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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Male-female literacy gap highest in Rajasthan

Male-female literacy gap highest in Rajasthan

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published Published on Apr 6, 2011   modified Modified on Apr 6, 2011

The provisional data of Census 2011 for the state shows the districts of Churu and Barmer with negative growth in literacy. While Churu's literacy rate has fallen from 67.59% to 67.46%, Barmer reported a much higher drop from 58.99% to 57.49%.

Director, Census Operations, Rajasthan Shubra Singh pointed out that in the Census 2001, none of the districts had reported negative growth. The state also holds the dubious distinction of having the highest difference in male-female literacy in the country at 28%, against the national average of 16.7%.

In the data released on Monday, Jalore had lowest literacy rate in state at 55.58%. The highest male literacy was reported in Jhunjhunu at 87.88% followed by Kota (87.65%) and Jaipur (87.27%). Pratapgarh reported the lowest male literacy at 70.13%. Of the 33 districts, only 12 managed to register male literacy rate above the state average of 80.51%.

Kota, country's coaching hub, registered the highest female literacy rate at 66.32% followed by Jaipur (64.33%) and Jhunjhunu (61.15%) while Jalore scored the lowest with 38.73%.

In 2001, the national literacy rate was 64.83% while that of Rajasthan was 60.41%. In 2011, the state fared below expectations with the average literacy rate of 67.06% compared to the national average of 74.04%.

Again in the case of male literacy rate, the state was ahead of the national average in 2001 by 0.44%, but in 2011, it fell short of the national average by 1.63%.

The literacy rate in the state in all the three categories (total, male and female) fell below the national average of 74.04%. Kota was the sole district to register a higher literacy rate at 77.48%.

The Times of India, 5 April, 2011, http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-05/jaipur/29383994_1_literacy-rate-male-literacy-kota


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