ati ▁I ▁CD ▁Block ▁include ▁( 2 0 1 1 ▁census ▁figures ▁in ▁brackets ): ▁B aut ia ▁( 2 , 6 9 4 ), ▁Har id asp ur ▁( 2 , 8 5 6 ), ▁Kal ith a ▁( 3 , 7 1 1 ) ▁and ▁Kur um gram ▁( 3 , 7 2 8 ). ▁ ▁Liter acy ▁As ▁per ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁census ▁the ▁total ▁number ▁of ▁liter ates ▁in ▁N al h ati ▁I ▁CD ▁Block ▁was ▁ 1 3 3 , 4 2 8 ▁( 6 9 . 8 3 % ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁over ▁ 6 ▁years ) ▁out ▁of ▁which ▁males ▁number ed ▁ 7 3 , 4 1 3 ▁( 8 0 . 9 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁male ▁population ▁over ▁ 6 ▁years ) ▁and ▁females ▁number ed ▁ 6 0 , 0 1 5 ▁( 6 9 . 7 8 % ▁of ▁the ▁female ▁population ▁over ▁ 6 ▁years ). ▁The ▁gender ▁dispar ity ▁( the ▁difference ▁between ▁female ▁and ▁male ▁liter acy ▁rates ) ▁was ▁ 1 1 . 1 2 %. ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁– ▁List ▁of ▁West ▁Beng al ▁districts ▁ranked ▁by ▁liter acy ▁rate ▁ ▁Language ▁and ▁religion ▁As ▁per ▁census ▁definition , ▁mother - t ong ue ▁is ▁the ▁language ▁spoken ▁in ▁child hood ▁by ▁the ▁person ’ s ▁mother ▁to ▁the ▁person . ▁As ▁a ▁mother - t ong ue , ▁Beng ali ▁has ▁increased ▁its ▁share ▁from ▁ 9 0 . 5 %