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
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
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
Literacy rate at 71% in rural India, 86% in urban: SurveyThe survey covered entire country with samples taken from 36,479 households in rural areas and 29,447 in urban areas from 4,577 villages an...
30 Jun, 2015, 11.16 PM 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
Tamil Nadu, with 72 million people, records 80% literacyTamil Nadu recorded a population of 72,147,030, growing by 97.4 lakh persons in the last decade, of which 80.1 per cent are literates.
31 May, 2013, 05.53 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
- 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
- Slow population rise boosts job prospects
Slowing population growth and rise in literacy rates is likely to boost growth and employment prospects in India, the third-largest Asian e...
02 Apr, 2011, 02.56 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
- Census of India 2011: Shocking gender bias among 17.5% humanity
The country posted its worst child sex ratio since independence, as ugly preference for male child zoomed alongside much-feted economic gro...
01 Apr, 2011, 12.44 PM IST
- Bravo, Census
Census 2011 results are out amazingly fast and show acute gender distress.
01 Apr, 2011, 07.45 AM IST
- President pitches for comp education to check cyber crime
With cyber crime incidents on the rise, President Pratibha Patil on Monday pitched for proliferation of computer education as part of ongoi...
08 Sep, 2008, 06.31 PM IST
- Unemployment dips in cities, but not for women
The unemployment rate in Class-I cities declined by 2 percentage points for both males and females between 1999-2000 and 2004-2005, from 5%...
31 Mar, 2007, 03.27 AM IST