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.	Bangalore	1502	1818	965	1352	82.5	89.5
2.	Bangalore Rural	*	444	*	266	*	76.7
3.	Belgaum	734	993	345	560	65.5	73.4
4.	Bellary	308	459	138	243	62.7	70.2
5.	Bidar	189	305	68	151	53.6	67.6
6.	Bijapur	541	852	215	482	57.3	73.3
7.	Chikmagalur	243	311	149	221	78.2	83.7
8.	Chitradurga	438	628	228	383	70.9	77.7
9.	Dakshin Kannad	707	943	545	820	84.0	90.0
10.	Dharwad	811	1070	422	639	70.3	76.7
11.	Gulbarga	374	548	132	251	52.6	63.8
12.	Hassan	327	458	174	303	70.0	79.4
13.	Kodagu	133	157	94	127	86.2	89.7
14.	Kolar	417	598	205	348	67.1	74.6
15.	Mandya	287	422	134	254	65.3	76.1
16.	Mysore	513	770	283	494	73.1	79.8
17.	Raichur	316	461	115	203	53.6	61.6
18.	Shimoga	450	586	272	406	77.8	83.2
19.	Tumkur	479	666	237	403	67.6	76.7
20.	Uttar Kannad	310	398	201	288	80.3	85.0

* (Bangalore Rural) New District formed out of Bangalore.
Source : From Girl Child to Person.