"The government has decided to open women's colleges in those districts not having them," Chief Minister Raghubar Das said at a school function here today.
Out of 28 districts in the state, there are no colleges for women in 11 districts - Simdega, Gumla, Lohardaga, Khunti, Koderma, Chatra, Ramgarh, Pakur, Sahibganj, Sareikela- Kharsawan and Latehar, officials said.
According to the Economic Survey - 2015/16, overall literacy rate in Jharkhand was around 70.3 per cent as compared to 75.4 at the national level.
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