Literacy in Bihar


has a total literacy rate of List of [Indian states and union territories by literacy rate|70.9%] in 2017. Overall Male and Female literacy rate is 79.7% and 60.5% respectively. Total Rural literacy rate is 59.5%. In rural areas of Bihar, Male and Female literacy rate is 18.6% and 58.7% respectively. Total Urban literacy rate is 13.1%. In urban areas of Bihar, Male and Female literacy rate is 89.3% and 75.9% respectively. Total number of literates in Bihar is 3,16,75,607 which consists 2,09,78,955 Male and 1,06,96,652 Female. Patna has highest Literacy Rate of 87.82% followed by Rohtas and Munger. Kishanganj has lowest Literacy Rate of 61.05% followed by Araria and Katihar. A recent survey by Pratham rated the receptivity of Bihari children to their teaching as being better than those in other states. Bihar is striving to increase female literacy, now at 60.5%. At the time of independence, women's literacy in Bihar was 4.22%.

Overview of literacy rates

DistrictLiteracy rate
Rohtas73.37%
Bhojpur72.79%
Patna70.68%
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Katihar52.24%
Purnea51.18%
Sitamarhi51.08%

A recent survey by Pratham rated the receptivity of Bihari children to their teaching as being better than those in other states. Bihar is striving to increase female literacy, now at 60.5%. At the time of independence, women's literacy in Bihar was 4.22%.
The state's low literary rates stem from the region's complex educational challenges. Education in Bihar significantly lags behind other states in India.

Growth in Literacy Rate

Anubhav

LevelTotalMaleFemale
Literate with education17,15,04911,09,7316,05,318
Below Primary78,90,32947,54,13731,36,192
Primary83,34,70951,30,91732,03,792
Middle43,90,22630,12,15113,78,075
Secondary47,51,56034,39,91813,11,642
Higher Secondary18,26,09313,85,2824,40,811
Technical Diploma24,98920,0884,901
Non-technical Diploma48,53240,4588,074
Graduate & above21,09,41517,37,6513,71,764
Unclassified18,67514,0434,632

Literacy in Districts

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