A Comparative Study of Literacy Rate in Mewat and Mahendragarh Districts of Haryana, 2011

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Abstract

The present paper shows a comparative study of male and female literacy rates in Mewat and Mahendragarh districts of Haryana. The village level spatial patterns of literacy rate of both districts have been analysed comparatively from the secondary data for the year 2011. A large difference between the average literacy rates as well as male and female literacy rates in both districts has been reported. The average literacy rate of Mahendragarh and Mewat districts was found 77.72 and 54.08 respectively. The percentage of male literacy rate in Mahendragarh district was quite high (89.72) as compared to female literacy rate (64.57), whereas the percentage of male (69.44) and female literacy rates (36.60 ) in Mewat district were low. In 2011, the female literacy rate of Mewat district was lowest in Haryana state indicating the female illiteracy of district. Great variations in literacy rates at village levels in both the districts have been reported irrespective of gender. The present study emphasises on the efficient application of literacy improving strategies specifically for females of Mewat district for the betterment of the region.Keywords literacy rate, sex, village, district, Mahendragarh, Mewat