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Rajasthan is the largest state of the country with 3.42 lac square kilometre of area. In the given geographic conditions and historical reasons in the feudal society of Rajasthan, education, particularly of the girls, remained a neglected area. Though girls are considered the squandered gift and precious human beings with enormous potential, still traditionally, they are the last to have their basic needs met and the first to be denied to the basic rights.

Education of girls was never given its due importance, but the efforts of the last few decades have fetched an unbelievable result.

Over the past few years, the state has seen a marked increase in the literacy level of the state, particularly in female literacy. In 1991, Rajasthan's literacy rate was 38.55% (54.99% being male literates, and 20.44% being female literates). In 2001, this increased to 60.41% (75.70% being male literates and 43.85% being female literates). This was the highest leap in the percentage of literacy recorded in India (the rise in female literacy being 23%) and was also a remarkable achievement in the history of the state.

The literacy scenario of various districts of Rajasthan is as follows:

Total Number of Literates and Literacy Rate by Sex-Census 2001
S.No. Name of State/District Literates(Nos.) All Males Females Literacy Rate(%) All Males Females
RAJASTHAN 27702010 18047157 9654853 60.40 75.70 43.90 1 Ganganagar 965445 599877 365568 64.74 75.53 52.44 2 Hanumangarh 795660 499697 295963 63.05 75.18 49.56 3 Bikaner 766862 501257 265605 56.91 70.05 42.03 4 Churu 1028880 627121 401759 66.81 79.69 53.35 5 Jhunjhunu 1152872 691728 461144 73.04 86.09 59.51 6 Alwar 1488281 998253 490028 61.74 78.09 43.28 7 Bharatpur 1063582 729301 334281 63.57 80.54 43.56 8 Dhaulpur 458782 315121 143661 60.13 75.09 41.84 9 Karauli 608672 412709 195963 63.38 79.54 44.39 10 Sawai Madhopur 515913 365498 150415 56.67 75.74 35.17 11 Dausa 650576 439937 210639 61.84 79.35 42.32 12 Jaipur 3027923 1891074 1136849 69.90 82.80 55.52 13 Sikar 1317144 801815 515329 70.47 84.34 56.11 14 Nagaur 1287921 852126 435795 57.28 74.10 39.67 15 Jodhpur 1319879 892731 427148 56.67 72.96 38.64 16 Jaisalmer 201960 145203 56757 50.97 66.26 32.05 17 Barmer 902027 590123 311904 58.99 72.76 43.45 18 Jalor 528975 372768 156207 46.49 64.72 27.80 19 Sirohi 367938 244514 123424 53.94 69.89 37.15 20 Pali 806297 536694 269603 54.39 72.20 36.48 21 Ajmer 1168856 742535 426321 64.65 79.37 48.86 22 Tonk 513474 359906 153568 51.97 70.52 32.15 23 Bundi 437773 296290 141483 55.57 71.68 37.79 24 Bhilwara 839353 567468 271885 50.74 67.39 33.48 25 Rajsamand 449046 296250 152796 55.65 73.99 37.59 26 Udaipur 1255399 797694 457705 58.62 73.62 43.26 27 Dungarpur 425440 283512 141928 48.57 66.04 31.77 28 Banswara 529481 362829 166652 44.63 60.45 28.43 29 Chittorgarh 807105 539465 267640 54.09 71.30 36.39 30 Kota 968781 593065 375716 73.53 85.23 60.43 31 Baran 495121 330676 164445 59.50 75.78 41.55 32 Jhalawar 556592 369920 186672 57.32 73.31 40.02

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