Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 10: Despite tall claims by the Government for focusing and investing in education sector ‘to provide education to all’, Jammu and Kashmir has been declared as the least literate in North India.
Though the literacy rate in the state has been improved as compared to Census of 2001 (55.50 percent) with a decadal growth of 12 percent and the literate population in the state has been pegged at more than 67.20 percent of total population of 1.25 crore but the final data collected for census 2011 states that Jammu and Kashmir was still far behind in comparison to its neighbouring states, union territory and national average, which has gained a good success for educating its population particularly from last decade.
“Jammu and Kashmir has the 76.8 percent literate male population and 56.4 percent of female population, which is below national average both in males and females,” reads the report.
In Northern India, Union Territory Chandigarh has the highest literate population of 86.05 per cent with 80.89 male and 64.64 per cent female population. “Himachal Pradesh (82.8 percent), Punjab (75.84 percent) Haryana (75.55 percent) and Uttarakhand (79.63 percent),”the report said.
As per 2011 census, literate population of district wide in the state has been improved; in frontier district Kupwara the net gain of 21.3 percent from 43.24 percent in 2001 to 64.5 percent in 2011, which is followed by Ganderbal with net gain at 17.6 per cent and then followed by Bandipora 17.3 percent.
Similarly, the final release of 2011 census data shows that the Tehsils having lowest literacy rate are Chhatroo with 45.11 percent, Charar e Sharif with 46.58 percent, Gool Gulab Garh 48.38 percent and Budhal 49.97 percent.
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