This paper is published in Volume-3, Issue-3, 2017
Area
Education
Author
Pooja Singh, Dr. Meena Bhandari
Org/Univ
Noida International University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Keywords
Muslim Women, Literacy Rate, Islam, Educational Status and Uttar Pradesh
Citations
IEEE
Pooja Singh, Dr. Meena Bhandari. Literacy Level of Muslim Girls in Uttar Pradesh, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.
APA
Pooja Singh, Dr. Meena Bhandari (2017). Literacy Level of Muslim Girls in Uttar Pradesh. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 3(3) www.IJARIIT.com.
MLA
Pooja Singh, Dr. Meena Bhandari. "Literacy Level of Muslim Girls in Uttar Pradesh." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 3.3 (2017). www.IJARIIT.com.
Pooja Singh, Dr. Meena Bhandari. Literacy Level of Muslim Girls in Uttar Pradesh, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.
APA
Pooja Singh, Dr. Meena Bhandari (2017). Literacy Level of Muslim Girls in Uttar Pradesh. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 3(3) www.IJARIIT.com.
MLA
Pooja Singh, Dr. Meena Bhandari. "Literacy Level of Muslim Girls in Uttar Pradesh." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 3.3 (2017). www.IJARIIT.com.
Abstract
This paper main aims to find out the literacy level of Muslim girls in Uttar Pradesh and it also aims to compare the literacy level of Muslim girls in Uttar Pradesh between two census i.e. 2001 and 2011. The study is based on the secondary sources of data which has been collected from the census of India 2001 and 2011. In this paper, Researcher’s focused on the status of Muslim girls’ literacy rate in Uttar Pradesh. It is found that more than half i.e., 53.95 per cent of the total population of the Muslims in India is illiterate with 17.48 per cent literate people just for the name sake only. If we talk about Uttar Pradesh then we found that 50.59 per cent Muslim girls are literate in 2011 (as per census 2011) in which 47.04 literate in rural areas and 56.44 literate in urban areas. This show better result from the census report 2001 in which 31.58 Muslim girls were literate in rural areas and 47.31 Muslim girls were literate in urban areas. The results have revealed that the literacy level of Muslim girls in Uttar Pradesh is not satisfactory and needs special attention.