Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority

Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA) came in to existence as a registered society on
30th January 1996. The School & Mass Education(S & ME) department in the Government of Odisha has the responsibility to achieve the goals of Universal Elementary Education (UEE).
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Achievement of different Intervention
Literacy

SL	District	Literacy Rate									Muslim Literacy Rate	Rural Female Literacy Rate
		All Communities			SC			ST
		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1	ANGUL	81.43	55.37	68.79	71.71	41.77	56.99	60.25	30.05	45.35	80.03	51.95
2	BALASORE	81.69	58.90	70.56	74.48	43.75	59.41	45.63	17.69	31.88	56.37	57.46
3	BARAGARH	77.41	58.48	63.99	70.40	40.57	55.66	65.87	34.44	50.20	82.06	48.64
4	BHADRAK	84.65	62.85	73.86	74.78	43.45	59.35	38.00	16.43	27.44	53.40	63.02
5	BOLANGIR	71.67	39.51	55.70	69.50	37.25	53.54	61.96	25.52	43.64	77.85	35.77
6	BOUDH	76.23	39.02	57.73	69.67	30.11	49.92	68.29	25.81	46.65	81.80	37.39
7	CUTTACK	85.82	66.90	76.66	74.97	47.20	61.40	50.49	20.14	35.75	75.42	62.54
8	DEOGARH	73.33	47.18	60.36	67.67	37.87	52.84	59.41	31.23	45.26	64.74	45.59
9	DHENKANAL	80.57	57.89	69.42	70.83	41.25	56.23	53.69	24.66	39.41	86.79	56.12
10	GAJAPATI	54.71	28.42	41.26	51.24	23.83	37.14	41.60	14.83	27.77	50.15	24.50
11	GANJAM	75.22	46.44	60.77	61.93	27.61	44.56	50.22	20.65	35.54	76.96	41.25
12	JAGATSINGHPUR	88.55	69.28	79.08	79.48	52.77	66.30	59.87	35.91	48.62	79.57	68.79
13	JAJPUR	81.89	60.76	71.44	69.27	39.27	54.61	45.48	16.93	31.41	73.87	60.13
14	JHARSUGUDA	82.16	58.48	70.65	77.61	50.10	63.97	71.86	42.27	57.23	78.51	53.57
15	KALAHANDI	62.66	29.29	45.98	63.76	30.80	47.29	51.70	17.15	34.99	80.41	26.78
16	KANDHAMAL	69.79	35.86	52.68	70.99	36.08	53.36	62.72	26.87	44.47	69.04	32.81
17	KENDRAPARA	87.11	66.76	76.81	75.20	46.07	60.73	53.52	25.21	40.07	68.81	66.26
18	KEONJHAR	71.99	46.22	59.24	78.99	49.52	64.38	54.63	25.97	40.30	79.57	43.56
19	KHURDHA	87.90	70.36	79.59	78.17	51.02	64.98	65.43	33.07	49.91	77.24	63.01
20	KORAPUT	47.20	24.26	35.72	48.52	22.45	35.43	29.25	8.38	18.68	71.60	15.61
21	MALKANGIRI	40.14	20.91	30.53	62.18	37.38	49.94	22.05	7.50	14.69	67.81	18.41
22	MAYURBHANJ	65.76	37.84	51.91	68.29	38.84	53.56	54.11	23.51	38.80	65.69	35.01
23	NAWARANGPUR	47.04	20.67	33.93	58.53	31.97	45.36	36.86	11.12	24.00	74.61	18.00
24	NAYAGARH	82.66	57.64	70.52	72.13	41.96	57.27	64.81	28.83	47.09	81.15	56.70
25	NUAPADA	58.46	25.79	42.00	60.26	27.92	43.99	50.69	16.18	13.12	80.22	23.80
26	PURI	88.08	67.57	77.96	78.51	49.30	64.05	73.37	42.11	58.72	75.52	66.29
27	RAYAGADA	48.18	24.56	36.15	49.81	21.03	35.18	31.16	10.07	20.23	61.78	18.27
28	SAMBALPUR	78.99	55.16	67.25	75.68	47.02	61.49	66.92	38.40	52.67	75.19	49.53
29	SONEPUR	78.94	46.17	62.84	73.68	39.31	56.77	69.53	34.29	52.16	72.42	45.81
30	SUNDERGARH	75.34	53.88	64.86	74.14	48.70	61.54	64.66	40.90	52.75	78.47	43.09
	Total	75.35	50.51	63.08	70.47	40.33	55.53	51.48	23.37	47.08	71.30	46.66

SOURCE : CENSUS 2001

As per Census 2011 Flash Report, the literacy rate for Orissa
Male : 82.14%
Female : 65.46%
Total : 74.04%

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