Lok Sabha Question No. 55 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: Literacy Rate
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ravindra Kushawaha

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 55 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020

## Literacy Rate

## †55. SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

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

- (a) whether the literacy rate has improved in the country during the recent years;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  literacy  rate  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, State/UT-wise;
- (c)  the  separate  percentage  of  persons  who  have  pursued  education  upto  primary,  upper primary, secondary, higher secondary and graduation and post graduation;
- (d) whether any effort have been made/proposed to be made to increase the literacy rate in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b)  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.  Census  2011 recorded  literacy  rate  as  72.98  per  cent  compared  to  64.84  in  2001  and  52.21  per  cent  in 1991. 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 A nnexure-I .
- (c)  As  per  census  2011,  separate  percentage  of  persons  who  have  pursued  education  upto Primary, Secondary, Higher Secondary and Graduation & above is given at Annexure-II .
- (d) & (e) 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,  with  special  focus  on women and other disadvantaged groups.

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.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 55 FOR 03.02.2020 ASKED  BY SHRI  RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA REGARDING 'LITERACY RATE'.

State/UT and gender-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  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 55 FOR 03.02.2020 ASKED  BY SHRI  RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA REGARDING 'LITERACY RATE'.

Percentage of persons who have pursued education upto Primary, Secondary, Higher Secondary and Graduation & above as per Census 2011

|   Total Population (in crore) (7 years &above) | Educational Level                                      |   Population (in crore) |   Percentage (7+ age group) |
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|                                         104.63 | Up to Primary (up to class 7)                          |                   33.11 |                       31.64 |
|                                         104.63 | Middle (class 8 to 9)                                  |                   13.39 |                       12.8  |
|                                         104.63 | Secondary (class 10 to 11)                             |                   10.59 |                       10.12 |
|                                         104.63 | Higher Secondary (class 12 to 2 nd year of Graduation) |                    7.79 |                        7.44 |
|                                         104.63 | Graduation &above                                      |                    6.83 |                        6.53 |

1. The above information is based on RGI Report of census 2011.
2. As per RGI report, the tabulation categories are as under:
3. Upto Primary includes below Primary and Primary as per RGI report of Census 2011.
4. Separate percentage for Graduate & above given in the table at Annexure-II as the Registrar General of India has not provided the separate data for Graduate and Post-Graduate.

| Tabulation Categories   | Tabulation Categories                                 |
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 03                      | Below Primary                                         |
| 04                      | 4 th to 7 th (Primary)                                |
| 05                      | 8 th to 9 th (Middle)                                 |
| 06                      | 10 th to 11 th (Secondary)                            |
| 07                      | 12 th to 2 nd Yeary of BA/BSc/BCom (Higher Secondary) |
| 24 and above            | Graduation and above                                  |

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