1.19  DISTRICTWISE LITERACY RATE  OF  SCHEDULED CASTES POPULATION
IN GUJARAT - 1991
Sr.	States/	Among the Total SC				Among the Rural SC				Among the Urban SC
No.	District	Population				Population				Population
		Person	Male	Female		Person	Male	Female		Person	Male	Female
1	2	3	4	5		6	7	8		9	10	11
	GUJARAT	61.07	75.47	45.54		55.59	71.21	38.96		70.06	82.25	56.53
1	Jamnagar	47.98	63.78	31.15		43.74	59.33	27.04		54.18	70.31	37.10
2	Rajkot	54.05	70.28	36.60		50.52	66.41	33.58		59.67	76.36	41.47
3	Surendranagar	55.28	72.65	36.38		51.03	68.68	31.92		66.33	82.89	48.09
4	Bhavnagar	52.76	69.53	35.04		48.79	66.79	29.86		59.48	74.15	43.88
5	Amreli	51.28	67.24	34.82		48.24	64.20	31.83		66.90	82.76	50.34
6	Junagadh	51.90	67.28	35.64		49.34	65.11	32.79		59.74	73.81	44.52
7	Kachchh	43.70	61.82	24.36		40.72	59.07	21.34		50.83	68.26	31.73
8	Banas Kantha	40.72	57.16	23.19		38.04	54.52	20.51		62.19	78.01	44.95
9	Sabar Kantha	62.17	79.45	44.25		60.99	78.43	42.97		74.35	89.69	57.75
10	Mehsana	68.57	81.29	54.83		65.44	79.05	50.85		78.75	88.45	68.00
11	Gandhinagar	90.14	95.50	84.19		91.16	96.00	85.79		89.54	95.21	83.25
12	Ahmedabad	70.85	82.79	57.37		60.70	76.87	42.57		74.00	84.63	61.99
13	Kheda	69.57	83.34	54.28		67.48	81.96	51.37		76.41	87.89	63.77
14	Panch  Mahals	55.03	71.69	37.60		51.52	68.62	33.70		72.44	86.73	57.16
15	Vadodara	69.58	82.82	55.12		63.40	78.57	46.78		75.84	87.13	63.55
16	Bharuch	70.34	84.88	54.68		66.65	82.38	49.98		78.79	90.48	65.73
17	Surat	70.85	81.20	60.02		77.20	87.04	67.30		66.87	77.66	55.32
18	Valsad	80.93	89.89	72.24		82.65	91.32	74.60		77.63	87.31	67.46
19	The Dangs	81.23	89.63	72.22		76.88	84.21	69.23		82.37	91.03	73.02
Note: The percentage have been calculated on the total scheduled castes population exclusive  of the
population in  age group 0-6.
Source: Director of census operations, Gujarat state, Ahmedabad.
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