SPATIAL PERSPECTIVE ON SCHEDULED CASTE AND SCHEDULED TRIBE LITERACY IN KARNATAKA

Rangappa D R; Rayamane A S

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Geographical analysis

Year: 2013, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 70-75

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SPATIAL PERSPECTIVE ON SCHEDULED CASTE AND SCHEDULED TRIBE LITERACY IN KARNATAKA

Rangappa D.R.,^* Rayamane A.S.^**

Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Geography, Bangalore University, Bangalore. Professor and Chairman Department of Geography, Bangalore University, Bangalore

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Abstract

Abstract Education is one of the important needs of life and less degree of literacy is an obstacle to economic growth. Literacy reflects socio-economic and cultural setup of nation, ethnic group or community or a region. Other consideration is that the concept of literacy generally refers to the minimum level of literacy skills. Thus literacy is that qualitative attribute of population which is a fairly reliable Index of socio-economic development of an area. Hence, the present paper has been aimed to examine the spatial pattern of SC/ST literacy in Karnataka from 1961-2001. Such analysis of trend in literacy assumes added significance for a state like Karnataka where the society and Economy have been experiencing a significant change during recent years among the down trodden population likes SC/ST and other.