PERCENTAGE OF RURAL POPULATION
 SERVED BY SCHOOLS - 1986
 

Sl. States/UTs Primary Schools Middle Schools

Within the up to Within the Within habitation 1 Km. habitation 3 Km.

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 92.72 99.17 42.44 97.28 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 65.85 73.35 26.48 42.19 3 ASSAM 81.75 93.58 24.19 83.29 4 BIHAR 78.53 95.86 25.86 88.30 5 GOA 57.72 90.60 22.24 91.79 6 GUJARAT 97.83 99.45 74.90 94.43 7 HARYANA 96.68 99.37 61.84 93.12 8 HIMACHAL PRADESH 46.51 76.64 17.73 76.04 9 JAMMU & KASHMIR 78.23 90.70 34.37 85.99 10 KARNATAKA 92.50 97.24 57.01 89.78 11 KERALA 87.67 94.39 69.17 96.22 12 MADHYA PRADESH 81.51 92.92 27.76 69.58 13 MAHARASHTRA 92.48 97.95 58.83 88.46 14 MANIPUR 89.97 97.39 38.48 80.19 15 MEGHALAYA 80.87 89.22 26.85 64.99 16 MIZORAM 98.05 98.28 80.37 82.85 17 NAGALAND 98.05 99.45 43.25 66.41 18 ORISSA 77.08 92.83 30.45 83.35 19 PUNJAB 96.80 99.60 46.93 92.49 20 RAJASTHAN 86.84 92.90 46.30 77.00 21 SIKKIM 72.13 83.10 27.91 76.20 22 TAMIL NADU 83.92 96.02 34.36 84.07 23 TRIPURA 57.04 84.11 25.78 86.31 24 UTTAR PRADESH 55.69 88.56 20.41 81.88 25 WEST BENGAL 79.71 97.38 18.47 82.79

UNION TERRITORIES

26 A&N ISLANDS 68.41 83.02 39.46 73.57 27 CHANDIGARH 96.92 99.67 56.80 100.00 28 D&N HAVELI 50.74 85.19 9.14 65.33 29 DAMAN & DI 77.13 94.78 60.89 99.14 30 DELHI 98.06 100.00 58.69 93.60 31 LAKSHADWEEP 100.00 100.00 99.16 99.16 32 PONDICHERRY 88.54 99.02 49.83 99.48

Total (States & UTs) 80.34 94.60 36.98 86.39

Source: Fifth All India Educational Survey, New Delhi: NCERT, 1989. pp. 36-47.

        
        
        
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