Previous Year Question

According to Census 2001, the female literacy rate in Uttar Pradesh was 42.22%.

In the same Census, Uttar Pradesh recorded—

• Total literacy rate — 56.27%

• Male literacy rate — 68.82%

• Female literacy rate — 42.22

Thus, the gap between male and female literacy was approximately 26.60 percentage points, indicating the substantial gender literacy gap in the State at that time.

Updated status: According to the final Census 2011 figures, the female literacy rate of Uttar Pradesh increased to 57.18%, while male literacy was 77.28% and overall literacy was 67.68%. Thus, female literacy increased by approximately 14.96 percentage points between 2001 and 2011.