 census the total number of literates in Peterwar CD Block was 69,942 (62.33% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 42,745 (73.85% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 27,197 (50.06% of the female population over 6 years).The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 23.79%.Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.