Census

The literacy rate improved in the District from 59.77% to 70.79%. The literacy rate increased from 73.09% to 79.52% in the urban area's, while in rural area's it increased from 45.71% to 59.18%. This shows that Educational Programme is gaining momentum in the district. Sex ratio among literates is also showing great improvement from 462 to 576.

Name of Tehsil & M.C.	Category	Total Litrates		Litracy Rate		Sex Ratioin literate
Name of Tehsil & M.C.	Category	2001	1991	2001	1991	2001	1991
Tehsil (R) Faridabad	Total	58648	34291	62.66	51.38	526	363
	Male	38438	25165	76.95	69.14
	Female	20210	9126	46.29	30.07
Ballabgarh	Total	102211	62983	66.24	55.05	514	363
	Male	67515	46198	80.72	74.19
	Female	34696	16785	49.09	32.19
Palwal	Total	153852	86641	62.68	48.28	450	282
	Male	106062	67585	80.22	69.00
	Female	47790	19056	42.20	23.38
Hodal	Total	80844	43408	57.99	42.23	414	230
	Male	57188	35292	76.01	62.86
	Female	23656	8116	36.86	17.40
Hathin	Total	66262	34459	44.93	31.54	329	170
	Male	49869	29443	63.08	49.34
	Female	16393	5016	23.95	10.11
Total Rural	Total	461817	261782	59.18	45.71	447	285
	Male
	Female
M.C. (Urban), Faridabad	Total	723049	380520	80.31	74.48	658	597
	Male	436064	238325	87.76	83.21
	Female	286985	142195	71.13	63.34
Pawal	Total	65540	39856	77.10	68.66	694	617
	Male	38688	24654	85.62	79.91
	Female	26852	15202	67.43	55.90
Hodal	Total	21845	12464	69.24	61.25	594	483
	Male	13700	8405	81.33	76.74
	Female	8145	4059	55.39	43.20
Hassanpur	Total	4770	3334	64.29	55.76	580	557
	Male	3018	2141	75.89	68.45
	Female	1752	1193	50.90	41.84
Hathin	Total	6389	3751	71.89	59.52	579	491
	Male	4046	2516	84.24	74.09
	Female	2343	1235	57.37	42.50
Census Town Tilpat	Total	4174	2162	79.35	65.69	583	380
	Male	2636	1566	90.24	81.31
	Female	1538	596	65.75	43.66
Total Urban	Total	825767	442087	79.52	73.09	658	592
	Male
	Female
Total District Faridabad	Total	1287584	703869	70.79	59.77	576	462
	Male
	Female