Jharkhand: Literacy Rate as per Census 2011
Jharkhand’s literacy rate has witnessed aloft tendency and it was 66.41 % as per Census 2011. The male literacy rate was 76.84 % however the female literacy was 55.42 %.
In the year 2001, Jharkhand’s literacy rate was 53.56 % out of which the male literacy stood at 67.3 % and female literacy at 38.87 %.
The total number of literates in Jharkhand stood at 18,328,069 out of which the males were 10,882,519 however the females were 7,445,550.
Cities of Jharkhand having High Literacy rate as per Census 2011
1. Ranchi 76.06
2. Purbi Singhbhum 75.49
3. Dhanbad 74.52
4. Ramgarh 73.17
5. Bokaro 72.01
Cities of Jharkhand having lowest Literacy rate as per Census 2011
1. Pakur 48.82
2. Sahibganj 52.04
3. Godda 56.4
Gumla 56.4
4. Pashchimi Singhbhum 58.63
5. Latehar 59.51