List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate
This is a list of districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand ranked by literacy rate as per provisional data of 2011 census.
With a literacy rate of 67.63%, below the national average of 74.04%, as per the 2011 Census, Jharkhand ranks 32nd amongst the 36 states and union territories in India in terms of literacy rate.
Rank | District | Literacy rate 2011 Census | Male Literacy Rate 2011 Census | Female Literacy Rate 2011 Census | CD Block links |
1 | Ranchi | 77.13 | 85.63 | 68.20 | |
2 | East Singhbhum | 76.13 | 84.51 | 67.33 | |
3 | Dhanbad | 75.71 | 85.68 | 64.70 | |
4 | Ramgarh | 73.92 | 83.51 | 63.49 | |
5 | Bokaro | 73.48 | 84.50 | 61.46 | |
6 | Hazaribagh | 70.48 | 81.15 | 59.25 | |
7 | Serikela Kharsawan | 68.85 | 81.01 | 56.19 | |
8 | Koderma | 68.35 | 81.25 | 54.77 | |
9 | Lohardaga | 68.29 | 78.62 | 57.86 | |
10 | Simdega | 67.59 | 75.84 | 59.38 | |
11 | Gumla | 66.92 | 76.87 | 56.97 | |
12 | Deoghar | 66.34 | 79.13 | 52.39 | |
13 | Palamu | 65.50 | 76.27 | 53.87 | |
14 | Giridih | 65.12 | 79.08 | 50.33 | |
15 | Khunti | 64.51 | 75.33 | 53.71 | |
16 | Jamtara | 63.73 | 76.85 | 50.08 | |
17 | Dumka | 62.54 | 75.17 | 49.60 | |
18 | Garhwa | 62.18 | 74.00 | 49.43 | |
19 | Chatra | 62.14 | 71.85 | 51.91 | |
20 | Latehar | 61.23 | 71.80 | 50.26 | |
21 | West Singhbhum | 59.54 | 72.18 | 47.01 | |
22 | Godda | 57.68 | 69.56 | 44.90 | |
23 | Sahibganj | 53.73 | 62.65 | 44.31 | |
24 | Pakur | 50.17 | 59.02 | 41.23 |