Lok Sabha Question No. 3841 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Literacy among SCs/STs
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

**LOK SABHA**

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3841

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.8.2015

**Literacy among SCs/STs**

3841. SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

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

(a) whether the Government has any details of the literacy of SCs and STs at primary, secondary and college level;

(b) if so, the details thereof, SC, ST and State/UT-wise; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

**ANSWER**

**MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)**

(a) & (b) Census, 2011 reported the literacy rates among SCs and STs, in the age group of 7 and above, as 66.07% and 58.95% respectively. A statement indicating the State/UT-wise literacy rates among SCs/STs in the country, is annexed.

(c) Does not arise.

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**Annexure**

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3841 FOR 12.08.2015 ASKED BY SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA REGARDING “LITERACY AMONG SCs/STs”.

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## State/UT-wise literacy rate, in the age group of 7 and above,  among SCs/STs in the country, as per the Census 2011

## NA: There is no SCs and STs population in these States/UTs.

| **S. No.**   | **Name of State / UT**   | **Literacy Rate**   |                     |
|--------------|--------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|              |                          | **Scheduled Caste** | **Scheduled Tribe** |
|              | **India**                | **66.07**           | **58.95**           |
|              | Andhra Pradesh           | 62.28               | 49.21               |
|              | Arunachal Pradesh        | NA                  | 64.58               |
|              | Assam                    | 76.99               | 72.06               |
|              | Bihar                    | 48.65               | 51.08               |
|              | Chhattisgarh             | 70.76               | 59.09               |
|              | Goa                      | 83.73               | 79.14               |
|              | Gujarat                  | 79.18               | 62.48               |
|              | Haryana                  | 66.85               | NA                  |
|              | Himachal Pradesh         | 78.92               | 73.64               |
|              | Jammu & Kashmir          | 70.16               | 50.56               |
|              | Jharkhand                | 55.89               | 57.13               |
|              | Karnataka                | 65.33               | 62.08               |
|              | Kerala                   | 88.73               | 75.81               |
|              | Madhya Pradesh           | 66.16               | 50.55               |
|              | Maharashtra              | 79.66               | 65.73               |
|              | Manipur                  | 76.09               | 72.58               |
|              | Meghalaya                | 68.57               | 74.53               |
|              | Mizoram                  | 92.43               | 91.51               |
|              | Nagaland                 | NA                  | 80.04               |
|              | Odisha                   | 69.02               | 52.24               |
|              | Punjab                   | 64.81               | NA                  |
|              | Rajasthan                | 59.75               | 52.80               |
|              | Sikkim                   | 77.54               | 79.74               |
|              | Tamil Nadu               | 73.26               | 54.34               |
|              | Tripura                  | 89.45               | 79.05               |
|              | Uttar Pradesh            | 60.89               | 55.68               |
|              | Uttarakhand              | 74.41               | 73.88               |
|              | West Bengal              | 69.43               | 57.93               |
|              | A & N Islands            | NA                  | 75.58               |
|              | Chandigarh               | 76.45               | NA                  |
|              | D & N Haveli             | 89.42               | 61.85               |
|              | Daman & Diu              | 92.56               | 78.79               |
|              | Lakshadweep              | NA                  | 91.70               |
|              | NCT of Delhi             | 78.89               | NA                  |
|              | Puducherry               | 77.90               | NA                  |

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