Lok Sabha Question No. 3457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Annasaheb Shankar Jolle

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3457 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.07.2019

## Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas

## 3457. SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

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

- (a) the number  of  Kasturba  Gandhi Vidyalayas in the country as on date, State-wise;
- (b) whether there  is  uniformity  in allotting/sanctioning of said Vidyalayas and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the  Government proposes to  sanction  at least  one  Kasturba  Gandhi  Vidyalaya    for every  zilla  panchayat  of Chikkodi district of Karnataka State and if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a): State/UT-wise details of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) in the country is at Annexure.
- (b): At the time of inception, KGBVs were set up in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) of a State/UT where the female rural literacy rate was below the national average (i.e. below 46.13% as per Census 2001) and gender gap in  literacy was more than the  national average of 21.67%. The scope  of  the  scheme  was enlarged  to  cover  the  EBBs  that  had rural female  literacy  below 30%  and  towns/cities having  minority  concentration  with  female  literacy rate below the national average of 53.67% as per Census 2001. Now, the scope has been extended to cover  all  the  EBBs with  rural  female  literacy  below the  national  average  46.13%  as  per Census 2001.
- (c) :      A total of 145 KGBVs have been sanctioned in Karnataka State out of which 141 KGBVs are  operational.  KGBVs  have been sanctioned  in  all  EBBs  in  Karnataka.  Out  of  141 operational KGBVs,  4  KGBVs  are  located  in  Chikkodi  district  of  Karnataka  State,  details  of  which  are  as under:-

| Block/ Municipal Area, where KGBV Sanctioned &Operational   | Place of KGBV   | Type of KGBV   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
| Gokok                                                       | Waderhatti      | I *            |
| Raibag                                                      | Byakud          | I              |
| Gokok                                                       | Waderahatti     | IV **          |
| Raibag                                                      | Mekhali         | IV             |

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3457 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.07.2019 ASKED BY SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE REGARDING 'KASTURBA GANDHI BALIKA VIDYALAYAS'.

State/UT wise List of KGBVs

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT    |   No. of KGBVs Sanctioned |   No. of KGBVs Functional |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      |                       587 |                       499 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                        81 |                        59 |
| 3        | Assam               |                       148 |                        90 |
| 4        | Bihar               |                       912 |                       582 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        |                       168 |                       167 |
| 6        | Dadar &Nagar Haveli |                        02 |                        02 |
| 7        | Gujarat             |                       174 |                       162 |
| 8        | Haryana             |                        72 |                        42 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh    |                        15 |                        13 |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir      |                       196 |                        97 |
| 11       | Jharkhand           |                       205 |                       203 |
| 12       | Karnataka           |                       145 |                       141 |
| 13       | Kerala              |                        01 |                         0 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh      |                       408 |                       408 |
| 15       | Maharashtra         |                        86 |                        77 |
| 16       | Manipur             |                        16 |                        16 |
| 17       | Meghalaya           |                        19 |                        10 |
| 18       | Mizoram             |                        02 |                        02 |
| 19       | Nagaland            |                        22 |                        11 |
| 20       | Odisha              |                       355 |                       204 |
| 21       | Punjab              |                        43 |                        43 |
| 22       | Rajasthan           |                       318 |                       317 |
| 23       | Sikkim              |                        01 |                        01 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu          |                       105 |                       105 |
| 25       | Telangana           |                       726 |                       629 |
| 26       | Tripura             |                        18 |                        17 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh       |                       937 |                       775 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand         |                        49 |                        48 |
| 29       | West Bengal         |                       159 |                       121 |
|          | Grand Total         |                      5970 |                      4841 |

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