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.	Greater Bombay	3351	4257	2105	2935	90.3	90.5
2.	Thane	1031	1844	606	1230	79.9	85.3
3.	Raigarh	407	573	251	403	74.3	82.0
4.	Ratnagiri	554	443	437	377	78.3	83.8
5.	Sindhudurg	*	294	*	265	*	88.9
6.	Nashik	849	1209	447	759	71.2	79.4
7.	Dhule	500	674	256	393	69.0	75.1
8.	Jalgaon	809	1069	429	650	71.0	77.8
9.	Ahmadnagar	764	1072	374	620	67.0	75.0
10.	Pune	1369	1977	822	1348	77.6	83.7
11.	Satara	595	807	364	565	72.7	80.8
12.	Sangli	546	727	294	465	71.0	79.3
13.	Solapur	707	977	331	540	65.8	73.5
14.	Kolhapur	747	1043	370	668	67.2	79.3
15.	Aurangabad	622	684	229	340	55.4	69.0
16.	Jalna	##	357	##	146	##	59.2
17.	Parbhani	407	563	135	243	50.8	61.7
18.	Bid	338	497	121	231	53.7	65.1
19.	Nanded	377	619	128	281	51.8	64.1
20.	Osmanabad	542	369	226	195	60.1	71.2
21.	Latur	##	494	##	263	##	71.4
22.	Buldana	447	601	217	342	66.9	74.1
23.	Akola	552	736	309	469	73.9	80.2
24.	Amravati	575	758	377	551	82.1	86.7
25.	Yavatmal	449	625	224	372	68.2	76.5
26.	Wardha	288	375	180	270	79.2	86.3
27.	Nagpur	845	1194	544	865	81.8	87.3
28.	Bhandara	531	705	266	445	66.8	77.6
29.	Chandrapur	482	550	220	337	63.9	77.9
30.	Gadchiroli	@	186	@	92	@	66.9

* (Sindhudurg) New District formed out of Ratnagiri.
@ (Gadchiroli) New District formned out of Chandrapur.
## (Jalna) New District formed.
(Latur) New District formed.
District areas are not clear
Source : From Girl Child to Person.