As per the Population Census Data published by Registrar General of India (RGI), gap in literacy rate between total population and Scheduled Castes (SCs) has been narrowing down. The gap which was 22.2% in 1981 has reduced to 6.9% in 2011. Similarly, the gap in Dropout Rate between total population and SCs for Classes I to X has also declined. The gap which was 11.3% in 2007-08 has declined to 6.7% in 2011-12. In case of percentage of persons below poverty line, the gap between SCs and Others (Non-SC/ST/OBC) has declined from 26.4% in 2004-05 to 16.0% for rural areas and from 24.5% in 2004-05 to 13.5% in 2011-12 for urban areas as per the data published by the Planning Commission.
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