PERCENTAGE OF RURAL HABITATION
 SERVED BY SCHOOLS - 1986
 

% Habitation with % Habitation with Population 300 Population 500 or more served by or more served by Primary Schools Middle Schools

Sl. State/Uts Primary Schools Middle Schools No.

With in the Up to With in the Up to Habitation 1 Km. Habitation 3 Km.

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 91.96 99.07 28.57 96.87 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 80.31 87.80 38.01 56.45 3 ASSAM 78.38 92.71 23.01 84.65 4 BIHAR 73.70 95.05 19.89 88.77 5 GOA 59.59 91.61 28.50 93.63 6 GUJARAT 96.50 99.23 65.88 91.90 7 HARYANA 94.02 98.81 40.98 89.36 8 HIMACHAL PRADESH 64.12 89.41 34.17 90.18 9 JAMMU & KASHMIR 83.90 94.06 40.36 92.38 10 KARNATAKA 92.89 97.36 49.12 87.65 11 KERALA 75.16 88.34 51.16 94.42 12 MADHYA PRADESH 88.99 98.18 42.60 90.37 13 MANIPUR 97.39 98.28 89.64 92.43 14 MIZORAM 82.79 96.24 36.86 88.90 15 NAGALAND 96.26 99.58 33.20 90.87 16 ORISSA 87.09 90.83 38.21 72.31 17 PUNJAB 83.53 90.46 45.64 83.89 18 RAJASTHAN 80.15 95.44 25.55 82.26 19 SIKKIM 58.52 86.72 31.14 93.88 20 TAMIL NADU 47.61 86.01 16.88 80.95 21 TRIPURA 73.07 96.71 14.53 82.91 22 UTTAR PRADESH 93.12 98.37 50.98 85.22 23 WEST BENGAL 89.34 95.79 41.12 78.85 24 MEGHALAYA 98.59 99.58 39.03 64.56 25 MAHARASHTRA 88.99 98.18 42.60 90.37

UNION TERRITORIES

26 A&N ISLANDS 72.51 88.30 50.48 82.66 27 CHANDIGARH 90.48 100.00 57.89 100.00 28 D&N HAVELI 65.66 89.90 11.76 82.35 29 DAMAN & DIU 60.00 93.33 42.42 100.00 30 DELHI 95.48 100.00 43.81 97.42 31 LAKSHADWEEP 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 32 PONDICHERRY 82.00 98.74 35.53 95.43

Total (States & UTs) 76.98 94.01 29.93 84.45

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

        
         
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