Children Data Bank
For India

Literacy enrollment and attendance, 15 major Indian states, 1992-1993
(Percent, Unless otherwise noted)


 
State
Female Literacy rate
Male literacy rate 
 Primary gross enrollment rate
Children ages 6-10 
"in school"
Children ages 6-10 
not in school (thousands)
Andhra Pradesh
39
 60
 89
 67
 2,626
Assam
51
 70
 96
 72
 855
Bihar
29
 61
 71
 50
 6,012
Gujarat
51
 75
 110
 77
 1,116
Haryana
46
72
83
82
393
Karnataka
47
68
111
76
1,307
Kerala
82
 90
 103
93
199
Madhya Pradesh
34
64
96
56
3,769
Maharashtra
56
80
111
85
1,433
Orissa
41
69
109
72
1,030
Punjab
52
66
81
84
383
Rajasthan
25
60
83
59
2,428
Tamil Nadu
56
77
137
90
586
Uttar Pradesh
32
64
69
61
7,386
West Bengal
55
75
 98
73
2,217
All India
43
69
 92
69.5
32,254
Source: For literacy and "in school" rates, IIPS 1995; for children ages 6-10 not in school, World Bank staff estimates; primary gross enrollment rates computed from NCERT 1995 enrollment figures and World Bank population estimates.
Index: Indian Data

Index: International Data

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