Education Statistics

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Basic Information

Source: UNESCO Global Monitoring Report 2007

Source: Selected Educational Statistics 2004-05

Children's welfare: How India compares

	% of infants with low birthweight	% of under-fives moderate to severe underweight	% of population using improved drinking water	% of population using adequate sanitation	Public education outlay (% of GDP)	Child labour (% 5-14 age group)
Siera Lone	23	27	57	39	NA	___
Kenya	10	20	61	43	7.0	59
Pakistan	19	38	91	59	2.0	NA
India	30	47	86	33	3.3	14
China	4	8	77	44	2.2	NA
Japan	8	___	100	100	5.9	___
South Korea	4	___	92	___	4.6	___
Britain	8	___	100	___	5.5	___
USA	8	2	100	100	5.9	___

Notes:
___=insignificant/ all
NA= not available

Source: State of the World's Children 2007 and HDR 2006

State-wise Plan and Non-Plan Total Budgeted Expenditure (Revenue Account) on Elementary Education in India (2006-2007)
(Rs. in Thousand)
State/UTs	Budget Estimates
State/UTs	Plan	Non-Plan	Total	% Age to Total Expenditure on Education
Andhra Pradesh	3769568.00	23749162.00	27518730.00	49.24
Arunachal Pradesh	536475.00	518922.00	1055397.00	59.27
Assam	469830.00	20917259.00	21387089.00	61.38
Bihar	6230110.00	25631349.00	31861459.00	64.69
Chhattisgarh	4657720.00	5052922.00	9710642.00	64.31
Goa	72825.00	608314.00	681139.00	21.42
Gujarat	2473046.00	21240701.00	23713747.00	56.71
Haryana	1509300.00	9376352.00	10885652.00	49.22
Himachal Pradesh	1372726.00	5810936.00	7183662.00	57.91
Jammu Kashmir	1717000.00	3982762.00	5699762.00	49.6
Jharkhand	3030135.00	10494262.00	13524397.00	68.45
Karnataka	7443771.00	21801690.00	29245461.00	55.44
Kerala	0.00	19397897.00	19397897.00	40.32
Madhya Pradesh	6399641.00	13286469.00	24686110.00	72.33
Maharashtra	472747.00	45162210.00	45634957.00	42.06
Manipur	321730.00	1436050.00	1757780.00	52.26
Meghalaya	466400.00	1092406.00	1558806.00	51.13
Mizoram	430550.00	798145.00	1228695.00	54.76
Nagaland	207270.00	1533322.00	1740592.00	64.7
Orissa	146628.00	13070091.00	13216719.00	56.4
Punjab	777010.00	6194127.00	6971137.00	28.23
Rajasthan	4129333.00	25003121.00	29132454.00	59.71
Sikkim	257145.00	587136.00	844281.00	47.57
Tamil Nadu	2580977.00	25000516.00	27581493.00	43.69
Tripura	221259.00	2646163.00	2867422.00	52.72
Uttranchal	302405.00	5389426.00	5691831.00	40.63
Uttar Pradesh	3360612.00	44994007.00	48354619.00	55.49
West Bengal	5703100.00	18317239.00	24020339.00	37.97
States	59059313.00	378092956.00	437152269.00	51.18
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	150000.00	425748.00	575748.00	48.55
Chandigarh	94500.00	433700.00	528200.00	29.42
Dadra & Nagar, Haveli	57400.00	91200.00	148600.00	65.55
Daman & Diu	9390.00	73000.00	82390.00	40.13
Delhi	1440500.00	3191336.00	4631836.00	25.76
Lakshadweep	2800.00	4400.00	7200.00	2.98
Pondicherry	202478.00	520735.00	723213.00	37.47
UTs	1957068.00	4740119.00	6697187.00	28.42
India	61016381.00	382833075.00	443849456.00	50.57
Centre Total	153679500	26100	153705600.00	63.74
Grand Total	214695881	382859175	597555056.00	53.41

