EDA on Number of Illiterates in Telangana

The dataset is taken from Open Data Telangana

Organisation: Commissioner and Director of School Education

This dataset provides information about the number of illiterates in Telangana State by gender to gram panchayat level

NOTE: This data is according to the old districts.

Period: 2014.

• Problem Statement:

  • Analyse the number of illiterates in Telangana during the year 2014 and compare it with the current year(2023).

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• Observations:

  • During the period 2014, the top 3 highest number of illiterates according to the old districts were in Rural Telangana from Mahabubnagar with 14,75,524 members, Karimnagar with 10,58,837 members and Nalgonda with 10,45,305 members.

  • And in Urban Telangana the top 3 highest number of illiterates were from Rangareddy with 5,10,184 members, Warangal with 1,85,698 members and Karimnagar with 1,67,189 members.

  • The number of female illiterates was more than the male and transgender in Telangana.

  • In Rural Telangana, Mahabubnagar district had 17% of illiterates of which maximum number of illiterates(6240) were from Makthal GP, and least(1) were in Rallacheruvu Thanda GP.

  • In Urban Telangana, Rangareddy district had 34% of illiterates of which maximum number of illiterates(19126) were from Serilingampally Muncipality, and least(19) were in Ibrahimpatnam Muncipality.

  • According to indiacensus.net, the top 3 highest illiterate districts of Telangana in the year 2023 are Jogulamba Gadwal(former Mahabubnagar), Narayanpet(former Mahabubnagar) and Nagarkurnool(former Mahabubnagar).

• Conclusion:

  • Even after 9 years, the district that was once known as Mahabubnagar has the highest percentage of illiterates in Telangana.

Credits:

Thanks to the Telangana Government for providing real-time datasets for public access which is a great learning asset.