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

1950-51  

209671

13596

7416

370

208

27

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

Note: 1) Professional education includes engineering, technology and architecture, medical (allopathy/ 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.