"International Journal of Geography, Geology and Environment"

“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved” -Dr. BR Ambedkar

Women constitute almost half of the population of the world. Women of our country comprise a large proportion of workforce and their social status also rising in this 21st century. Unfortunately, women are suppressed socially and economically in this patriarchal society for years. So, education for women is the best way to improve their health nutrition and economical status in the society. Education is the only treasure of a woman to empower themselves in the society. Muslim women are the most backward in our modern society. Education is the true way for helping the Muslim women out of their economic misery. This paper is an attempt to analyze the educational status of Muslim women in India absolutely as well as relative to their male and female counterparts belonging to other religious communities. This study is based on the secondary source of data obtained from the census report (2011), NSS report and other published sources to throw light on the actual status of Muslim female education, various levels of educational attainment are taken into account. The finding of the study reveals that the educational status of Muslims in general and Muslim female, in particular, is not satisfactory and needs special attention. It is found that 42.72% of the total population of the Muslims in India is illiterate; among the Muslim women, illiteracy is as high as 48.11%. Technical education and higher education are meager among the Muslim women. From the findings, it is also clear that Muslims who account for almost 14% of the total population of the nation shows lowest literacy rate, the lowest percentage of higher education and lowest degree of female education.