as per the 2011 census the total number of literates in bankura i cd block was 65,395 (68.74% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 38,513 (79.87% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 26,882 (57.87%) of the female population over 6 years). the gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 21.25%.