Children Data Bank
For India

Drop-out rates at primary and middle stage by sex in
States/union Territories, 1997-98 (Provisional)

                                                            Classes (I to V)                              Classes (I to VIII)
                                                    ---------------------------------                  ----------------------------
S. No.
State/Union Territories
Boys
Girls
Total
Boys
Girls
Total
1.
Andhra Pradesh
 44.61
 7.03
 45.74
 72.27
 74.92
 73.43
2.
Arunachal Pradesh
 48.28
 45.10
 4689
 68.47
 67.25
 67.95
3.
Assam
 40.87
42.43
 41.56
 64.53
 68.70
 66.39
4.
Bihar
 58.28
 62.00
 59.65
 75.32
 80.48
 77.13
5.
Goa
 5.41
 12.75
 8.95
 6.20
 12.23
 9.12
6.
Gujarat
 22.52*
 33.98*
 27.75*
 56.77
 64.70
 60.32
7.
Haryana
 14.30*
 15.59*
 14.90*
 27.09
 35.56
 30.91
8.
Himachal Pradesh
 31.20
 31.03
 31.12
 19.95
 26.42
 23.04
9.
Jammu & Kashmir
 34.40
 33.63
 34.08
 29.39*
 43.38*
 35.18
10.
Karnataka
 33.50*
 33.46*
 33.48*
 53.76
 60.95
 57.13
11.
Kerala
 -11.06*
 -6.83*
 -9.00*
 -0.84
 -0.64
 -0.4
12.
Madhya Pradesh
 19.79
 27.89
 23.27
 43.13
 59.76
 50.36
13.
Maharashtra
 19.82
 25.73
 22.64
 36.93
 46.35
 41.35
14.
Manipur
 51.42*
 53.90*
 52.59*
 71.74
 72.04
 71.88
15.
Meghalaya
61.07
 63.77
 62.44
 48.25
 46.81
 47.57
16.
Mizoram
 51.60*
 52.08*
 51.82*
 71.82
 70.57
 71.23
17.
Nagaland
 36.71
 35.09
 35.94
 45.61
 35.80
 41.70
18.
Orissa
 50.74
 47.90
 49.61
 51.49*
 62.85*
 56.17*
19.
Punjab
 25.21
 21.82
 23.62
 26.56
 30.50
 28.39
20.
Rajasthan
 53.78
 57.99
 55.30
 59.74*
 69.73*
 62.99*
21.
Sikkim
 45.39*
 36.45*
 41.30*
 70.68
 68.21
 69.55
22.
Tamil Nadu
 13.99*
 16.18*
 15.05*
 25.94
 34.64
 29.99
23.
Tripura
 45.98*
 55.98*
 49.85*
 49.87
 57.28
 52.45
24.
Uttar Pradesh
 50.28*
 53.91*
 51.95*
 72.56
 74.21
 73.32
25.
West Bengal
 46.17
 54.15
 49.92
 77.47*
 71.11*
 69.08*
26.
A & N Islands
 21.30
 21.05
 21.19
 18.32
 21.41
 19.80
27.
Chandigarh
 -4.93
 -4.14
 -4.56
 -7.94
 -17.92
 -12.52
28.
D & N Haveli
30.66 
 44.39
 36.46
55.81 
 62.15
 58.60
29.
Daman & Diu
 2.05
 -0.326
 0.96
 6.35
 18.11
 11.77
30.
Delhi
 18.89
 27.56
 23.13
 21.31
 7.20
 14.35
31.
Lakshadweep
 -0.57
 6.64
 2.89
 29.54
 23.92
 26.93
32.
Pondicherry
 -3.37
 -2.15
 -2.78
 9.64
 9.74
 9.69
 
India
 38.23
 41.34
 39.58
 50.72
 58.61
 54.14
SOURCE: Annual Report, 1997-98, Govt. of  India, Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi.
1.    Dropout rates for J & K and Orissa has been repeated for the year 1996-97.
2.    * Figures has been taken from VIth all India Educational Survey.
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