Male Literates                        Female Literates                                    Index of
                                                           (in thousands)                          (in thousands)                               Gender Equality
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Sl. No.	District Name	1981	1991	1981	1991	1981	1991
1.	Patna	815	1076	349	545	64.2	72.3
2.	Nalanda	386	529	138	231	55.1	64.2
3.	Bhojpur	565	790	170	294	47.4	57.1
4.	Rohtas	532	757	168	301	50.6	60.3
5.	Aurangabad	263	400	81	159	48.2	59.5
6.	Jehanabad	*	316	*	123	*	58.4
7.	Gaya	692	613	225	249	50.5	60.1
8.	Nawada	217	309	68	115	47.6	56.1
9.	Saran	432	618	122	229	43.3	55.0
10.	Siwan	316	481	94	188	43.9	55.7
11.	Gopalganj	228	354	55	118	38.6	50.8
12.	Pashchim Champaran	279	403	80	131	47.1	52.4
13.	Purb Champaran	358	499	98	193	45.0	59.5
14.	Sitamarhi	280	404	87	142	49.4	55.5
15.	Muzaffarpur	409	613	147	261	53.9	62.8
16.	Vaishali	313	495	102	199	49.1	59.8
17.	Begusarai	266	379	103	164	57.6	63.9
18.	Samastipur	384	568	128	225	50.6	59.0
19.	Darbhanga	348	512	121	201	52.1	59.0
20.	Madhubani	388	575	105	188	42.9	15.0
21.	Saharsa	459	498	126	144	45.1	47.6
22.	Madhepura	@	200	@	66	@	52.8
23.	Purnia	519	308	156	118	48.7	58.3
24.	Katihar	218	298	75	115	53.6	58.5
25.	Khagaria	#	182	#	71	#	60.4
26.	Munger	641	728	219	291	53.4	60.9
27.	Bhagalpur	511	720	190	308	57.6	64.1
28.	Godda	621	177	182	60	46.7	52.8
29.	Sahibganj	^	198	^	83	^	61.0
30.	Dumka	^	309	^	109	^	53.4
31.	Deoghar	^	211	^	71	^	52.9
32.	Dhanbad	588	876	208	394	59.9	68.3
33.	Giridih	319	485	81	153	41.2	49.5
34.	Hazaribag	389	625	111	231	45.7	55.9
35.	Palamu	299	448	82	148	44.4	51.5
36.	Lohardaga	&	64	&	29	&	63.2
37.	Gumla	&	243	&	128	&	69.4
38.	Ranchi	649	606	282	313	62.0	70.8
39.	Pashchimi Singhbhum	671	517	283	298	61.5	76.9
40.	Purbi Singhbhum	%	408	%	165	%	58.6
41.	Araria	$	249	$	85	$	53.5
42.	Kishanganj	$	135	$	42	$	49.3

*    (Jahanabad) District formed out of Gaya.
@    (Madhepura) New District formed out of Saharsa.
#    (Khagaria) New District formed out of Munger.
$    (Araria & Kishanganj) New Districts formed out of Purnia.
&    (Lohardaga & Gumla) New Districts formed out of Ranchi.
^    (Godda, Sabihganj, Dumka and Deoghar) are related to Santhal Parganas.
%    (Purbi Singhbhum & Paschimi Singhbhum) are related to Singhbhum.
Source : From Girl Child to Person