census the total number of literates in gobindpur cd block was 141,233 (68.53% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 86,332 (80.96% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 54,901 (55.21% of the female population over 6 years). the gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 25.76%.