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