Literacy in Bihar explained

Bihar has a total literacy rate of 69.7%. The overall male and female literacy rates are 70.32% and 53.57% respectively. The total rural literacy rate is 43.9%. In rural areas of Bihar, male and female literacy rate is 57.1 and 29.6 respectively. The total Urban literacy rate is 71.9. In urban areas of Bihar, Male and Female literacy rate is 79.9 and 62.6 respectively. . Total number of literates in Bihar is 3,16,75,607 which consists 2,09,78,955 Male and 1,06,96,652 Female. Rohtas has highest Literacy Rate of 73.37% followed by Patna (70.68%) and Bhojpur (72.79%). Sitamarhi has lowest Literacy Rate of 51.08% followed by Purnea (51.18%) and Katihar (52.24%). A recent survey by Pratham rated the receptivity of Bihari children to their teaching as being better than those in other states. Bihar is striving to increase female literacy, now at 53.3%. At the time of independence, women's literacy in Bihar was 4.22%.

The state's low literary rates stem from the regions complex educational challenges. Education in Bihar significantly lags behind other states in India.

Growth in Literacy Rate

Literacy Rate from 1951~2011[1]
YearTotalMalesFemales
1951 13.45 22.68 4.22
1961 21.98 35.85 8.11
1971 22.86 35.86 9.86
1981 31.86 47.1116.61
1991 36.68 51.37 21.99
2001 46.94 60.32 33.57
2011 61.35 71.20 51.50

Anubhav

Education in Bihar [2]
Level TotalMaleFemale
Literate with education1,715,049 1,109,731605,318
Below Primary7,890,329 4,754,137 3,136,192
Primary8,334,7095,130,9173,203,792
Middle4,390,226 3,012,151 1,378,075
Secondary4,751,5603,439,918 1,311,642
Higher Secondary1,826,0931,385,282 440,811
Technical Diploma24,989 20,088 4,901
Non-technical Diploma 48,532 40,458 8,074
Graduate & above2,109,4151,737,651 371,764
Unclassified 18,675 14,043 4,632

Literacy in Districts

Districts of Bihar! colspan="3"
201120011991
Total
Gender wiseTotal
Gender wise
Total
Gender wise
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
West Champaran39.6351.9125.8527.9939.6214.41
East Champaran42.7467.9074.4744.4158.4985.45
Sheohar37.0145.5427.4326.1836.3614.34
Sitamarhi39.3851.0226.3528.4939.8615.49
Madhubani42.3557.2626.5633.2248.4916.75
Supaul37.853.2321.0228.1140.9613.74
Araria34.9446.522.1426.1936.9914.01
Kishanganj31.0242.818.4922.2233.1210.38
Purnia35.5146.1623.7228.5238.9216.8
Katihar35.2945.5124.0328.739.2416.88
Madhepura36.1948.8722.3127.7239.3114.41
Saharsa39.2852.0425.3129.9842.3715.83
Darbhanga44.3257.1830.3534.9448.3120.09
Muzaffarpur48.1560.1935.236.1148.4422.33
Gopalganj48.1963.8132.8134.9651.6217.75
Siwan district52.0167.6737.2639.1357.5121.33
Saran52.0167.8135.7441.7960.1822.71
Vaishali51.636438.1440.5655.6224.08
Samastipur69.7680.8390.6960.3776.3985.17
Begusarai48.5559.7136.2136.8848.6623.52
Khagaria41.5652.0229.6232.3342.9719.79
Bhagalpur50.2860.1138.8341.8453.4128.11
Banka43.456.2829.134.5548.1718.99
Munger60.1170.6847.9752.2564.9537.07
Lakhisarai48.2160.9734.2639.453.1223.48
Sheikhpura49.0162.5634.1340.9255.4324.41
Nalanda53.6466.9439.0346.9561.9529.97
Patna63.8273.8152.1756.3369.0741.35
Bhojpur59.7174.7842.8148.1866.3527.95
Buxar57.4972.8240.3633.4962.9425.74
Kaimur55.5770.5738.939.3555.6820.69
Rohtas62.3676.5446.6248.5264.530.29
Jehanabad56.0370.940.0845.8363.1126.81
Aurangabad57.571.9942.0445.1461.826.67
Gaya61.0773.8147.450.4765.2234.2
Nawada47.3661.2232.6438.9654.8521.82
Jamui42.7457.126.9233.4148.4816.41

Key data

See also

References

  1. Web site: Census Statistics for Bihar . 2008-10-03 . 2008-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080524094302/http://gov.bih.nic.in/Profile/CensusStats-03.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: Census of India - Literates and educational level.

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