42 per cent compared to the national average female literacy rate of 64.63 per cent.
- (b) Various factors viz poverty, gender and social inequities etc are impeding female literacy in Jharkhand State.
- (c)  &  (d)  In  order  to  improve  the  level  of  literacy,  the  scheme  of  Saakshar  Bharat  was implemented  in  a  phased  manner  since  October  2009  in  the  rural  areas  of  20  districts  in Jharkhand state that have adult female literacy rate of 50 per cent and below as per Census 2001, including left wing extremism affected districts, irrespective of their literacy rates, with special focus on women and other disadvantaged groups, since October 2009.

Under  the  Saakshar  Bharat  Programme,  against  the  overall  target  of  7  Crore  adult literates,  around  7.64  Crore  learners  (including  5.37  crore  women)  successfully  passed  the biannual  Basic  Literacy  Assessment  Tests  conducted  by  National  Institute  of  Open  Schooling (NIOS) between August, 2010 to March, 2018.

In  the  State  of  Jharkhand,  under  the  Saakshar  Bharat  Programme,  41.45  lakh  adults (including 25.94 lakh women) were certified as literates, as per NIOS assessment test.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1221 FOR 25.11.2019 ASKED BY SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI AND SHRI PASHUPATI NATH REGARDING 'WOMEN LITERACY IN JHARKHAND'.

Rank-wise Female Literacy rate in the country, as per the Census 2011

|   S. No. | Name of States / UTs   |   Female Literacy Rate |
|----------|------------------------|------------------------|
|        1 | Kerala                 |                  92.07 |
|        2 | Mizoram                |                  89.27 |
|        3 | Lakshadweep            |                  87.95 |
|        4 | Goa                    |                  84.66 |
|        5 | Tripura                |                  82.73 |
|        6 | A &NIslands            |                  82.43 |
|        7 | Chandigarh             |                  81.19 |
|        8 | NCT of Delhi           |                  80.76 |
|        9 | Puducherry             |                  80.67 |
|       10 | Daman &Diu             |                  79.55 |
|       11 | Nagaland               |                  76.11 |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh       |                  75.93 |
|       13 | Maharashtra            |                  75.87 |
|       14 | Sikkim                 |                  75.61 |
|       15 | Tamil Nadu             |                  73.44 |
|       16 | Meghalaya              |                  72.89 |
|       17 | Punjab                 |                  70.73 |
|       18 | West Bengal            |                  70.54 |
|       19 | Manipur                |                  70.26 |
|       20 | Uttarakhand            |                  70.01 |
|       21 | Gujarat                |                  69.68 |
|       22 | Karnataka              |                  68.08 |
|       23 | Assam                  |                  66.27 |
|       24 | Haryana                |                  65.94 |
|       25 | D &NHaveli             |                  64.32 |
|       26 | Odisha                 |                  64.01 |
|       27 | Chhattisgarh           |                  60.24 |
|       28 | Madhya Pradesh         |                  59.24 |
|       29 | Andhra Pradesh         |                  59.15 |
|       30 | Arunachal Pradesh      |                  57.7  |
|       31 | Uttar Pradesh          |                  57.18 |
|       32 | Jammu &Kashmir         |                  56.43 |
|       33 | Jharkhand              |                  55.42 |
|       34 | Rajasthan              |                  52.12 |
|       35 | Bihar                  |                  51.5  |