Literacy In Bihar
Bihar has a total literacy rate of 69.83%. Overall Male and Female literacy rate is 70.32% and 53.57% respectively. Total Rural literacy rate is 43.9%. In rural areas of Bihar, Male and Female literacy rate is 57.1 and 29.6 respectively. 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. Patna has highest Literacy Rate of 63.82% followed by Rohtas (62.36%) and Munger (60.11%). Kishanganj has lowest Literacy Rate of 31.02% followed by Araria (34.94%) and Katihar (35.29%). 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%.
Growth in Literacy RateEdit
Year | Total | Males | Females |
---|---|---|---|
1951 | 13.45 | 22.68 | 4.22 |
1961 | 21.98 | 35.85 | 8.11 |
1971 | 22.86 | 35.86 | 9.86 |
1981 | 31.86 | 47.11 | 16.61 |
1991 | 36.68 | 51.37 | 21.99 |
2001 | 46.94 | 60.32 | 33.57 |
2011 | 61.35 | 71.20 | 51.50 |
Academic LevelEdit
Level | Total | Male | Female |
---|---|---|---|
Literate with education | 1,715,049 | 1,109,731 | 605,318 |
Below Primary | 7,890,329 | 4,754,137 | 3,136,192 |
Primary | 8,334,709 | 5,130,917 | 3,203,792 |
Middle | 4,390,226 | 3,012,151 | 1,378,075 |
Secondary | 4,751,560 | 3,439,918 | 1,311,642 |
Higher Secondary | 1,826,093 | 1,385,282 | 440,811 |
Technical Diploma | 24,989 | 20,088 | 4,901 |
Non-technical Diploma | 48,532 | 40,458 | 8,074 |
Graduate & above | 2,109,415 | 1,737,651 | 371,764 |
Unclassified | 18,675 | 14,043 | 4,632 |
Literacy in DistrictsEdit
Districts of Bihar | 2011 | 2001 | 1991 | ||||||
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Total |
Gender wise | Total |
Gender wise | Total |
Gender wise | ||||
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female | ||||
West Champaran | 39.63 | 51.91 | 25.85 | 27.99 | 39.62 | 14.41 | |||
East Champaran | 42.74 | 67.90 | 74.47 | 44.41 | 58.49 | 85.45 | |||
Sheohar | 37.01 | 45.54 | 27.43 | 26.18 | 36.36 | 14.34 | |||
Sitamarhi | 39.38 | 51.02 | 26.35 | 28.49 | 39.86 | 15.49 | |||
Madhubani | 42.35 | 57.26 | 26.56 | 33.22 | 48.49 | 16.75 | |||
Supaul | 37.8 | 53.23 | 21.02 | 28.11 | 40.96 | 13.74 | |||
Araria | 34.94 | 46.5 | 22.14 | 26.19 | 36.99 | 14.01 | |||
Kishanganj | 31.02 | 42.8 | 18.49 | 22.22 | 33.12 | 10.38 | |||
Purnia | 35.51 | 46.16 | 23.72 | 28.52 | 38.92 | 16.8 | |||
Katihar | 35.29 | 45.51 | 24.03 | 28.7 | 39.24 | 16.88 | |||
Madhepura | 36.19 | 48.87 | 22.31 | 27.72 | 39.31 | 14.41 | |||
Saharsa | 39.28 | 52.04 | 25.31 | 29.98 | 42.37 | 15.83 | |||
Darbhanga | 44.32 | 57.18 | 30.35 | 34.94 | 48.31 | 20.09 | |||
Muzaffarpur | 48.15 | 60.19 | 35.2 | 36.11 | 48.44 | 22.33 | |||
Gopalganj | 48.19 | 63.81 | 32.81 | 34.96 | 51.62 | 17.75 | |||
Siwan district | 52.01 | 67.67 | 37.26 | 39.13 | 57.51 | 21.33 | |||
Saran | 52.01 | 67.81 | 35.74 | 41.79 | 60.18 | 22.71 | |||
Vaishali | 51.63 | 64 | 38.14 | 40.56 | 55.62 | 24.08 | |||
Samastipur | 69.76 | 80.83 | 90.69 | 60.37 | 76.39 | 85.17 | |||
Begusarai | 48.55 | 59.71 | 36.21 | 36.88 | 48.66 | 23.52 | |||
Khagaria | 41.56 | 52.02 | 29.62 | 32.33 | 42.97 | 19.79 | |||
Bhagalpur | 50.28 | 60.11 | 38.83 | 41.84 | 53.41 | 28.11 | |||
Banka | 43.4 | 56.28 | 29.1 | 34.55 | 48.17 | 18.99 | |||
Munger | 60.11 | 70.68 | 47.97 | 52.25 | 64.95 | 37.07 | |||
Lakhisarai | 48.21 | 60.97 | 34.26 | 39.4 | 53.12 | 23.48 | |||
Sheikhpura | 49.01 | 62.56 | 34.13 | 40.92 | 55.43 | 24.41 | |||
Nalanda | 53.64 | 66.94 | 39.03 | 46.95 | 61.95 | 29.97 | |||
Patna | 63.82 | 73.81 | 52.17 | 56.33 | 69.07 | 41.35 | |||
Bhojpur | 59.71 | 74.78 | 42.81 | 48.18 | 66.35 | 27.95 | |||
Buxar | 57.49 | 72.82 | 40.36 | 33.49 | 62.94 | 25.74 | |||
Kaimur | 55.57 | 70.57 | 38.9 | 39.35 | 55.68 | 20.69 | |||
Rohtas | 62.36 | 76.54 | 46.62 | 48.52 | 64.5 | 30.29 | |||
Jehanabad | 56.03 | 70.9 | 40.08 | 45.83 | 63.11 | 26.81 | |||
Aurangabad | 57.5 | 71.99 | 42.04 | 45.14 | 61.8 | 26.67 | |||
Gaya | 61.07 | 73.81 | 47.4 | 50.47 | 65.22 | 34.2 | |||
Nawada | 47.36 | 61.22 | 32.64 | 38.96 | 54.85 | 21.82 | |||
Jamui | 42.74 | 57.1 | 26.92 | 33.41 | 48.48 | 16.41 |
Key dataEdit
- Literacy
- In Absolute Numbers- 5,96,75,607
- Percentage of Total Population -69%
- Percentage of Urban Population -81.9%
- Percentage of Rural Population -53.9%
- Highest Literacy Rate
- Rohtas - 75.59%
- Lowest Literacy Rate
- Purnia, 52.49%
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