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The Gender Gap in Literacy in Rajasthan

Rajasthan has narrowed but not closed its literacy gender gap. In the fifth National Family Health Survey, just over half of women aged 15–49 were literate against roughly three-quarters of…

May 30, 2026 LOCRajasthan, IndiaSRCNFHS-5 (2019–21)
Documents a social concern

Manual Scavenging: A Prohibited Practice That Persists

The Employment of Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 prohibits manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks and the practice of manual scavenging itself. A second Act, the Prohibition…

May 26, 2026 LOCRajasthan, IndiaSRCEmployment of Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013; NCRB

Language in Western Rajasthan: The Dialects of Daily Life

The western and central districts of Rajasthan speak the Rajasthani group of Indo-Aryan dialects — Marwari, Mewari, Dhundhari, Shekhawati and Hadoti among them. Hindi is the language of administration, schooling…

May 22, 2026 LOCRajasthan, IndiaSRCCensus of India, language tables