Literacy Rate State Level
The dataset provides information on the literacy rate in Himachal Pradesh, India, from 1951 to 2021. The dataset includes the census year, the percentage of female, male, and total population who are literate.
Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | numeric | index | |
| year | text | Year Decade wise | |
| census | text | Data from Census | |
| female | numeric | Literacy rate of Females | |
| male | numeric | Literacy rate of Males | |
| total | numeric | Literacy rate of Total |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | May 11, 2023 |
| Metadata last updated | May 11, 2023 |
| Created | May 7, 2023 |
| Format | CSV |
| License | Open Data Commons Attribution License |
| Additional info | Data is available at website page in Statistical data > IMPORTANT STATISTICS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH 2021-22 |
| Data insights | The dataset shows a continuous increase in the literacy rate of Himachal Pradesh from 1951 to 2021. In 1951, the literacy rate was only 4.8%, which increased to 82.8% in 2021. The male literacy rate has always been higher than the female literacy rate, but the gap has been decreasing over the years. In 1951, the male literacy rate was 7.5%, which increased to 89.53% in 2021. In contrast, the female literacy rate was only 2% in 1951, which increased to 75.93% in 2021. |
| Data last updated | 2,022 |
| Data retreival date | 2,023 |
| Datastore active | True |
| Frequency | Decade |
| Granularity | State |
| Has views | True |
| Id | a99c01b4-25ef-48f7-8c94-98cc90be86b1 |
| Idp ready | True |
| Mimetype | text/csv |
| No indicators | 3 |
| Package id | be723299-fa75-45e3-a032-df55a42aa4f3 |
| Position | 0 |
| Similar resources | d71e50ca-7ed8-4ca7-8e09-ed98f17d6ec0 |
| Size | 368 bytes |
| State | active |
| States uts no | 1 |
| Url type | upload |
| Years covered | 1950-51 to 2021-22 |
| Methodology | |
| Similar Resources | |
| Granularity Level | State |
| Data Extraction Page | |
| Data Retreival Date | 2023 |
| Data Last Updated | 2022 |
| Sku | |
| Dataset Frequency | Decade |
| Years Covered | 1950-51 to 2021-22 |
| No of States/UT(s) | 1 |
| No of Districts | |
| No of Tehsils/blocks | |
| No of Gram Panchayats | |
| Additional Information | Data is available at website page in Statistical data > IMPORTANT STATISTICS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH 2021-22 |
| Number of Indicators | 3 |
| Insights from the dataset | The dataset shows a continuous increase in the literacy rate of Himachal Pradesh from 1951 to 2021. In 1951, the literacy rate was only 4.8%, which increased to 82.8% in 2021. The male literacy rate has always been higher than the female literacy rate, but the gap has been decreasing over the years. In 1951, the male literacy rate was 7.5%, which increased to 89.53% in 2021. In contrast, the female literacy rate was only 2% in 1951, which increased to 75.93% in 2021. |
| IDP Ready | Yes |