Literacy-2
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Literacy Rate Block and Municipality-wise
|
| NAME |
TOTAL LITERACY RATE |
MALE |
FEMALE |
| Balurghat Municipality |
86.60 |
90.20 |
82.80 |
| Gangarampur Municipality |
77.60 |
84.30 |
70.30 |
| Hili |
64.90 |
74.70 |
54.70 |
| Balurghat |
78.90 |
85.20 |
72.20 |
| Kumarganj |
66.80 |
75.20 |
57.80 |
| Tapan |
59.50 |
68.70 |
50.00 |
| Gangarampur |
62.60 |
71.40 |
53.20 |
| Banshihari |
59.50 |
69.60 |
48.70 |
| Harirampur |
53.90 |
64.10 |
43.30 |
| Kushmandi |
56.30 |
66.70 |
45.50 |
Source:CENSUS 2001
From the analysis of Block and Municipality-wise literacy rates of the district,it appears that almost all the units have achieved higher rate of literacy.Out of the ten units,only three units show the figure below 60%.This achievment in the case of the district is remarkable.
Literacy-3
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Block & Municipality-wise Literate Population Table
|
| BLOCK |
POPULATION |
MALE |
FEMALE |
| Hili |
50256 |
25772 |
24484 |
| Harirampur |
67005 |
34362 |
32643 |
| Gangarampur |
128402 |
65847 |
62555 |
| Kumarganj |
100433 |
51504 |
48929 |
| Banshihari |
73203 |
37540 |
35663 |
| Balurghat |
146254 |
75002 |
71252 |
| Tapan |
136034 |
69761 |
66273 |
| Kushmandi |
97852 |
50181 |
47671 |
| Gangarampur Municipality |
41560 |
21313 |
20247 |
| Balurghat Municipality |
127607 |
65439 |
62168 |
| Total |
968606 |
496721 |
471885 |
