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By: Shrishti Chaubey
The national average in women literacy in 2019-21 stands at 78.97%. A total of 18 states/UTs fall below the national average in the percentage of women who are literate. Bihar with 57.8% has the least percentage of women literacy followed by Jharkhand being the second-worst player with 61.7%.
Districts of Himachal Pradesh recorded better results as compared to the national average since 7 out of 12 districts scored more than 90% whereas the other 5 districts scored more than 83%. Hamirpur attained the first position with 94.80% and Kangra being the second competitor with 94.40% followed by Mandi having 94%. Chamba was the worst performer among all scoring 84.10% followed by Sirmaur with 84.90%. Plain regions like Kangra and Una performed well as compared to tribal and upper regions (Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti, and Chamba) of Himachal Pradesh. According to NFHS methods, women who completed 9th standard schooling or higher educational qualification and can read a whole sentence or part of a sentence is considered literate.
National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) is the fifth series of surveys which
is prepared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of
India which aims to provide information on the population, health, and
nutrition in each state and union territory in India. NFHS-5 is divided into
two phases, where phase-I is conducted in 2019-20 for 22 states/UTs and
phase-II in 2019-21 for 14 states/UTs.
The NFHS-5 survey for Himachal Pradesh was conducted from 16 July 2019 to 5
November 2019 by Population Research Center, Himachal Pradesh University,
Shimla. The fact sheet provides information from 10,368 women aged 15-49
years.
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