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District of Moorshedabad, state of the Education of adults.

District of Moorshedabad.

In thana Daulatbazar of this district there ace no adults who have received a learned education, and are engaged in the business of teaching.

The number of adults who have received a learned education, and who are not engaged in the business of teaching, is 13, who are all Hindus.

The number of adults who have not received a learned education, and who are engaged in the business of teaching with attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is 25, of whom 23 are Hindu teachers of Bengali schools and 2 are Musalman teachers of Persian schools.

The number of adults who have neither received a learned education, nor are engaged in the business of teaching, but who possess attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is 555, of whom 501 are Hindus and 54 are Musalmans.

The number of adults who can merely read and write is 614, of whom 553 are Hindus including one woman, and 61 are Musalmans.

The number of adults who can merely decipher writing or sign their names is 565, of whom 474 are Hindus and 91 are Musalmans.

District of Beerbhoom.

In thana Nanglia of this district the number of adults who have received a learned education, and are engaged in the business of teaching, is two, who are Hindus.

The number of adults who have received a learned education, and are not engaged in the business of teaching, is 12, who are all Hindus.

The number of adults who have not received a learned education, and who are engaged in the business of teaching with attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is 34, of whom 30 are Hindu teachers of Bengali schools, 1 a Hindu teacher of a Persian school, and three are Musalman teachers of Persian schools.

The number of adults who have neither received a learned education, nor are engaged in the business of teaching, but who possess attainments superior to a mere knowledge of reading and writing, is 352, of whom 335 are Hindus, and 17 are Musalmans.

The number of adults who can merely read and write is 593, of whom 586 are Hindus and seven are Musalmans.