Percentage of Women Graduates increased in India

Updated on: Wednesday, August 05, 2015

women graduates The office of the Census Commissioner and Registrar-General of India announced new numbers which indicates the level of education achieved by Indians as of 2011.

Although, there is a significant increase in college attendance, among women, less than one out of every 10 Indians is a graduate. The Census Data also reveals that India, despite with 6.8 crore graduates and above, has more than six times as many uneducated people.

In a shocking revelation the rate of increase in graduates has been faster in rural than in urban India over the last decade, and fastest of all among rural women. The data shows that 67 lakh rural women are currently graduates. The rural people are more likely to have non-technical graduate degrees than urban Indians.

On another side, the new Census data also shows the biggest increase in the number of people pursuing engineering and technology diplomas equivalent to a graduate or postgraduate degree. The percentage of women graduates has tripled. 30 lakh people has teaching degree and over 15 lakh has medical degree.

Chandigarh and Delhi have emerged as top in terms of the percentage of graduates, with one in every five people. Maharashtra achieves the second position while Bihar and Assam are the worst states. With the notable exceptions of Chandigarh and Kerala, the proportion of male graduates is higher than that of women.

The proportion of graduates among the SC and ST is far lower than the national average. While people belonging to the SC account for just four percent of the total, for Scheduled Tribes, it is below three per cent, and even lower for women.

Percentage of Women Graduates increased in India

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