 census the total number of literates in Chandankiyari CD Block was 123,422 (63.65% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 78,239 (77.45% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 45,181 (48.63% of the female population over 6 years).The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 28.82%.Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.