Source: Ministry of Human Resource Development, GoI

Literacy Levels

State-wise Literacy in India
State/UTs	1981			1991			2001
	Male	Female	Persons	Male	Female	Persons	Male	Female	Persons
Andhra Pradesh	46.83	24.16	35.66	55.13	32.72	44.09	70.85	51.17	61.11
Arunachal Pradesh	35.12	14.02	25.55	51.45	29.69	41.59	64.07	44.24	54.74
Assam	NA	NA	NA	61.87	43.03	52.89	71.93	56.03	64.28
Bihar	46.60	16.52	32.05	52.49	22.89	38.48	60.32	33.57	47.53
Goa	76.00	55.20	65.70	83.64	67.09	75.51	88.88	75.51	82.32
Gujarat	65.14	38.46	52.21	73.13	48.64	61.29	76.46	55.61	66.43
Haryana	58.51	26.93	43.88	69.10	40.47	55.85	79.25	56.31	68.59
Himachal Pradesh	64.27	37.72	51.18	75.36	52.13	63.86	84.57	57.08	75.91
Jammu & Kashmir	44.18	19.56	32.68	NA	NA	NA	65.75	41.82	54.46
Karnataka	58.73	33.17	46.21	67.26	44.34	56.04	76.29	57.45	67.04
Kerala	87.73	75.65	81.56	93.62	86.13	89.81	94.20	87.86	90.92
Madhya Pradesh	48.42	23.97	36.63	58.42	28.85	44.20	76.50	50.55	64.08
Maharashtra	69.65	41.01	55.83	76.56	52.32	64.87	86.27	67.51	77.27
Manipur	64.15	34.67	49.66	71.63	47.60	59.89	77.87	59.70	68.87
Meghalaya	46.65	37.17	42.05	53.12	44.85	49.10	66.14	60.41	63.31
Mizoram	79.36	68.61	74.26	85.61	78.60	82.27	90.69	86.13	88.49
Nagaland	58.58	40.38	50.28	67.62	54.75	61.65	71.77	61.92	67.11
Orissa	56.45	25.14	40.97	63.09	34.68	49.09	75.95	50.97	63.61
Punjab	55.56	39.70	48.17	65.66	50.41	58.51	75.63	63.55	69.95
Rajasthan	44.77	14.00	30.11	54.99	20.44	38.55	76.46	44.34	61.03
Sikkim	53.00	27.38	41.59	65.74	46.69	56.94	76.73	61.46	69.68
Tamil Nadu	68.05	40.43	54.39	73.75	51.33	62.66	82.33	64.55	73.47
Tripura	61.49	38.01	50.11	70.58	49.65	60.44	81.47	65.41	73.66
Uttar Pradesh	47.45	17.19	33.35	55.73	25.31	41.60	70.23	42.97	57.36
West Bengal	59.93	36.07	48.65	67.81	46.56	57.70	77.58	60.22	69.22
Andaman & Nicobar	70.29	53.20	63.19	78.99	65.46	73.02	86.07	75.29	81.18
Chandigarh	78.89	69.31	74.81	82.04	72.34	77.81	85.65	76.65	81.76
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	44.64	20.37	32.70	53.56	26.98	40.71	73.32	42.99	60.03
Daman & Diu	74.50	46.70	59.90	82.66	59.40	71.20	88.40	70.37	81.09
Delhi	79.28	62.60	71.94	82.01	66.99	75.29	87.37	75.00	81.82
Lakshadweep	81.24	55.32	68.42	90.18	72.89	81.78	93.15	81.56	87.52
Pondicherry	77.09	53.03	65.14	83.68	65.63	74.74	88.89	74.13	81.49
Uttaranchal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	84.01	60.26	72.28
Jharkhand	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	67.94	39.38	54.13
Chhatisgarh	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	77.86	52.28	65.12
All India	56.38	29.76	43.57	64.13	39.29	52.21	75.64	54.03	65.20
Note:
1. Census not held in Assam and Jammu & Kashmir in 1991
2. Literacy Rate is defined as the proportion of literates to the population in the age group 7+
3. For census 1981, Literacy rate was defined for the populaiton 6+. To ensure comparability in this exercise it has been reestimated for the population 7+
4. For 1981 and 1991, the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh also include data from Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chattisgarh respectively.
Source: 1981- Census of India-social and Cultural Tables; 1991-Paper2 of 1992, series 1, Census of India 1991; 2001-Based on Preliminary census 2001 estimates.

School Related Statistics

Unless otherwise stated, the following tables have been sourced from a report entitled 'Elementary Education in India: Analytical Report 2007-08' available at http://www.dise.in/AR.htm

School Distribution

School Infrastructure

School Facilities

Instructional Days

School Grants

Source: Annual Status of Education Report (Rural), 2009

Teacher Related Statistics

Unless otherwise stated, the following tables have been sourced from a report entitled 'Elementary Education in India: Analytical Report 2007-08' available at http://www.dise.in/AR.htm

Teacher Distribution

Pupil Teacher Ratio

Source: Selected Educational Statistics 2004-2005

Educational Qualifications of Teachers

Para-teachers

Teacher Training and Non-Teaching Activity

Source: Selected Educational Statistics 2007-2008

Student Related Statistics

Unless otherwise stated, the following tables have been sourced from a report entitled 'Elementary Education in India: Analytical Report 2007-08' available at http://www.dise.in/AR.htm

Student Enrolment

Enrolment: Gender

Enrolment: Castes and Minorities

Enrolment: Children with Disabilities

Pre-primary Enrolment

Student Retention and School Completion

Examination Results

Prevalence of Tuition

Source: Annual Status of Education Report (Rural), 2009

Learning Outcomes

The following tables have been sourced from a report entitled 'Annual Status of Education Report (Rural), 2009' available at http://asercentre.org/asersurvey.php

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