District wise rural and urban literacy levels for all women and for women belonging to scheduled castes (SC) & scheduled tribes (ST) : W. Bengal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          All Women

 

SC Women

              ST Women

 

 

            Rural                        Urban

          

Total

Rural

Urban

Total

Rural

Urban

 

 

1991             2001         1991      2001

                 1991                           1991

 

 

 

West Bengal

38.1

53.8

68.3

76.1

28.9

26.3

42.7

15.0

14.1

31.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Darjeeling

37.5

56.1

70.0

79.7

33.3

27.7

52.5

30.8

24.9

71.2

Jalpaiguri

27.0

47.0

63.3

74.7

26.6

25.4

35.5

12.5

12.2

36.7

Koch Behar

29.7

54.5

71.6

80.6

26.9

26.1

50.0

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Uttar Dinajpur

15.5

31.4

68.1

75.4

17.4

15.3

46.1

5.6

5.1

39.1

 

Dakshin Dinajpur

29.2

51.2

74.0

79.2

22.0

20.3

41.3

10.9

10.2

41.6

Malda

21.6

38.9

65.8

74.0

20.0

19.0

40.0

6.4

6.1

42.0

Murshidabad

26.8

46.4

52.1

61.5

24.4

22.7

35.3

10.6

10.0

31.0

Birbhum

35.0

50.4

54.4

70.9

16.1

15.3

27.4

5.6

5.5

12.1

Bardhaman

46.0

57.1

62.0

70.1

24.7

23.2

29.5

14.8

15.5

16.1

Nadia

37.6

55.1

66.1

76.0

41.2

36.7

51.2

12.6

10.4

25.6

24 Parganas (N)

42.1

61.7

72.2

80.5

17.4

15.3

46.1

13.1

10.7

32.0

24 Parganas (S)

36.9

56.9

63.6

74.3

33.4

32.0

52.0

12.1

11.3

35.2

Hooghly

51.1

62.6

69.8

78.0

27.8

24.3

44.8

13.8

13.4

21.3

Bankura

34.1

48.0

63.4

72.4

13.1

12.3

22.9

13.9

13.8

34.1

Puruliya

19.6

33.9

58.1

65.5

13.5

12.4

22.8

10.6

10.3

32.8

Medinipur

55.1

63.6

70.1

73

39.7

39.1

46.9

24.6

24.3

35.1

Howrah

49.6

65.1

66.4

76.8

32.9

27.3

46.0

32.0

4.0

48.3

Kolkata

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72.1

78.0

47.3

_

47.3

42.0

_

42.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source:   State Institute of Panchayat and Rural Development (SIPRD), Govt. of West Bengal,

 

Nari O Shishu Unnayan Ebong Panchayet, Kalyani (Nadia District), August 2003,Table 1- 3.  

 

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