Education
Pupil-teacher ratio (Primary, Grades 1-5)
Students per teacher at the PRIMARY level (Grades 1-5) only, not the all-levels school aggregate. Lower is generally considered better; the RTE Act prescribes a maximum of 30:1. UDISE+ reports PTR separately per level (primary / upper-primary / secondary / higher-secondary); this indicator tracks the primary-level figure.
Tamil Nadu, latest
20.00
2024-25
Change
+5.3%
2022-23 → 2024-25
Rank vs compared states
#1 of 5
TN vs MH, KA, GJ, UP · lower is better
Tamil Nadu's PTR (Primary) is 20.00 (2024-25), up +5.3% since 2022-23. It ranks #1 of 5 compared states (lower is better).
Tamil Nadu's PTR (Primary) rose from 19.00 (2022-23) to 20.00 (2024-25).
Source: Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education
Compare with Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh
- 1 MH Maharashtra 24.00 2024-25
- 2 GJ Gujarat 24.00 2024-25
- 3 KA Karnataka 21.00 2024-25
- 4 TN Tamil Nadu 20.00 2024-25
- 5 UP Uttar Pradesh 20.00 2024-25
Tamil Nadu highlighted. Each row shows that state's value and the year it is from — compare like years with care.
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Source provenance
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Methodology & notes
Primary-level (Grades 1-5) pupil-teacher ratio from UDISE+ Booklet Table 4.12 (Existing Structure), parsed from the official PDF. Series starts 2022-23 (UDISE+ student-wise database era).
All values
Every observation, by state and period. Newest first.
Tamil Nadu
- FY25 2024-25 20.00
- FY24 2023-24 20.00
- FY23 2022-23 19.00
Maharashtra 3 values
- FY25 2024-25 24.00
- FY24 2023-24 24.00
- FY23 2022-23 24.00
Karnataka 3 values
- FY25 2024-25 21.00
- FY24 2023-24 22.00
- FY23 2022-23 23.00
Gujarat 3 values
- FY25 2024-25 24.00
- FY24 2023-24 24.00
- FY23 2022-23 29.00
Uttar Pradesh 3 values
- FY25 2024-25 20.00
- FY24 2023-24 22.00
- FY23 2022-23 23.00
Cross-state comparison (FY25)
Sorted low → high. Tamil Nadu highlighted.