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Date : Sep 14, 2012

Table 161 : Number of Recognised Educational Institutions

Year	Primary	Upper Primary	High/Hr. sec./ lnter/Pre.jr. Colleges	Colleges for General Education	Colleges for Professional Education	Universities / Deemed univ./ lnstt. of National Importance
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1955-56	278135	21730	10838	466	218	31
1960-61	330399	49663	17329	967	852	45
1965-66	391064	75798	27614	1536	770	64
1970-71	408378	90621	37051	2285	992	82
1975-76	454270	106571	43054	3667	3276	101
1980-81	494503	118555	51573	3421	3542	110
1985-86	528872	134846	65837	4067	1533	126
1990-91	560935	151456	79796	4862	886	184
1991-92	566744	155926	82576	5058	950	196
1992-93	571248	158498	84608	5334	989	207
1993-94	570455	162804	89226	5639	1125	213
1994-95	586810	168772	94946	6089	1230	219
1995-96	593410	174145	99274	6569	1354	226
1996-97	603646	180293	103241	6759	1770	228
1997-98	619222	185961	107140	7199	2075	229
1998-99	628994	193093	112050	7494	2113	237
1999-00	641695	198004	116820	7782	2124	244
2000-01	638738	206269	126047	7929	2223	254
2001-02	664041	219626	133492	8737	2409	272
2002-03	651382	245274	137207	9166	2610	304
2003-04	712239	262286	145962	9427	2751	304
2004-05	767520	274731	152049	10377	3201	407
2005-06	771082	288199	154032	11549	4991	350
2006-07	756950	300008	165087	11458	7024	371
2007-08	785950	320354	171862	11458	7024	9653
Note : 1. Professional education includes engineering, technology and architecture, medical (allopathic/ ayurvedic/ homeopathy/ unani/ nursing/ pharmacy, etc.) and teacher training colleges. 2. Data on colleges for professional education for the years 1975-76, 1980-81 & 1985-86 includes institutions of post matric courses. Source : Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.