Female Literacy Rate and Its Role in Population Growth: A State Wise Analysis of India

Abstract

The year 1971 with a highest decadal growth rate of 24.80 marks a divide line between the highest and declining population growth rate. After 1971 decadal population growth rate of India is decreasing decade by decade. There are many factors behind this decline but the female literacy dominates. Except few state of North-East all states shows that a high female literacy rate results in the low population growth and vice- versa. The state like Kerala and Goa with a female literacy rate of 92.0 and 81.8 respectively shows a decadal growth rate of 4.9 and 8.2. While on the other hand Bihar with a female literacy rate of 53.3 only shows the population decadal growth rate of 25.4 which is high enough.