Educational Facts & Figures of Gujarat

Updated on: Apr 17, 2013

The following tables give the latest figures of primary schools, upper primary schools and area-wise distribution of schools in Gujarat.

Percentage of Primary Schools Under Different Management

Year	Govt.	Local Body(LB)	Govt. + LB	Private Aided	Private Un-aided
1973-74	50.88	42.47	93.34	5.01	1.64
1978-79	38.96	55.03	93.99	4.42	1.59
1986-87	41.37	51.71	93.08	4.34	2.57
1993-94	44.63	47.47	92.10	3.78	4.12
1996-97	47.78	43.88	91.66	3.34	5.00
2001-02*	47.45	43.47	90.92	3.07	6.01

Percentage of Upper Primary Schools Under Different Managements

Year	Govt.	Local Body(LB)	Govt. + LB	Private Aided	Private Un-aided
1973-74	50.71	26.86	77.57	17.75	4.67
1978-79	40.31	38.13	78.44	16.90	4.66
1986-87	42.79	32.33	75.12	16.30	8.58
1993-94	45.94	33.51	79.45	9.53	11.02
1996-97	46.41	29.13	75.54	10.25	14.20
2001-02*	47.36	29.05	76.41	7.81	15.77

Percentage of High/Higher Secondary Schools Under Different Managements

Year	Govt.	Local Body(LB)	Govt. + LB	Private Aided	Private Un-aided
1973-74	26.54	10.85	37.39	57.02	5.59
1978-79	30.44	8.71	39.15	57.30	3.55
1986-87	37.49	7.73	45.22	44.79	9.99
1993-94	37.76	9.29	47.05	37.78	15.17
1996-97	38.96	6.74	45.70	36.20	18.10
2001-02*	36.16	6.29	42.45	33.99	23.56

Area-wise Primary Schools

No	District	Rural area	Urban area	Total
1	Ahmedabad	1243	1163	2406
2	Amreli	806	172	978
3	Anand	1040	174	1214
4	Banaskantha	1972	222	2194
5	Bharuch	1086	145	1231
6	Bhavnagar	1057	294	1351
7	Dahod	1929	139	2068
8	Dang	409	14	423
9	Gandhinagar	432	263	695
10	Jamnagar	953	330	1283
11	Junagadh	1294	443	1737
12	Kheda	1671	170	1841
13	Kutch	1351	232	1583
14	Mehsana	865	295	1160
15	Narmada	743	31	774
16	Navsari	730	91	821
17	Panchmahal	2066	292	2358
18	Patan	832	94	926
19	Porbandar	259	80	339
20	Rajkot	1451	481	1932
21	Sabarkantha	2423	257	2680
22	Surat	1885	717	2602
23	Surendranagar	926	185	1111
24	Vadodara	2069	639	2708
25	Valsad	1003	83	1086
	Total	30495	7006	37501

Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools

Sr.	District	Secondary			Higher Secondary			Total
Sr.	District	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total
1	Ahmedabad	433	29	462	329	29	358	762	58	820
2	Amreli	120	6	126	32	13	45	152	19	171
3	Anand	156	12	168	71	7	78	227	19	246
4	Banaskantha	126	4	130	44	9	53	170	13	183
5	Bharuch	227	6	233	78	7	85	305	13	318
6	Bhavnagar	155	9	164	76	7	83	231	16	247
7	Dahod	175	12	187	35	19	54	210	31	241
8	Dang	320	15	335	89	11	100	409	26	435
9	Gandhinagar	18	1	19	3	1	4	21	2	23
10	Jamnagar	139	12	151	61	4	65	200	16	216
11	Junagadh	40	1	41	17	1	18	57	2	59
12	Kheda	60	3	63	68	7	75	128	10	138
13	Kutch	153	9	162	52	4	56	205	13	218
14	Mehsana	36	4	40	13	4	17	49	8	57
15	Narmada	293	12	305	108	2	110	401	14	415
16	Navsari	186	13	199	68	8	76	254	21	275
17	Panchmahal	138	4	142	50	1	51	188	5	193
18	Patan	168	8	176	63	13	76	231	21	252
19	Porbandar	278	21	299	114	9	123	392	30	422
20	Rajkot	394	18	412	101	44	145	495	62	557
21	Sabarkantha	217	8	225	173	9	182	390	17	407
22	Surat	95	1	96	42	2	44	137	3	140
23	Surendranagar	307	16	323	215	13	228	522	29	551
24	Vadodara	328	21	349	172	22	194	500	43	543
25	Valsad	135	8	143	30	8	38	165	16	181
	Total	4697	253	4950	2104	254	2358	6801	507	7308

Census Year	Crude Literacy Rates			Change in percent points
Census Year	Persons	Male	Female	Persons	Male	Female
1901	5.35	9.83	0.60	-	-	-
1911	5.92	10.56	1.05	0.57	0.73	0.45
1921	7.16	12.21	1.81	1.24	1.65	0.76
1931	9.50	15.59	2.93	2.34	3.38	1.12
1941	16.10	24.90	7.30	6.60	9.31	4.37
1951	16.67	24.95	7.93	0.57	0.05	0.63
1961	24.02	34.44	12.95	7.35	9.49	5.02
1971	29.45	39.45	18.69	5.43	5.01	5.74
1981	36.23	46.89	24.82	6.78	7.44	6.13
1991	42.84	52.74	32.17	6.61	5.85	7.35
2001	55.30	64.13	45.84	12.46	11.39	13.67