Literacy in India has been increasing as more and more people receive a better education, but it is still far from all-encompassing. In 2023, the degree of literacy in India was about 77 percent, with the majority of literate Indians being men. It is estimated that the global literacy rate for people aged 15 and above is about 86 percent. How to read a literacy rateIn order to identify potential for intellectual and educational progress, the literacy rate of a country covers the level of education and skills acquired by a country’s inhabitants. Literacy is an important indicator of a country’s economic progress and the standard of living – it shows how many people have access to education. However, the standards to measure literacy cannot be universally applied. Measures to identify and define illiterate and literate inhabitants vary from country to country: In some, illiteracy is equated with no schooling at all, for example. Writings on the wallGlobally speaking, more men are able to read and write than women, and this disparity is also reflected in the literacy rate in India – with scarcity of schools and education in rural areas being one factor, and poverty another. Especially in rural areas, women and girls are often not given proper access to formal education, and even if they are, many drop out. Today, India is already being surpassed in this area by other emerging economies, like Brazil, China, and even by most other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. To catch up, India now has to offer more educational programs to its rural population, not only on how to read and write, but also on traditional gender roles and rights.

The Dataset contain information of literacy rate in various cities over all the states of India. This data is given by Census 2011. According to the Census Statistics 2011, the population of India was 1,210,854,977 with 623,270,258 males and 587,584,719 females. Literacy was found to be a total of 74.04% with 65.46% literate females and 82.14% males. This was a 9.81% increase since the last census. Census is the process by which the information of a given population is calculated on the basis of economical, educational and social records, in a given period of time. Census is calculated after regular time intervals. These are some basic census facts. In India, the census is carried out every 5 years. The last census was calculated in the year 2011. This official census 2011 was the 15th census calculation which was done India. It was carried out in two main phases- population listing and house enumeration.

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes (%) in India was reported at 45.38 % in 2018, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. India - Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on November of 2025.

In the financial year 2024, the total number of trained beneficiaries under the digital literacy scheme in India was over ************ people. This was a significant drop from the last financial year. Over ********** people received training in digital literacy since the financial year 2018.

In 2018, close to *** million adult individuals in India were classified as illiterate. Comparatively, about **** million Malaysian adults were illiterate.

India Government Expenditure: Year to Date: Ministry of Human Resource Development: Department of School Education and Literacy data was reported at 275,270.000 INR mn in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 149,222.700 INR mn for Aug 2018. India Government Expenditure: Year to Date: Ministry of Human Resource Development: Department of School Education and Literacy data is updated monthly, averaging 225,219.850 INR mn from Apr 2017 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 466,004.400 INR mn in Mar 2018 and a record low of 5,664.600 INR mn in Apr 2018. India Government Expenditure: Year to Date: Ministry of Human Resource Development: Department of School Education and Literacy data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Controller General of Accounts. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Government and Public Finance – Table IN.FA005: Central Government Expenditure: Controller General of Accounts (CGA): by Ministry-wise.

In the past ten years from 2008 to 2018, the share of children in India’s private schools performed better than children in government schools at both reading and math. Children from both school types performed better at reading than at math.

Data have been generated as part of an ESRC-funded research project that investigates the potential of community-school partnerships in raising government school children’s learning in rural India. This longitudinal study covers three rounds of in-person surveys and one round of phone survey, which took place during the Covid-19 pandemic. The sample was selected from children attending government schools in primary grades 2, 3, and 4 who had not achieved foundational literacy at the time of the survey. In addition to measuring children’s foundational literacy and numeracy (in all in-person survey rounds), information was collected on each selected child’s household as well as on the schools attended by these children. The baseline survey was conducted between October 2018 and January 2019, and the survey was done for the following units at the baseline: Child, Household, School, Head Teacher, Teacher, and Classroom observations. Similarly, the midline data (i.e., the second survey round) was collected between November 2019 and March 2020. Due to the pandemic, we tracked the sampled children’s households and teachers through a phone survey during the period of school closures (from October – November 2021) to capture the status of education-related activities. The final survey (from December 2021 – January 2022) only collected information on the sample children’s enrolment status and their learning levels after the pandemic.

Our project explores the potential of community-based accountability relationships to raise children's foundational learning outcomes, with a focus on the most disadvantaged primary-school learners: namely those who are from poorer households and, within these, girls. We ask both whether and how changes occur when school actors are supported to view their accountability as being primarily to their local community and their goal as being to raise all children's learning. To do this, we evaluate a grassroots intervention that supports school actors to work directly with their communities to develop a shared understanding of children's learning levels, collaborate in planning how to raise them, and facilitate action both inside and outside the classroom. In addition to analysing changes in children's learning, we examine the intervention's capacity to create changes in school-community relations, teachers' attitudes perceptions, and actions in the classroom.

The intervention builds on two of Pratham's grassroots literacy campaigns to incorporate school-community accountability relationships. Lakhon Mein Ek (LME) was primarily an information campaign, supporting communities to undertake and discuss their own independent assessments of children's learning outcomes. Reading Week (RW) provided community volunteers with packages of simple materials with which to work with children to improve their foundational literacy and numeracy skills. The proposed intervention seeks to enhance the impact of these previous interventions by working directly with school actors to help them engage and work with their local communities.

All Indian Schools Dataset with 1572549 unique Schools

Deparment of School Education and Literacy, Government of India

The dataset contains information about schools in India. It includes details such as school name, location, category, type, management, and more. The data is sourced from the Department of School Education and Literacy, Government of India.

