 census the total number of literates in Jaridih CD Block was 61,736 (68.94% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 37,268 (80.29% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 24,468 (56.60% of the female population over 6 years).The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 23.69%.Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.