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Volume : II, Issue : III, April - 2012

Regional and Gender Disparities of Literacy Rates in Karnataka – Evidence From Census 2001 And 2011

Mohammed Ashfaq Ahmed AND P.M. Honakeri

Published By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

This article makes an attempt to analyze the progress of literacy rates across districts in Karnataka. Co-efficient of Variation is used to indicate the inter-district variations with regard to literacy rates. The analysis reveals that the female literacy has seen a positive gain to that of male literacy rates over the period 2001-2011. No doubt the percentage of regional and gender gap across districts over the period 2001-2011 has reduced, but the percentage of reduction is lesser. The inter-district variations in terms of gender and regional perspectives have seen a decline over the period 2001-2011. This article ends up with the conclusion that education in the state should be provided by the Government to more and more people irrespective of any gender, any region, any caste or creed or any religion with an objective of universalizing literacy rates.

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Mohammed Ashfaq Ahmed AND P.M. Honakeri, (2012). Regional and Gender Disparities of Literacy Rates in Karnataka – Evidence From Census 2001 And 2011. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. III, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/834.pdf

References :

  1. Ghosh, M. (2011). “Regional Disparities in Education, Health and Human Development in India”, Indian Journal of Human Development, Vol.5, No.1, pp 5 – 29.
  2. Census of India (2011). Provisional Population Totals, Paper 2, [Karnataka, Series 30], Vol. 1, 2011, Government of India, New Delhi
  3. Census of India (2011). Provisional Population Totals, Paper 2, [Karnataka, Series 30], Vol. 1, 2011, Government of India, New Delhi
  4. Kaur, N and Shammi Kumar. “ Literacy Rate and Gender Gap in Scheduled Castes in India” available at http://www.capabilityapproach.com/pubs/NavjeetKaur.pdf

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