RMSA - Annual Work Plan and Budget 2014-15 Himachal Pradesh

Abstract

From Education of Himachal Pradesh: Himachal Pradesh was the summer capital during British Raj. Hence the standard of education in the state has reached to a considerable level. The state has many educational institutes for higher studies. H.P. University and National Institute of Technology are pioneer institutes of the state. There are many other Universities - Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Palampur; Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni; Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan and National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur. The overall literacy rate, according to census 2001, is 77.13% with male literacy rate at 86.02% and female literacy rate at 68.08%. Now the overall literacy rate, according to census 2011, is 82.80% with male literacy rate at 89.53% and female literacy rate at 73.51%. In Himachal Pradesh there is one central university, four state universities and eleven private universities. According to the census 2011, the overall literacy percentage of Himachal Pradesh is 82.80% (89.53% for males and 73.51% for females). Comparatively, it is much higher that the all-India literacy rate, which is 74.04%. The literacy rate in Himachal Pradesh has been improving faster than the All-India figures. Himachal Pradesh is characterized by a very strong correlation between sex ratio (females per thousand and males) and literacy. Districts with higher density of female population vis-a-vis male population have high literacy rates.