 census the total number of literates in Kasmar CD Block was 50,366 (65.33% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 30,343 (77.30% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 20,023 (52.92% of the female population over 6 years).The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 24.39%.Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.