Education
- The state has 45 universities, 10 deemed universities and 37 medical colleges.
- In 2017-18, there were 6,681colleges in the state.
- Numerous universities in the state have excellent departments of engineering. The Banaras Hindu University at Banaras, founded in 1916, is one of the oldest universities in the country.
- Uttar Pradesh was one of the first few states to have successfully implemented the "education for all" policy. The state has made investments towards enhancing the standard of education across different levels.
- The state has a good presence of private players in the education sector. Amity University in Noida has emerged as one of the biggest private universities in India.
- In the budget for 2020-2021, the state government allocated Rs. 783 crore for basic education, expansion of education and improvement of its quality.
- According to the data of Census 2011, Uttar Pradesh has a literacy rate of 67.7 per cent; the male literacy rate is 77.3 per cent and the female literacy rate is 57.2 per cent.
Source: Page-611 of Varshiki-U.P. (Section- UP at a glance)
Educational Infrastructure
Universities |
45 |
Colleges |
6,681 |
Medical colleges |
36 |
Polytechnics |
425 |
Primary schools |
164,319 |
Upper primary schools |
80, 583 |
Higher Secondary Schools |
25,896 |
Major educational institutes in Uttar Pradesh are as follows:
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
- Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.
- Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
- Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology,Prayagraj.
- Asian Academy of Film and Television, Noida.
- Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar.
- Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
- National Institute of Technology (NIT), Prayagraj.
Category |
Literacy rate (%) |
Total |
67.7 |
Male |
77.3 |
Female |
57.2 |
Health
- The state has a three-tier public healthcare infrastructure, comprising primary health centres (PHCs), health units, community health centres (CHCs) and sub-centres
- The state had 20,521 sub-centres, 3,692 PHCs, 515 CHCs, 152 district hospitals and 133 mobile medical units (MMU) to provide a range of preventive and curative healthcare services.
Health infrastructure
Medical colleges |
100 |
District hospitals |
152 |
Primary health centres |
3,692 |
Sub centres |
20,521 |
Community health centres |
515 |
Ayurvedic hospitals |
1,774 |
Unani hospitals |
210 |
The state government allocated Rs. 23,884 Crore in 2019-20 for various medical healthcare and family welfare schemes.
Source: Budget details of Uttar Pradesh for 2019-20.
Health indicators (2016)
Parameter |
Uttar Pradesh |
Government hospital beds per 100,000 population |
28.2 |
Birth rate |
26.2 |
Death rate |
6.4 |
Infant mortality rate |
34 |
Life expectancy at birth (year) |
Male (2010-14) |
64.1 |
Female (2010-14) |
64.1 |
Source: Page 125 of Varshiki-U.P. (Section Social Demography).