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POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY TN

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"Nattukottai Chettiars" or Nagarathar. The Chettiars were a prosperous banking<br />

community who ventured overseas to do business in South and Southeast Asia in the<br />

19th and early 20th centuries.<br />

b2. Education<br />

Table 4.2 indicates block wise literacy rate for male and female population in Sivagangai<br />

district as per 2001 census. Both male and female literacy rates are much lower than the<br />

average for Tamil Nadu. The female literacy rate is particularly low at 53 but it is almost<br />

evenly distributed across the blocks. A gender disparity index of literacy can be calculated<br />

on this basis. In terms of gender disparity the most deficient block is Illayangudi followed<br />

by Thirupathur and then Sivagangai and Manamadurai.<br />

Table 4.2: Gender wise Literacy Rate and Gender Disparity Index of Literacy<br />

Among SCs in Different Blocks as per 2001 Census<br />

Block<br />

Male Female Total Gender Disparity<br />

Index of Literacy<br />

Sivagangai 64 53 59 0.21<br />

Manamadurai 63 52 58 0.21<br />

Kalayarkoil 62 54 58 0.15<br />

Thirupuvanam 64 55 60 0.16<br />

Illayangudi 65 51 58 0.27<br />

Devakotai 62 52 57 0.19<br />

Kannangudi 60 53 57 0.13<br />

Kallal 64 54 59 0.19<br />

Sakkotai 63 56 60 0.13<br />

Thirupathur 65 52 59 0.25<br />

Singampunari 61 54 58 0.13<br />

S. Pudur 62 55 59 0.13<br />

District 63 53 58 0.19<br />

Source: Annual Work Plan and Budget: 2005-06, Office of the Chief Education Officer, Sivagangai.<br />

In terms of gross enrolment ratio in primary and upper primary schools for boys<br />

and girls in all the blocks it is more than 100 for primary schools. In the upper primary<br />

schools only for girls it is indicated to be less than 100 for the district as a whole. Some<br />

of the blocks show deficiency in this respect like Kannangudi, Kallal, and S. Pudur.<br />

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