Progress of Literacy in Rajasthan [1]

Year	Percentage of Literacy of respective Population
Year	Person+	Male+	Female+	Person*	Male*	Female*
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1921	-	-	-	4.22	7.33	0.59
1931	-	-	-	4.65	8.15	0.72
1941	-	-	-	5.51	9.36	1.14
1951	8.50	13.88	2.66	8.95	14.44	3.00
1961	18.12	28.08	7.01	15.21	23.71	5.84
1971	22.57	33.87	10.06	19.07	28.74	8.40
1981	30.11	44.77	14.00	24.38	36.30	11.42
1991	38.55	54.99	20.44	30.79	43.96	16.31
2001(P)	61.03	76.46	44.34	49.73	62.21	36.20
+Effective
*General Literacy Rate is worked out as the ratio between number of total literates and total population.
(P)Provisional.

Education in Rajasthan1
Literacy in Cities of Rajasthan

S. No.	City*	Percentage of Literacy
		1991	2001(P)
1.	Ajmer	67.63	84.05
2.	Alwar	62.45	83.8
3.	Bewar	62.98	82.72
4.	Bharatpur	54.91	77.93
5.	Bhilwara	53.39	77.14
6.	Bikaner	56.94	76.97
7.	Ganganagar	58.70	81.02
8.	Jaipur	57.95	78.65
9.	Jodhpur	56.44	77.56
10.	Kota	60.15	81.33
11.	Pali	49.32	73.43
12.	Sikar	44.48	75.97
13.	Tonk	40.92	64.47
14.	Udaipur	66.24	87.9
15.	Hanumangarh	-	75.62
16.	Kishangarh	-	73.81
17.	Gangapur City	-	73.04
18.	Sawai Madhopur	-	75.68
19.	Churu	-	74.54
20.	Jhnunjhunu	-	72.75
*Cities having Population above one Lakh
(P) Provisional.

Literate Persons-Rajasthan1

		2001*			(Provisional)
		Literate Population			(In Percentage)
S.No.	District	Person	Male	Female	Person	Male	Female
1	Ajmer	1181350	750904	430446	4.21	4.11	4.39
2	Alwar	1513203	1013010	500193	5.39	5.54	5.10
3	Banswara	525378	361488	163890	1.87	1.98	1.67
4	Baran	505055	337236	167819	1.80	1.84	1.71
5	Barmer	913794	597329	316465	3.25	3.27	3.23
6	Bharatpur	1078484	737620	340864	3.84	4.04	3.48
7	Bhilwara	845002	572808	272194	3.00	3.13	2.78
8	Bikaner	779087	508820	270267	2.77	2.78	2.76
9	Bundi	440487	298623	141864	1.57	1.63	1.45
10	Chittorgarh	81449	545076	269373	2.90	2.98	2.75
11	Churu	1035567	628118	407449	3.69	3.44	4.15
12	Dausa	662975	447188	215787	2.36	2.45	2.20
13	Dholpur	466410	320036	146374	1.66	1.75	1.49
14	Dungarpur	423744	283846	139898	1.51	1.55	1.43
15	Ganganagar	971073	602408	368665	3.46	3.30	3.76
16	Hanumangarh	832914	516594	316320	2.97	2.83	3.22
17	Jaipur	3076311	1919293	1157018	10.95	10.50	11.80
18	Jaisalmer	204262	146961	57301	0.73	0.80	0.58
19	Jalore	530957	375365	155592	1.89	2.05	1.58
20	Jhalawar	563578	374698	188880	2.01	2.05	1.92
21	Jhunjhunu	1167470	699796	467674	4.16	3.83	4.77
22	Jodhpur	1340097	905259	434838	4.78	4.95	4.43
23	Karauli	619452	418745	200707	2.20	2.29	2.05
24	Kota	985197	602593	382604	3.50	3.30	3.90
25	Nagaur	1312641	866456	446185	4.67	4.74	4.55
26	Pali	817333	544748	272585	2.91	2.98	2.78
27	Rajsamand	451867	297235	154632	1.61	1.63	1.58
28	Sawaimadhopur	523262	371242	152020	1.86	2.03	1.55
29	Sikar	1339192	814816	524376	4.77	4.46	5.35
30	Sirohi	372052	247456	124596	1.32	1.35	1.27
31	Tonk	519814	364595	155219	1.85	1.99	1.58
32	Udaipur	1273644	809149	464495	4.54	4.43	4.74
	Rajasthan	28086101	18279511	9806590	100.00	100.00	100.00
* Literate exclude children in the age group 0-6 who are treated as illiterates.

