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📚 Miscellaneous Chapter 1: Education and Literacy (शिक्षा एवं साक्षरता)

Module 2: District pattern of literacy

📖 Chapter 1 of 7 🧩 Module 2 of 7 ⏱️ ~2 min read 💡 19 MCQs
Topic Part 1 of 2

Concept

Subtopic 2.1: Districts above and below

  • Highest literacy: Rohtas 73.37%, then Patna 70.68%, Bhojpur 70.47% and Munger 70.46%. The paper marks Rohtas as the only district above the national rate.
  • Lowest literacy in 2011: Purnia. The ascending order is Purnia 51.08%, Sitamarhi 52.05%, Katihar 52.24% and Madhepura (printed as 51.08%). In 2001 the lowest district was Kishanganj.
  • Female literacy: highest Rohtas 62.97%, then Munger 62.08%, Patna 61.96% and Aurangabad 59.71%. Lowest is Saharsa 41.68%, then Madhepura 41.74% and Purnia 42.34%, with Sitamarhi next in the keyed order.
  • Male literacy: Rohtas 82.88%, Bhojpur 81.74%, Buxar 80.72% and Siwan 80.23%. The lowest ascending order is Purnia 59.06%, Katihar 59.36%, Sitamarhi 60.64% and Sheohar 61.31%.
  • Rural: highest Rohtas 74.74%; lowest Purnia 49.81%. Urban lowest: Sheohar 65.1%.
  • The smallest gender gap is in Munger and the largest in Supaul. The smallest rural-urban gap is in Katihar and the largest in Rohtas (92.8%).
  • South Bihar districts are more literate than North Bihar, for both women and men. The highest literacy is among urban men and the lowest among rural women. The statement that North Bihar men are more literate than South Bihar men is false.
  • The highest 2001-11 gain in female and rural literacy was in Kishanganj and the lowest in Patna.
⭐ Key Points
  • Rohtas 73.37% is the most literate district; Purnia is the least literate in 2011.
  • Top four: Rohtas, Patna 70.68%, Bhojpur 70.47%, Munger 70.46%.
  • Highest female literacy is Rohtas 62.97%; the lowest is Saharsa 41.68%.
  • Highest male literacy is Rohtas 82.88%; the rural low is Purnia 49.81%.
  • The gender gap is smallest in Munger and largest in Supaul.
📌 One-line Q&A
  • Question: Which district has the highest literacy in 2011? Answer: Rohtas, 73.37%.
  • Question: Which district has the lowest female literacy? Answer: Saharsa.
  • Question: Where is the rural-urban literacy gap the smallest? Answer: Katihar.
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MCQs

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Question 2: According to the 2011 census, which Bihar district has the lowest gender gap in literacy?

The smallest gender gap is in Munger. The largest is in Supaul.

Question 3: According to the 2011 census, which Bihar district has the lowest rural-urban literacy gap?

The smallest rural-urban gap is in Katihar. The largest is in Rohtas (92.8%). The figures follow the final 2011 census.

Question 21: According to the 2011 census, which Bihar district has the widest male-female literacy gap?

Supaul has the widest male-female gap in the overall literacy rate.

Question 28: Which statement about literacy in Bihar is false?

Statement (d) is false. Both women and men of South Bihar are more literate than those of North Bihar.

Question 34: According to the 2011 census, which Bihar district has the most literate rural population?

Rural literacy in Rohtas is 74.74%.

Question 35: According to the 2011 census, which Bihar district has the least literate rural population?

Rural literacy in Purnia is 49.81%.

Question 36: According to the 2011 census, which Bihar district has the least literate urban population?

Urban literacy in Sheohar is 65.1%.

Question 37: According to the 2011 census, which is the only Bihar district above the national literacy rate?

The book marks Rohtas as the only district above the national literacy rate. Rohtas, at 73.37%, also has the state's highest literacy.

Question 38: According to the 2011 census, the districts with the highest female literacy, in descending order, are:

Rohtas 62.97%, Munger 62.08%, Patna 61.96% and Aurangabad 59.71%.

Question 39: According to the 2011 census, the districts with the lowest female literacy, in ascending order, are:

Saharsa 41.68%, Madhepura 41.74%, Purnia 42.34%. The ascending order is Saharsa-Madhepura-Purnia-Sitamarhi.

Question 40: According to the 2011 census, which Bihar district has the highest female literacy rate?

Rohtas (62.97%) leads in female literacy.

Question 41: According to the 2011 census, which Bihar district has the lowest female literacy rate?

Saharsa (41.68%) has the lowest female literacy.

Question 42: According to the 2011 census, which Bihar district has the highest male literacy rate?

Rohtas (82.88%) leads in male literacy.

Question 45: According to the 2011 census, which Bihar district has the lowest literacy rate?

In 2011 the lowest literacy is in Purnia. In 2001 it was Kishanganj.

Question 46: According to the 2011 census, Bihar's four most literate districts, in descending order, are:

Rohtas 73.37%, Patna 70.68%, Bhojpur 70.47%, Munger 70.46%.

Question 47: According to the 2011 census, Bihar's least literate districts, in ascending order, are:

Purnia 51.08%, Sitamarhi 52.05%, Katihar 52.24%, Madhepura 51.08%.

Question 48: According to the 2011 census, the four districts with the highest male literacy, in descending order, are:

Rohtas 82.88%, Bhojpur 81.74%, Buxar 80.72%, Siwan 80.23%.

Question 49: According to the 2011 census, the districts with the lowest male literacy, in ascending order, are:

Purnia 59.06%, Katihar 59.36%, Sitamarhi 60.64%, Sheohar 61.31%.

Question 57: According to the 2011 census, which Bihar district has the highest literacy rate?

Rohtas, at 73.37%, has the highest literacy in the state.
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Which district has the highest literacy in 2011?

Rohtas, 73.37%.

Which district has the lowest female literacy?

Saharsa.

Where is the rural-urban literacy gap the smallest?

Katihar.
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