The Regional Disparities in Literacy Rate and Gender Gap among the Indian Scheduled Tribes

In India, there are more than 533 tribal communities scattered all over the states. Tribal communities live, in various ecological and geo-climatic conditions ranging from plains and forests to hills and inaccessible areas. Because of this geographical isolation, they are often excluded from development process. Tribal groups are at different stages of social, economic and educational development. The present paper makes an attempt to analyse the gender gap in literacy rate among the Scheduled Castes population of India. Kabita Auddya"The Regional Disparities in Literacy Rate and Gender Gap among the Indian Scheduled Tribes" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-2 , February 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd10773.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/social-science/10773/the-regional-disparities-in-literacy-rate-and-gender-gap-among-the-indian-scheduled-tribes/kabita-auddya