Lok Sabha Question No. 38 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-18
Subject: Literacy in Villages
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.38 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.7.2016

## Literacy in Villages

## †38. SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  fixed  a  target  to  achieve  hundred  per  cent  literacy  in  the villages adopted under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana by March, 2016;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the level of literacy in each State and the amount spent on this scheme in each State; and
- (d) the time by which complete literacy is likely to be achieved in the country?

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

- (a) In order to give fillip to the advancement of goals and objectives of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) relating to adult education, an initiative was undertaken to align the Saakshar Bharat programme with SAGY in Saakshar Bharat districts through convergence of existing resources available under the scheme. As a part of this initiative, it was aimed to make all out efforts to achieve 100 per cent literacy in 408 Saansad Adarsh Grams in 276 Saakshar Bharat districts spread in 23 States and 1 UT by 31st March, 2016.
- (b)  A  statement  indicating State/districts-wise  details  of  number  of  Saansad Adarsh  Grams under Saakshar Bharat programme is at Annexure-I .
- (c) A statement indicating State and Gender-wise details of literacy rates, in the age group of 7 and above, as reported by Census 2011 and a statement indicating State/UT-wise central share  released  under  Saakshar  Bharat  programme  during  the  last  three  years  are  at Annexure-II and Annexure-III respectively.
- (d) Plan-wise targets are fixed to achieve higher levels of literacy in a phased manner. The present target is to raise the overall literacy rate of the country to 80 per cent and reduce the gender gap to 10 percentage points by the end of XII Five Year Plan.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 38 FOR 18.07.2016 ASKED BY SHRI KIRTI AZAD REGARDING 'LITERACY IN VILLAGES'.

## The state/districts-wise details of No. of Saansad Adarsh Grams under Saakshar Bharat Districts

| Sl. No.   | Saakshar Bharat States/UT   | Number of Districts having Saansad Adarsh Grams   | No. of Saansad Adarsh Grams             |
|-----------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh              | 10                                                | 18                                      |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh           | 3                                                 | 3                                       |
| 3         | Assam                       | 7                                                 | 7                                       |
| 4         | Bihar                       | 31                                                | 53                                      |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                | 12                                                | 13                                      |
| 6         | D &NHaveli                  | 1                                                 | 1                                       |
| 7         | Gujarat                     | 12                                                | 19                                      |
| 8         | Haryana                     | 6                                                 | 8                                       |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh            | 1                                                 | 1                                       |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir              | 6                                                 | 6                                       |
| 11        | Jharkhand                   | 14                                                | 20                                      |
| 12        | Karnataka                   | 16                                                | 25                                      |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh              | 28                                                | 31                                      |
| 14        | Maharashtra                 | 9                                                 | 11                                      |
| 15        | Manipur                     | 1                                                 | 1                                       |
| 16        | Meghalaya                   | No SAGY Village adopted in these States           | No SAGY Village adopted in these States |
| 17 18     | Nagaland Odisha             | 11                                                | 14                                      |
| 19        | Rajasthan                   | 23                                                | 33                                      |
| 20        | Sikkim                      | 1                                                 | 1                                       |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu                  | 9                                                 | 21                                      |
| 22        | Telangana                   | 9                                                 | 22                                      |
| 23        | Tripura                     | 1                                                 | 1                                       |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh               | 59                                                | 93                                      |
| 25        | Uttarakhand                 | 5                                                 | 5                                       |
| 26        | West Bengal                 | 1                                                 | 1                                       |
|           | 23 States&1UT               | 276                                               | 408                                     |

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 38 FOR 18.07.2016 ASKED BY SHRI KIRTI AZAD REGARDING 'LITERACY IN VILLAGES'.

## Literacy rate in the country in the age group of 7 and above, as per the Census 2011

| S. No.   | Name of States / UTs   | Literacy Rate (%age)   | Literacy Rate (%age)   | Literacy Rate (%age)   |
|----------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 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. 38 FOR 18.07.2016 ASKED BY SHRI KIRTI AZAD REGARDING 'LITERACY IN VILLAGES'.

## State/UT-wise central share released under Saakshar Bharat programme

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State / UT        | Central share released   | Central share released   | Central share released   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State / UT        | 2013-14                  | 2014-15                  | 2015-16                  |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 6921.76                  | 3432                     | 4456.45                  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 1417.84                  | 1224.73                  | 383.4                    |
| 3         | Assam             | 1620                     | 913.5                    | 1319.76                  |
| 4         | Bihar             | 6226.09                  | 4788                     | 3900                     |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 1875                     | 2250                     | 1500                     |
| 6         | D&N Haveli        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 0                        | 0                        | 1560                     |
| 8         | Haryana           | 0                        | 2546.35                  | 0                        |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                        | 156                      | 114.26                   |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 0                        | 0                        | 725.4                    |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 0                        | 0                        | 1837.5                   |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 1575.19                  | 750                      | 780                      |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 0                        | 2496                     | 2620.8                   |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 0                        | 3375                     | 0                        |
| 15        | Manipur           | 274.48                   | 122.76                   | 135                      |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 0                        | 0                        | 226.8                    |
| 17        | Nagaland          | 198                      | 256.47                   | 151.93                   |
| 18        | Odisha            | 228.16                   | 0                        | 624                      |
| 19        | Punjab            | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 20        | Rajasthan         | 4017                     | 3215.54                  | 0                        |
| 21        | Sikkim            | 66.8                     | 0                        | 74.88                    |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu        | 2597.4                   | 0                        | 1209                     |
| 23        | Telangana         | Not in existence         | 3432                     | 1725                     |
| 24        | Tripura           | 0                        | 0                        | 72.54                    |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh     | 0                        | 3978                     | 7800                     |
| 26        | Uttarakhand       | 1563.12                  | 781.88                   | 1216.8                   |
| 27        | West Bengal       | 72.13                    | 916.5                    | 780                      |
|           | Total             | 28652.97                 | 34634.73                 | 33213.52                 |