Lok Sabha Question No. 55 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Literacy Data
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: G. HARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 55 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015

## Literacy Data

## 55. SHRI G. HARI:

Will  the  Minister  of    HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether it is a fact that a large number of people as per 2011 census has not attended  any  school  or  educational  institution  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof, State/UT-wise; and (b) whether it is also  true that according to the  new data, enrolment in higher education is low as compared to enrolment in school for school age children and

- if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## ( SMT. SMRITI  ZUBIN  IRANI )

- (a)  :    A  statement  showing  State-wise  number  of  people  who  never  attended educational institutions as per Census 2011 is attached.
- (b)  :    According  to  All  India  Survey  on  Higher  Education  for  2013-14, enrolment  in  higher  education  was  3.18  crore  whereas  as  per  Unified  District Information  of  School  Education  (U-DISE)  -  2014-15,  enrolment  at  Higher Secondary Level was 2.35 crore.

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ANNEXURE Annexure  referred to in reply of Part (a) of Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No.55 for 30.11.2015  by Shri G. Hari, MP regarding Literacy Data

| Sl. No.   | STATE/UT                 | Population not attending educational institutions ages)   |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|           |                          | Never Attended (All                                       |
|           |                          | Persons                                                   |
|           | 1                        | 2                                                         |
| 1         | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS | 75767                                                     |
| 2         | ANDHRA PRADESH           | 31625298                                                  |
| 3         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        | 549175                                                    |
| 4         | ASSAM                    | 11223671                                                  |
| 5         | BIHAR                    | 48879147                                                  |
| 6         | CHANDIGARH               | 215863                                                    |
| 7         | CHHATTISGARH             | 9289475                                                   |
| 8         | DADRA &NAGAR HAVELI      | 112578                                                    |
| 9         | DAMAN &DIU               | 50164                                                     |
| 10        | GOA                      | 253951                                                    |
| 11        | GUJARAT                  | 17762217                                                  |
| 12        | HARYANA                  | 8018518                                                   |
| 13        | HIMACHAL PRADESH         | 1661836                                                   |
| 14        | JAMMU & KASHMIR          | 5072659                                                   |
| 15        | JHARKHAND                | 13736185                                                  |
| 16        | KARNATAKA                | 19091744                                                  |
| 17        | KERALA                   | 4381951                                                   |
| 18        | LAKSHADWEEP              | 9793                                                      |
| 19        | MADHYAPRADESH            | 27482834                                                  |
| 20        | MAHARASHTRA              | 27296395                                                  |
| 21        | MANIPUR                  | 811072                                                    |
| 22        | MEGHALAYA                | 1039125                                                   |
| 23        | MIZORAM                  | 213054                                                    |
| 24        | NAGALAND                 | 530592                                                    |
| 25        | NCT OF DELHI             | 3653982                                                   |
| 26        | ODISHA                   | 14033106                                                  |
| 27        | PUDUCHERRY               | 236077                                                    |
| 28        | PUNJAB                   | 8196312                                                   |
| 29        | RAJASTHAN                | 28711150                                                  |
| 30        | SIKKIM                   | 138142                                                    |
| 31        | TAMIL NADU               | 18051590                                                  |
| 32        | TRIPURA                  | 783176                                                    |
| 33        | UTTAR PRADESH            | 81071126                                                  |
| 34        | UTTARAKHAND              | 2930780                                                   |
| 35        | WEST BENGAL              | 27921854                                                  |
|           | INDIA                    | 415110359                                                 |

Source: Census 2011, RGI