Saturday, October 21, 2006
Literacy in KBK

| | Table 3: Demographic and Literacy indicators in the KBK districts: 2001 | | |||||||||
| .District | Population Density | Population Indicators | Literacy Rate |
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| Total (000) | Female (%) | Rural (%) | ST (%) | SC (%) | Total (%) | Female (%) |
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| 1. Koraput | 134 | 1,181 | 49.96 | 83.19 | 49.6 | 13.0 | 35.7 | 24.3 |
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| 2. Malkangiri | 87 | 504 | 49.92 | 93.13 | 57.4 | 21.4 | 30.5 | 20.9 |
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| 3. Nawrangpur | 194 | 1,026 | 49.78 | 94.22 | 55.0 | 14.1 | 33.9 | 20.7 |
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| 4. Rayagada | 118 | 831 | 50.69 | 86.11 | 55.8 | 13.9 | 36.1 | 24.6 |
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| 5. Bolangir | 203 | 1,337 | 49.60 | 88.46 | 20.6 | 16.9 | 55.7 | 39.5 |
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| 6. Sonepur | 232 | 542 | 49.14 | 92.61 | 9.8 | 23.6 | 62.8 | 46.2 |
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| 7. Kalahandi | 169 | 1,335 | 50.02 | 92.50 | 28.6 | 17.7 | 45.9 | 29.3 |
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| 8. Nuapada | 138 | 531 | 50.18 | 94.34 | 34.7 | 13.6 | 42.0 | 25.8 |
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| KBK Districts | 153 | 7,287 | 49.91 | 89.95 | 38.41 | 16.25 | 43.3 | 29.1 |
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| Orissa | 236 | 36,805 | 49.30 | 85.01 | 22.13 | 16.53 | 63.1 | 50.5 |
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