District Primary Education Programme - II Banasakantha - Palanpur Annual Work Plan & Budget 1997-98 (Gujarat)

Abstract

Total literate population of District are 6,80,327 which is 31.46 percent of total (21,62,578) population. Out of each literate males are 4,91,880 (43.94%) and literate females are 1,88,447 (18.06%), Females gross literacy levels are very low about 18 percent with compare to state's average of 40.62 percent A male gross literacy level about 43,94 percent which is much lower than state's average of 61.03 percent. In fact Banaskantha has lowest female A male gross literacy rates among all the 19 Districts of Gujarat.