Literacy is an important demographic characteristic of human process. It is essential for human character, social and economic development. Education includes new ideas for a better building of the society and their personal life style. The present work is an attempt to study of male-female disparity in literacy in Western Satpura Region. The period selected for the present study is from 1991 to 2011. Sopher’s modified formula is used to measure male-female disparity in literacy. Present study reveals that overall and gender wise disparity in literacy has decreased during the last decade.
Dr. Manisha S. Patil (Thu,) studied this question.