Literacy in Bihar

Growth in Literacy Rate

**Literacy Rate from 1951~2001**^[1]
Year	Total	Males	Females
1951	13.45	22.68	4.22
1961	21.98	35.85	8.11
1971	22.86	35.86	9.86
1981	31.86	47.11	16.61
1991	36.68	51.37	21.99
2001	46.94	60.32	33.57
2011	61.35	71.20	51.50

**Education in Bihar** ^[2]
Level	Persons	Male	Female
Literate with education	1,715,049	1,109,731	605,318
Below Primary	7,890,329	4,754,137	3,136,192
Primary	8,334,709	5,130,917	3,203,792
Middle	4,390,226	3,012,151	1,378,075
Secondary	4,751,560	3,439,918	1,311,642
Higher Secondary	1,826,093	1,385,282	440,811
Technical Diploma	24,989	20,088	4,901
Non-technical Diploma	48,532	40,458	8,074
Graduate & above	2,109,415	1,737,651	371,764
Unclassified	18,675	14,043	4,632

**Literacy in Bihar**^[3]
Districts of Bihar	1991 (Total)	2001 (Total)	1991 (Male)	2001 (Male)	1991 (Female)	2001 (Female)
West Champaran	27.99	39.63	39.62	51.91	14.41	25.85
East Champaran	44.41	42.74	58.49	67.90	85.45	74.47
Sheohar	26.18	37.01	36.36	45.54	14.34	27.43
Sitamarhi	28.49	39.38	39.86	51.02	15.49	26.35
Madhubani	33.22	42.35	48.49	57.26	16.75	26.56
Supaul	28.11	37.8	40.96	53.23	13.74	21.02
Araria	26.19	34.94	36.99	46.5	14.01	22.14
Kishanganj	22.22	31.02	33.12	42.8	10.38	18.49
Purnia	28.52	35.51	38.92	46.16	16.8	23.72
Katihar	28.7	35.29	39.24	45.51	16.88	24.03
Madhepura	27.72	36.19	39.31	48.87	14.41	22.31
Saharsa	29.98	39.28	42.37	52.04	15.83	25.31
Darbhanga	34.94	44.32	48.31	57.18	20.09	30.35
Muzaffarpur	36.11	48.15	48.44	60.19	22.33	35.2
Gopalganj	34.96	48.19	51.62	63.81	17.75	32.81
Siwan district	39.13	52.01	57.51	67.67	21.33	37.26
Saran	41.79	52.01	60.18	67.81	22.71	35.74
Vaishali	40.56	51.63	55.62	64	24.08	38.14
Samastipur	60.37	69.76	76.39	80.83	85.17	90.69
Begusarai	36.88	48.55	48.66	59.71	23.52	36.21
Khagaria	32.33	41.56	42.97	52.02	19.79	29.62
Bhagalpur	41.84	50.28	53.41	60.11	28.11	38.83
Banka	34.55	43.4	48.17	56.28	18.99	29.1
Munger	52.25	60.11	64.95	70.68	37.07	47.97
Lakhisarai	39.4	48.21	53.12	60.97	23.48	34.26
Sheikhpura	40.92	49.01	55.43	62.56	24.41	34.13
Nalanda	46.95	53.64	61.95	66.94	29.97	39.03
Patna	56.33	63.82	69.07	73.81	41.35	52.17
Bhojpur	48.18	59.71	66.35	74.78	27.95	42.81
Buxar	33.49	57.49	62.94	72.82	25.74	40.36
Kaimur	39.35	55.57	55.68	70.57	20.69	38.9
Rohtas	48.52	62.36	64.5	76.54	30.29	46.62
Jehanabad	45.83	56.03	63.11	70.9	26.81	40.08
Aurangabad	45.14	57.5	61.8	71.99	26.67	42.04
Gaya	50.47	61.07	65.22	73.81	34.2	47.4
Nawada	38.96	47.36	54.85	61.22	21.82	32.64
Jamui	33.41	42.74	48.48	57.1	16.41	26.92

Rohtas - 75.59%

Purnia, 52.49%