दिल्ली · शिक्षा और रोज़गार

Delhi — education & jobs

How well Delhi reads and writes, how far its women have studied, and what work its people do — every district on the map, from the Census, the National Family Health Survey and the Periodic Labour Force Survey.

11 districts · 2001–2024Source: Census · NFHS · PLFS
महिला साक्षरता
Female literacy · Census 2011
80.8%
+6.1 pts since 2001
साक्षरता अंतर
Gender gap · 2011
10.2 pts
Men 90.9% vs women 80.8%
बेरोज़गारी दर
Unemployment · PLFS 2023-24
2.1%
India 3.2%
महिला श्रम भागीदारी
Women's labour-force participation · 2023-24
14.5%
PLFS, usual status

Literacy, district by district साक्षरता · ज़िलेवार

Census of India · literates ÷ population aged 7+ · click a district
lit-y
lit
Female literacy 201178.4%82.4%83.6% No dataDistricts created after the census show no data
Selected district
Central
Women
82.5%
2001: 76.1%
Men
87.5%
2001: 82.7%
All
85.1%
2001: 79.7%
Women literate · NFHS-5
84.7% (NFHS-4 86.7%)
Women 10+ yrs school
57.1% (NFHS-4 62.5%)
Highest · Female literacy

Women's education — NFHS महिला शिक्षा

National Family Health Survey district fact sheets · women aged 15-49
round
nfhs
Women literate (15-49) · 2019-2183.2%85.1%86.8% No data
Highest · Women literate (15-49)
Lowest — where to focus

Jobs & type of work रोज़गार · काम का प्रकार

Census of India · main + marginal workers · click a district
job-y
jobs
Women's work participation 20119.4%11.6%12.2% No data
Type of work · 2011
Central5,82,320 people · WPR 35.6%
94%
Delhi (all districts)1,67,87,941 people · WPR 33.3%
95%
  • Other workers — Industry, services, trade, government…
  • Household industry — Family-run manufacturing & crafts
  • Cultivators — Farm their own or leased land
  • Agricultural labourers — Work on others' land for wages
Highest · Women's work participation

What changed, district by district बदलाव · ज़िलेवार

Census 2001 → 2011 · change in percentage points · blue = higher, red = lower · click a district
period
change
Women's literacy · Census 2001 → 2011-7.7 pts+7.7 pts· 0 = no change No dataNo change where either count is missing
Selected district
Central
2001
76.1%
2011
82.5%
Change
+6.4 pts
Biggest rises · Women's literacy
Biggest falls · Women's literacy

No district fell.

Unemployment in Delhi, year by year बेरोज़गारी दर

PLFS · usual status (principal + subsidiary), all ages · state-level survey (no district estimates)
17-1818-1919-2020-2121-2222-232.1%23-24
17-189.7
18-1910.4
19-208.7
20-216.3
21-225.3
22-231.9
23-242.1
LFPR 2023-24
36.0%
WPR 2023-24
35.2%
Women's UR 2022-23
2.2%

Where people work किस क्षेत्र में रोज़गार

PLFS 2021-22 · % of usually working persons by industry (NIC-2008)

0.0% of working women are in agriculture & allied work (PLFS 2023-24).

Every district तालिका

All measures side by side · “—” where the source has no figure for that district or year
East85.0%79.3%89.3%8.184.3%84.6%57.2%33.9%11.6%95.9%0.2%0.5%
New Delhi83.6%76.3%88.3%8.783.9%83.0%57.9%41.9%19.7%97.6%0.2%0.5%
South West82.5%75.6%88.3%10.688.3%81.6%68.4%34.7%12.2%95.5%1.2%1.0%
Central82.5%76.1%85.1%5.084.7%86.7%57.1%35.6%10.8%94.2%0.3%0.3%
West82.4%78.0%87.0%8.683.2%86.6%56.3%34.4%11.9%95.8%0.3%0.5%
North82.2%74.5%86.9%8.781.9%83.5%53.9%33.4%9.4%94.9%0.7%0.6%
South80.6%73.9%86.6%11.286.6%80.4%61.6%33.8%11.8%96.3%0.3%0.6%
North West78.4%73.1%84.5%11.386.4%76.2%62.9%32.5%9.8%94.9%1.0%1.1%
North East76.7%68.9%83.1%12.185.1%83.7%59.8%29.5%6.4%94.7%0.3%0.4%
Shahdara————85.5%—58.4%—————
South East————86.8%—65.5%—————
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Source · स्रोत