School Education in Rajasthan 1

S.No.	A-Institutions	1999-2000		2000-01
1.	Senior Secondary & Secondary	6092		6709
2.	Upper Primary	17310		19768
3.	Primary &Pre Primary	45772		44902
	Total	69174		71379
S.No	B-Scholars	1999-2000		2000-2001
		Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
1.	Senior Secondary & Secondary	1714698	775054	1798877	833988
2.	Upper Primary	2302976	1379970	2566616	1581439
3.	Primary &Pre Primary	2752359	1918990	2712350	1973866
	Total	6770033	4074014	7077843	4389293
		1999-2000		2000-2001
S.No.	C-Teachers	Male	Female	Male	Female
1.	Senior Secondary & Secondary	69212	26210	67718	25642
2.	Upper Primary	92360	31197	101834	35974
3.	Primary &Pre Primary	80649	27801	78059	27125
	Total	242221	85208	247611	88741
Note : 1999-2000 includes Rajeev Pathshalas.

College Education in Rajasthan 1

Institutions	1999-2000	2000-01
A-Institutions	279	278
1. Colleges (Boys)	162	159
2. Colleges (Girls)	117	119
B-Scholars	225563	238798
1. Boys	148664	155334
2. Girls	76899	83464
C-Teachers	6228	6171
1. Male	3666	3589
2. Female	2562	2582
* Excluding University' Scholars & Teachers.

Professional and Technical Education in Rajasthan1

Type		1998-99	1999-2000
A-Polytechnics
1.	No. of Institutions	24	25
2.	No. of Scholars	2122	2024
3.	No. of Teachers	N.A	N.A
B-Technical Collages
I. No. of Technical Colleges
1.	I T I	97	105
2.	Engineering	7	7
3.	Medical	6	6
4.	Ayurved	4	4
5.	Homoeopathic & Unani	6	6
6.	Vaterinary Science	1	1
7.	Agriculture Science	8	8
8.	D. & B. Pharma	7	7
9.	Dental Surgery	1	1
10.	Dairy Technology	1	1
11.	Nursing (Ayurved)	2	2
II. No. of Scholars in Technical Colleges
1.	I T I	8587	6329
2.	Engineering	1310*	1407*
3.	Medical	594	597
4.	Ayurved	N.A.	N.A.
5.	Homoeopathic & Unani	N.A.	75
6.	Vaterinary Science	161	157
7.	Agriculture Science	665	595
8.	D. & B. Pharma	396	365
9.	Dental Surgery	40	38
10.	Dairy Technology	N.A.	N.A.
11.	Nursing (Ayurved)	164	173
III. Teachers in Technical Colleges X		N.A.	N.A.
X Information of all type category's Teacher not available.
*Excluding M.B.A. Engineering Collage Jodhpur

Rajasthan - Demographics [2]

56.47m people live in Rajasthan - 2001 India Census
Current pop growth 130,000 pa CPR - India Census
29.38m male 27.09m female (0.92f/m) - Rajasthan Gov. website
43.3m live in rural areas - 2001 India Census
8.5m under 6 years old in rural Rajasthan - 2001 India Census
932 females for 1000 men in rural Rajasthan - 2001 India Census
914 girls (<6) for 1000 boys in rural Rajasthan - 2001 India Census
Age for girls marriage 17.6 cf 19.6 for India - 1991 census
Average age of marriage in rural areas 14.6

Rajasthan - Education2

Only 45% girls enrol for primary education, cf 55% boys
Only 36% girls enrol for secondary education, cf 66% boys
Overall Female Literacy Rate 20% cf 39% India 1991 Census
Female Literacy Rate for Schedule castes 6% cf 28% India 1993-94 NCAER

Rajasthan - Economy

67% Households have migrant members - CPR Ref
Percentage of women in workforce 11% cf 12.7 for India - Yearbook 1992-3

Rajasthan - Health

Maternal Mortality 558 per 100,000 births - one of the highest maternal mortality rate in the world UNICEF
Half the children are undernourished - CPR Ref
1 in 12 children die in first year 1 in 9 children die before 5 years - CPR Ref
Infant Mortality Rate under 5 for poor people in rural areas 165/1000 – twice as high as for better off households CPR Ref
51% children under 3 yrs underweight, 52% stunted and 12% wasted
Child malnutrition 42% in 1993 rising to 51% in 1999
Only 14% children vaccinated in rural area - CPR Ref
Half the women are anaemic CPR – NFHS
Female infant mortality 92 per 1000 cf 80 for India - National Family Planning Survey 1993-94

[2] http://www.wellsforindia.org/rajasthan/Rajasthan_files/page0002.htm