Lok Sabha Question No. 366 (STARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Literacy Rate
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

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

## LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO.366 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.01.2019

## Literacy Rate

†*366. SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the age-wise details of illiterates in the country at present in percentage terms;

(b)  the  allocation  of  funds  under  primary  education  to  remove  illiteracy  in  the  country, especially in rural areas during the last three years, State-wise; and

(c) the increase in the rate of literacy in the country in comparison to the past few years?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) to (c) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  366  FOR  07.01.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA REGARDING 'LITERACY RATE'. (a) A statement indicating age-wise details of illiteracy rate in the different age groups in the country, as per Census 2011 is at A nnexure-I. (b) A statement indicating State-wise central share released under the erstwhile Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan for providing elementary education to students in class I to VIII during last three years is at A nnexure-II. (c) 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. Literacy rate has increased from 18.33% in 1951 to 72.98% in 2011 during the last six decades. A statement indicating gender-wise  decadal  increase  in  literacy  rate  in  the  country  during  last  six  decades  is  at

- A nnexure-III.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 366 FOR 07.01.2019 ASKED BY SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA REGARDING 'LITERACY RATE'.

Age-wise  details  of  illiteracy  rate  in  the  different  age  groups  in  the  country,  as  per Census 2011

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| Age Group   | Illiteracy Rate (%)   | Illiteracy Rate (%)   | Illiteracy Rate (%)   |
|-------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|             | Persons               | Males                 | Females               |
| 7-14        | 12.08                 | 11.04                 | 13.22                 |
| 15-24       | 13.86                 | 9.96                  | 18.15                 |
| 25-34       | 24.72                 | 16.24                 | 33.37                 |
| 35-44       | 34.69                 | 23.61                 | 46.26                 |
| 45-54       | 41.21                 | 29.00                 | 54.46                 |
| 55-64       | 49.05                 | 33.36                 | 64.53                 |
| 65-74       | 57.81                 | 42.11                 | 73.19                 |
| 75-84       | 60.40                 | 44.89                 | 74.72                 |
| 85-94       | 58.83                 | 43.86                 | 71.74                 |
| 95 &Above   | 39.37                 | 30.64                 | 48.69                 |

State-wise  central  share  released  under  the  erstwhile  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  during last three years.

(Rs. in Lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States/UTs   | Central Fund Release   | Central Fund Release   | Central Fund Release   |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the States/UTs   | 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        | Puducherry               | 583.14                 | 304.68                 | 622.73                 |
|           | Total                    | 2159014.41             | 2165744.85             | 2349425.43             |

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 366 FOR 07.01.2019 ASKED BY SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA REGARDING 'LITERACY RATE'.

Gender-wise decadal increase in literacy rate in the country during last six decades

|   Census Year |   Persons |   Male |   Female | Decadal Increase in percent point   |
|---------------|-----------|--------|----------|-------------------------------------|
|          1951 |     18.33 |  27.16 |     8.86 | -                                   |
|          1961 |     28.3  |  40.4  |    15.35 | 9.97 (between 1951-61)              |
|          1971 |     34.45 |  45.96 |    21.97 | 6.15 (between 1961-71)              |
|          1981 |     43.57 |  56.38 |    29.76 | 9.12 (between 1971-81)              |
|          1991 |     52.21 |  64.13 |    39.29 | 8.64 (between 1981-91)              |
|          2001 |     64.84 |  75.26 |    53.67 | 12.63 (between 1991-2001)           |
|          2011 |     72.98 |  80.88 |    64.63 | 8.14 (between 2001-11)              |

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