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.	Morena	269	429	58	126	39.4	50.2
2.	Bhind	238	350	63	122	46.6	57.4
3.	Gwalior	301	448	127	219	65.3	72.5
4.	Datia	68	104	17	35	43.7	54.9
5.	Shivpuri	143	231	32	64	40.1	47.3
6.	Guna	171	271	43	87	43.5	52.2
7.	Tikamgarh	111	190	29	68	44.7	56.8
8.	Chhatarpur	136	233	41	89	50.6	60.1
9.	Panna	82	133	22	50	44.5	58.0
10.	Sagar	318	469	128	228	61.3	70.0
11.	Damoh	157	228	56	104	54.8	66.1
12.	Satna	234	362	73	153	49.4	62.1
13.	Rewa	235	383	65	159	44.0	60.8
14.	Shahdol	202	349	56	136	44.8	57.9
15.	Sidhi	124	240	23	68	32.4	46.1
16.	Mandsaur	298	444	91	174	48.4	58.1
17.	Ratlam	162	235	65	111	59.1	66.0
18.	Ujjain	260	380	103	181	59.6	67.0
19.	Shajapur	160	247	37	78	39.1	50.3
20.	Dewas	161	264	48	101	47.8	57.8
21.	Jhabua	62	112	24	48	56.6	60.9
22.	Dhar	159	267	52	110	50.5	60.0
23.	Indore	436	628	237	387	75.3	80.3
24.	West Nimar	274	395	94	181	52.7	64.6
25.	East Nimar	247	345	104	182	61.4	71.4
26.	Rajgarh	116	193	27	59	39.4	48.9
27.	Vidisha	149	241	47	99	51.7	62.7
28.	Bhopal	259	434	151	283	80.0	84.0
29.	Sehore	121	200	30	69	42.0	54.3
30.	Raisen	124	203	38	83	49.9	62.0
31.	Betul	177	273	77	156	61.5	74.1
32.	Hoshangabad	247	355	103	181	62.0	71.3
33.	Jabalpur	598	819	288	468	68.7	76.2
34.	Narsimhapur	148	229	65	126	63.9	74.6
35.	Mandla	178	273	57	116	48.6	60.1
36.	Chhindware	239	367	103	198	61.6	72.1
37.	Seoni	155	234	61	123	57.1	69.8
38.	Balaghat	268	377	117	219	60.6	73.5
39.	Surguja	203	357	60	140	46.8	57.8
40.	Bilaspur	623	973	205	413	49.8	60.4
41.	Raigarh	272	397	99	188	53.2	64.4
42.	Rajanandgaon	230	354	76	164	49.0	63.1
43.	Durg	484	738	218	413	62.8	73.0
44.	Raipur	678	1035	253	492	54.1	64.8
45.	Bastar	191	312	65	140	50.8	62.0

Source : From Girl Child to Person.