Literacy In Bihar

Growth in Literacy Rate

Literacy Rate from 1951~2001[1]
YearTotalMalesFemales
195113.4522.684.22
196121.9835.858.11
197122.8635.869.86
198131.8647.1116.61
199136.6851.3721.99
200146.9460.3233.57
201161.3571.2051.50







Academic Level

Education in Bihar [2]
LevelPersonsMaleFemale
Literate with education1,715,0491,109,731605,318
Below Primary7,890,3294,754,1373,136,192
Primary8,334,7095,130,9173,203,792
Middle4,390,2263,012,1511,378,075
Secondary4,751,5603,439,9181,311,642
Higher Secondary1,826,0931,385,282440,811
Technical Diploma24,98920,0884,901
Non-technical Diploma48,53240,4588,074
Graduate & above2,109,4151,737,651371,764
Unclassified18,67514,0434,632









Literacy in Districts

Literacy in Bihar[3]
Districts of Bihar1991
(Total)
2001
(Total)
1991
(Male)
2001
(Male)
1991
(Female)
2001
(Female)
West Champaran27.9939.6339.6251.9114.4125.85
East Champaran44.4142.7458.4967.9085.4574.47
Sheohar26.1837.0136.3645.5414.3427.43
Sitamarhi28.4939.3839.8651.0215.4926.35
Madhubani33.2242.3548.4957.2616.7526.56
Supaul28.1137.840.9653.2313.7421.02
Araria26.1934.9436.9946.514.0122.14
Kishanganj22.2231.0233.1242.810.3818.49
Purnia28.5235.5138.9246.1616.823.72
Katihar28.735.2939.2445.5116.8824.03
Madhepura27.7236.1939.3148.8714.4122.31
Saharsa29.9839.2842.3752.0415.8325.31
Darbhanga34.9444.3248.3157.1820.0930.35
Muzaffarpur36.1148.1548.4460.1922.3335.2
Gopalganj34.9648.1951.6263.8117.7532.81
Siwan district39.1352.0157.5167.6721.3337.26
Saran41.7952.0160.1867.8122.7135.74
Vaishali40.5651.6355.626424.0838.14
Samastipur60.3769.7676.3980.8385.1790.69
Begusarai36.8848.5548.6659.7123.5236.21
Khagaria32.3341.5642.9752.0219.7929.62
Bhagalpur41.8450.2853.4160.1128.1138.83
Banka34.5543.448.1756.2818.9929.1
Munger52.2560.1164.9570.6837.0747.97
Lakhisarai39.448.2153.1260.9723.4834.26
Sheikhpura40.9249.0155.4362.5624.4134.13
Nalanda46.9553.6461.9566.9429.9739.03
Patna56.3363.8269.0773.8141.3552.17
Bhojpur48.1859.7166.3574.7827.9542.81
Buxar33.4957.4962.9472.8225.7440.36
Kaimur39.3555.5755.6870.5720.6938.9
Rohtas48.5262.3664.576.5430.2946.62
Jehanabad45.8356.0363.1170.926.8140.08
Aurangabad45.1457.561.871.9926.6742.04
Gaya50.4761.0765.2273.8134.247.4
Nawada38.9647.3654.8561.2221.8232.64
Jamui33.4142.7448.4857.116.4126.92
























Key data

  • Literacy
    • In Absolute Numbers- 5,96,75,607
    • Percentage of Total Population -69%
    • Percentage of Urban Population -81.9%
    • Percentage of Rural Population -53.9%
    • Highest Literacy Rate

            Rohtas - 75.59%

  • Lowest Literacy Rate

            Purnia, 52.49%

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