Ranaghat Dakshin 2026 Assembly Elections: A battle between TMC's Sougata Kumar Burman & BJP's Ashim Kumar BiswasConstituency Election Results 2026 News: West Bengal gears up for a close 2026 Assembly election. Exit polls suggest a tight race with the ...
04 May, 2026, 08.57 AM IST
Assembly polls: Will May 4 mark a turning point for women in politics in Tamil NaduTamil Nadu awaits election results on May 4th, with a record 443 women contesting Assembly seats. Despite historical highs and lows in fema...
03 May, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
Gram panchayats boost own earnings, fund schools, flood control and digital accessIndian villages are achieving financial independence. Gram panchayats are boosting tax collections and using their own funds for schools, f...
24 Apr, 2026, 09.34 AM IST
Lakshadweep tops, Bihar trails as India posts 80.9% literacy. But gaps by gender and region persistIndia's literacy rate shows progress. The rate is 80.9% for those aged seven and above. Lakshadweep and Kerala lead in literacy. Bihar, Mad...
03 Jun, 2025, 04.40 PM IST
Mere 1 pc increase in literacy rate in India, leads to 25 pc rise in female voter's turnout: SBI ReportA report by State Bank of India reveals that a 1% rise in literacy in India increases female voter turnout by 25%. Employment schemes, sani...
13 Jan, 2025, 09.29 AM IST
Rural literacy rate up over 10 pc points in past decade: Govt tells Lok SabhaRural India's literacy rate saw a significant boost over the past decade, rising by over 10 percentage points to 77.50% in 2023-24. Female ...
09 Dec, 2024, 10.07 PM IST
At 96.2%, Kerala tops literacy rate chart; Andhra Pradesh worst performer at 66.4%According to the study, after Kerala, Delhi has the best literacy rate at 88.7 per cent, followed by Uttarkhand's 87.6 per cent, Himachal P...
08 Sep, 2020, 09.09 AM IST
At 66 per cent, Andhra Pradesh’s literacy rate worst, Delhi’s 2nd best at 89 per centTypically, states with relatively low literacy rates also tend to have the highest gender skews, but that is not always true. Andhra Prades...
07 Sep, 2020, 08.14 AM IST
Economic Survey 2015: Female literacy improves; 10.9% over 5.6% male literacyHowever despite these measures, the Economic Survey points out that the overall standard of education in India is below global Standards.
27 Feb, 2015, 01.24 PM IST
Karnataka ranks ninth in population among all states: PCAKarnataka with a population of over 6.10 crore occupies ninth position in population size among all states and union territories
23 May, 2013, 04.01 PM IST
- Female literacy rate leapfrogs to 53% in Bihar: Nitish Kumar
Literacy among women in Bihar has leapfrogged to over 53 per cent from 33 per cent 12 years ago due to sustained efforts of the government.
28 Apr, 2013, 09.47 PM IST
- Bihar's decadal population growth rate dips
Bihar's population growth rate has dipped by 3.45% to 25.07% in the past one decade till 2011 compared to 28.62% in a decade earlier.
11 Apr, 2011, 11.13 PM IST
- Census 2011: Literacy rate up by over 4.5%, gap between male & female narrows
The overall growth in the literacy rate, however, is one of the lowest recorded so far, just higher than the 3.13% growth rate of 1971 Cens...
06 Apr, 2011, 10.17 AM IST
- Census of India 2011: Himachal Pradesh registers 12.81 % population growth, sex ratio up
Himachal Pradesh has registered 12.81 per cent growth in population during the past decade while the female sex ratio improved from 968 to ...
01 Apr, 2011, 10.39 PM IST
- Census of India 2011: Three out of four Indians can read and write now
Even as there was a sense of achievement at the improvement in the literacy rate, questions are being raised about what constitutes literac...
01 Apr, 2011, 12.44 PM IST
Women's empowerment issues on top priorityWomen's empowerment issues may get more than lip-service in the new UPA regime.
05 Jun, 2009, 02.29 AM IST
- Modi launches drive to boost female literacy in Gujarat
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has launched a 3-day-long 'Kanya Kelavni' in Porbandar district aimed at increasing female literacy in...
12 Jun, 2008, 09.58 PM IST