• Santu Biswas

Abstract: Literacy is considered as one of the indicators of educational development of a nation and an essential but necessary step towards education. Literacy can also help in the development of human civilization through reducing poverty, ignorance, exclusion, etc..The present study has examine the educational status of women in west Bengal with respect in India of various governmental CencusReport(1951-2011).According to 2011 cencus reports the women literacy rate in india 65.46% & 71.16% in west Bengal, So the women literacy rate in west Bengal is satisfactory position with respect in India, also the male-female gender gap has been decrease. As per census 2011,the total literacy rate in West Bengal has grown from 68.64% in 2001 to 77.08% in 2011. PurbaMedinipur has the highest literacy rate of 87.66% in West Bengal.The position of West Bengal has always been higher than the all-India average; and West Bengal ranks the sixth among major states in this regard. But until the last decade, the improvement in literacy has been relatively slow in the state, especially for women. As a result, according to the Census, the Literacy rate of female in West Bengal has increased from 36.56 % in 1981 to 46.56 % in 1991 and to 60.22 % in 2001 and to 71.16 % in 2011 regarding female literacy in India. The trend of female literacy rate in West Bengal has been increased, this is the highest improvement for women literacy rate in West Bengal.

Key Word:Women, Literacy Rate,Cencus report, West Bengal.

"EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF WOMEN IN WEST BENGAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 11, page no.928-940, November 2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1711151.pdf

"EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF WOMEN IN WEST BENGAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 11, page no. pp928-940, November 2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1711151.pdf