CCSAP Report - Ministry of Home Affairs

Table 7D: Socio-Cultural Groups and development, Regions of Andhra Pradesh,
1983 to 2007/8
Average years of educational
attainment, ages >=8 years
Education yrs % change
Regions 1983 2007 1983-2007
Telangana
SC+ST+Mus 1.4 4.3 202
Not (SC+ST+Mus) 2.5 5.6 126
All 2.1 5.2 144
Rayalaseema
SC+ST+Mus 1.6 3.9 150
Not (SC+ST+Mus) 2.8 4.6 64
All 2.4 4.4 80
Coastal Andhra
SC+ST+Mus 1.9 4.4 132
Not (SC+ST+Mus) 2.8 5.1 80
All 2.6 4.9 87
Andhra Pradesh
SC 1.4 4.4 219
ST 0.7 3 308
Muslim 2.9 5.2 81
OBC*
4.4 40
Other 2.7 5.2 92
All 2.4 4.9 105
Source: NSS consumer expenditure surveys for 1983, 1999 and 2007/8
Notes: * for OBC, the column 1983-2007 represents the years 1999-2007
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Average years of educational
attainment, ages 8 - 24
Education yrs % change
1983 2007 1983-2007
2.0 6.4 218
3.2 7.2 127
2.7 6.9 150
2.1 5.8 171
3.5 6.2 76
3.1 6.1 95
2.6 6.3 146
3.4 6.6 93
3.2 6.5 102
2.1 6.7 225
1.2 4.6 300
3.2 6.3 93
6.4 42
3.4 6.8 101
3.0 6.6 117
Notes: 1. Years of educational attainment is obtained from NSS data on education enrolment and completion of
grade levels.
2. The 1983-07 column is the simple percentage change of the 2007 value for each category over its
1983 value; because of changes in population composition, it will not be the same as a simple
weighted average of the change in the individual components