Tikamgarh - A District of Madhya Pradesh

Education and Culture

Public instruction in an organised manner came into being only in the nineteenth century. In 1812, a treaty was signed between British and the then King of Orchha. This was followed by the introduction of Lord Macaulay's system in 1835. However the first school was established only in 1866 which remained the only educational institution in the State till 1877.

In the beginning of the Century the literacy rate was 1.28 percent. In the 1951 literacy rate has gone upto 3.57 percent. During the Census 1961, the district returned 9.67 percent. In 1971 the literacy rate has improved to 14.04 percent . In 1981 the literacy rate moved to 19.16 percent. In the 1991 Census the literacy rate was 34.78 percent. In the 2001 Census the literacy rate was 55.80 percent. The table given below show the literacy rate tehsil wise

S. No.	Name of Tehsil	Rural Literacy			Urban Literacy			Total Literacy
		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	Tikamgarh	66.55	37.57	52.94	84.77	67.71	76.71	72.98	48.27	61.35
2	Baldeogarh	58.96	31.32	46.08	73.52	49.60	62.27	60.47	33.24	47.77
3	Jatara	63.16	34.22	49.70	76.91	52.47	65.25	64.64	36.27	51.41
4	Palera	68.89	39.61	55.24	75.77	50.11	63.73	69.46	40.49	55.94
5	Niwari	76.74	44.49	61.63	76.19	53.12	65.38	76.63	46.27	62.40
6	Prithvipur	68.45	38.95	54.65	70.47	44.60	58.32	68.84	40.05	55.36

[ Census 2001 ]

General Education

There has been significant progress in the number of educational institutions. The table given below shows the number of different level of educational institutions tehsil wise.

S.No.	Tehsil Name	Primary School	Middle School	High School	Higher Secondary	Degree College	Professional Institute & Others	Others (Ashram Schools)
1	Tikamgarh	329	136	17	08	2	3	-
2	Baldeogarh	313	89	06	05	-	-	-
3	Jatara	316	105	06	06	1	-	2
4	Palera	290	84	02	04	1	-	1
5	Niwari	226	95	08	11	1	2	1
6	Prithvipur	291	81	10	07	1	-	-

[Source : District Statistical Handbook- 2003]

Higher Education

There are 6 Degree College/ Post Graduate College imparting instructions in Arts,Science and Commerce. Following are the Colleges in the district.

Govt. Post Graduate College, Tikamgarh
Govt. Birangana Rani Avanti Bai Lodhi Girls College, Tikamgarh
Govt. Degree College, Niwari.
Govt. Degree College, Prithvipur
Govt. Degree College, Palera
Govt. Degree College, Jatara

Professional and Technical Schools and Collages

Following are the professional institutions operational in the district

Govt. Polytechnic Tikamgarh
Govt. Technical School, Tikamgarh
Basic Training Institute, Kundeshwar
School for the Cultivation of fine Arts, Music and Dancing.
Govt. Devendra Sanskrit Vidyalaya, Tikamgarh.

Libraries

The Devendra Pustakalaya was established in 1930. It is now the district Library. In 1976 it had 36,057 books and it contributes 28 newspapers, 8 Magazines and Journals.

One public library each at Jatara, Niwari, Prithvipur and Palera is there.

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