Content

The dataset contains the following columns:

• schoolId: Unique identifier for the school
• udiseSchCode: Unique code assigned to the school by UDISE
• schoolName: Name of the school
• pincode: Pincode of the school location
• locality: Locality of the school (Rural or Urban)
• schLocDesc: Description of the locality
• category: Category of the school
• categoryDesc: Description of the category
• type: Type of the school
• typeDesc: Description of the type
• classFrom: Starting class in the school
• classTo: Ending class in the school
• status: Status of the school
• mergedYear: Year of merging (if applicable)
• state: State where the school is located
• district: District where the school is located
• block: Block where the school is located
• cluster: Cluster where the school is located
• village: Village where the school is located
• management: Management of the school
• isOperational201819: Operational status for 2018-19
• isOperational201920: Operational status for 2019-20
• isOperational202021: Operational status for 2020-21
• isOperational202122: Operational status for 2021-22
• isOperational202223: Operational status for 2022-23

India MOF Forecast: Union Budget: Expenditure: MHRD: Department of School Education and Literacy data was reported at 563,866.300 INR mn in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 501,137.500 INR mn for 2019. India MOF Forecast: Union Budget: Expenditure: MHRD: Department of School Education and Literacy data is updated yearly, averaging 226,568.000 INR mn from Mar 1999 (Median) to 2020, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 563,866.300 INR mn in 2020 and a record low of 32,206.500 INR mn in 2001. India MOF Forecast: Union Budget: Expenditure: MHRD: Department of School Education and Literacy data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Government and Public Finance – Table IN.FB006: Union Budget: Expenditure: by Ministry. 2019 – Budget estimate 2018 – Revised estimate

The average annual dropout rate for secondary schools in India was over ** percent in 2022, a significant decline from the academic year 2019, the highest among school levels. Primary schools had the lowest dropout rates. Early childhood education    India’s infant mortality rates in India have decreased over the years with the help of government initiatives. The government launched “Anganwadis” in 1975, to provide adequate medical care and to combat hunger and malnutrition in children. These government-funded childcare centers enroll children as young as six months old. Across India, there are more than a million Anganwadis that deliver early education, health, and nutrition services. These centers also provide pre-primary education for children below five years. Free education and midday meals    With low levels of reading literacy among eighth graders, faring well in the upcoming at the later stage, in the secondary school classes could be challenging. The government-run public schools provide free and compulsory education as a fundamental right to children between the ages of *** and ********. To improve the nutritional status and attendance of school children, the Indian government implemented the "Midday Meal Scheme" that offers free lunch to all students on working days. While simplistic in its approach, one meal taken care of during the day helps parents in the lower income groups, specifically those that depend on daily/hourly wages.

In 2023, India had over 1.2 billion internet users across the country. This figure was projected to grow to over 1.6 billion users by 2050, indicating a big market potential in internet services for the South Asian country. In fact, India was ranked as the second largest online market worldwide in 2022, second only to China. The number of internet users was estimated to increase in both urban as well as rural regions, indicating a dynamic growth in access to internet. Mobile connectivity Of the total internet users in the country, a majority of the people access the internet via their mobile phones. There were nearly the same amount of smartphone users as internet users across the country. Cheap availability of mobile data, a growing smartphone user base in the country along with the utility value of smartphones compared to desktops and tablets are some of the factors contributing to the mobile heavy internet access in India. Growth is on the cards Despite the large number of internet users in the country, the internet penetration levels took longer to catch up equally. At the same time, the number of women who have access to internet is much lower than men in the country, and the bias is even more evident in rural India. Similarly, internet usage is lower among older adults in the country due to internet literacy and technological know-how. By encouraging internet accessibility among marginalized groups including women, older people and rural inhabitants in the country, India’s digital footprint has significant headroom to grow.

The value of the print industry across India was *** billion Indian rupees in 2024. This was further expected to reach *** billion rupees by 2026, indicating a compound annual growth of around *** percent.No language barrierPublishing businesses are scattered all over the nation and most of them are carried out on proprietor basis. The idea is to cater to the needs of the local markets and producing titles in regional languages to deliver news to a nation, where citizens speak more than ** languages. In financial year 2018, the print circulation revenue in the south Asian country was led by the Hindi-speaking market with a revenue of almost ** billion Indian rupees. The employment in the sector has also increased over the last decade and was estimated to cross the ** thousand mark in 2022. Read one, read allIncrease in literacy rates across the country has created an interest amongst the young and old alike to stay up to date with the current affairs of the country and the globe. Dainik Jagran, a Hindi language daily newspaper had the highest readership in the country with about ** thousand readers in 2017. Unlike some other markets with more developed digital ecosystems, the newspaper revenue streams in the nation have not faced serious challenges from the digital innovations. Nonetheless, senior citizens prefer to keep it old school when it comes to getting their daily entertainment and information which is likely to keep the ink in the print sector flowing.

As per the Periodic Labour Force Survey of 2024, the unemployment rate among individuals with secondary education and above was 7.1 percent, the highest among other levels of education. Although the unemployment rate within this category fell from the previous financial year. Potential of the education sectorIndia's education sector is estimated to be valued at around 117 billion U.S. dollars, and it is expected to grow to 225 billion U.S. dollars by 2025. It is a growing trend for many young Indians to attain two or three degrees in the hope of attaining a job. One of the largest young populations in the world presents a unique opportunity for the country in the education sector. Educated unemployed Youth unemployment in India was over 15 percent in 2023. This is despite the abundance of highly educated professionals. The data suggests a sharp mismatch between the skills of the labor force and job creation. The lack of jobs in the non-farm sector for the newly graduated young population is a major cause of worry for the Indian economy.

A survey conducted in India showed that in 2022, about **** percent of fifth graders in rural government schools in Uttar Pradesh could read third grade text. This was an increase compared to 2018 when **** percent could read third grade text.

According to a survey conducted in 2022, about **** percent of fifth graders in rural government schools in Karnataka could read third grade text. This was a significant decrease compared to 2018 when **** percent children could read third grade text.