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Uttarakhand — education & jobs

How well Uttarakhand 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.

13 districts · 2001–2024Source: Census · NFHS · PLFS
महिला साक्षरता
Female literacy · Census 2011
70.0%
+10.4 pts since 2001 · from 12 of 13 districts
साक्षरता अंतर
Gender gap · 2011
17.1 pts
Men 87.1% vs women 70.0%
बेरोज़गारी दर
Unemployment · PLFS 2023-24
4.3%
India 3.2%
महिला श्रम भागीदारी
Women's labour-force participation · 2023-24
35.9%
PLFS, usual status

Literacy, district by district साक्षरता · ज़िलेवार

Census of India · literates ÷ population aged 7+ · click a district
lit-y
lit
Female literacy 201164.5%70.4%77.3% No dataDistricts created after the census show no data
Selected district
Bageshwar
Women
69.0%
2001: 57.0%
Men
92.3%
2001: 87.7%
All
80.0%
2001: 71.3%
Women literate · NFHS-5
87.8% (NFHS-4 79.5%)
Women 10+ yrs school
52.2% (NFHS-4 42.8%)
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) · 2019-2176.4%85.8%88.0% 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 201118.6%42.2%47.5% No data
Type of work · 2011
Bageshwar2,59,898 people · WPR 47.6%
21%
69%
Uttarakhand (all districts · from 12 of 13 districts)94,63,786 people · WPR 37.8%
48%
38%
11%
  • 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 → 2011-15.7 pts+15.7 pts· 0 = no change No dataNo change where either count is missing
Selected district
Bageshwar
2001
57.0%
2011
69.0%
Change
+12.1 pts
Biggest rises · Women's literacy
Biggest falls · Women's literacy

No district fell.

Unemployment in Uttarakhand, year by year बेरोज़गारी दर

PLFS · usual status (principal + subsidiary), all ages · state-level survey (no district estimates)
17-1818-1919-2020-2121-2222-234.3%23-24
17-187.6
18-198.9
19-207.1
20-216.9
21-227.8
22-234.5
23-244.3
LFPR 2023-24
46.2%
WPR 2023-24
44.2%
Women's UR 2022-23
4.2%

Where people work किस क्षेत्र में रोज़गार

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

68.0% 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
Dehradun78.5%71.2%84.3%10.987.6%84.6%62.6%34.4%15.4%76.3%13.2%6.6%
Nainital77.3%69.6%83.9%12.885.4%84.9%55.2%39.4%25.9%51.6%36.6%9.2%
Garhwal72.6%65.7%82.0%20.185.8%87.2%56.2%39.9%35.2%38.0%54.9%5.0%
Chamoli72.3%61.6%82.7%21.190.5%85.8%59.0%46.2%44.1%27.9%67.0%2.1%
Pithoragarh72.3%62.6%82.3%20.589.1%79.0%55.5%44.8%42.2%31.3%63.4%2.5%
Rudraprayag70.4%59.6%81.3%23.687.2%83.3%56.4%46.7%47.5%21.7%73.6%2.8%
Bageshwar69.0%57.0%80.0%23.387.8%79.5%52.2%47.6%47.9%21.5%68.9%7.3%
Champawat68.1%54.2%79.8%23.684.7%74.0%51.0%38.4%30.5%34.1%60.3%4.1%
Hardwar64.8%52.1%73.4%16.376.4%66.5%40.3%30.6%9.1%62.5%16.2%17.8%
Udham Singh Nagar64.5%53.4%73.1%16.672.3%66.0%41.1%35.9%18.6%46.9%20.7%27.9%
Tehri Garhwal64.3%49.4%76.4%25.575.5%77.1%50.8%45.3%43.5%28.9%66.7%2.9%
Uttarkashi62.4%46.7%75.8%26.481.2%71.2%53.6%47.7%45.2%20.7%74.6%2.8%
Almora—60.6%——88.0%79.7%48.0%—————
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Source · स्रोत