Literacy Rate among the Indian States: Census 2011

Hemant Pratap Singh

10-OCT-2016 15:49

In the census 2011, a person aged seven and above, who can both read and write with understanding in any language is treated as literate. A person, who can only read but can’t write, is not literate. India's literacy rate is at 74.04%.Kerala is the most literate state in India, with 93.91% literacy. Bihar is the least literate state in India, with a literacy of 63.82%.

S.N.	State/ Union Territory	Literacy Rate in % (Person)	Literacy Rate in % (Male)	Literacy Rate in % (Female)
1.	Kerala	94.0	96.1	92.1
2.	Lakshadweep	91.8	95.6	87.9
3.	Mizoram	91.3	93.3	89.3
4.	Goa	88.7	92.6	84.7
5.	Tripura	87.2	91.5	82.7
6.	Daman & Diu	87.1	91.5	79.5
7.	Andaman & Nicobar Island	86.6	90.3	82.4
8.	NCT of Delhi	86.2	90.9	80.8
9.	Chandigarh	86.0	90.0	81.2
10.	Puducherry	85.8	91.3	80.7
11.	Himachal pradesh	82.8	89.5	75.9
12.	Maharashtra	82.3	88.4	75.9
13.	Sikkim	81.4	86.6	75.6
14.	Tamil Nadu	80.1	86.8	73.4
15.	Nagaland	79.6	82.8	76.1
16.	Manipur	79.2	86.1	72.4
17.	Uttrakhand	78.8	87.4	70.0
18.	Gujarat	78.0	85.8	69.7
19.	West Bengal	76.3	81.7	70.5
20.	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	76.2	85.2	64.3
21.	Punjab	75.8	80.4	70.7
22.	Haryana	75.6	84.1	65.9
23.	Karnataka	75.4	82.5	68.1
24.	Meghalaya	74.4	76.0	72.9
25.	Odisha	72.9	81.6	64.0
26.	Assam	72.2	77.8	66.3
27.	Chhattisgarh	70.3	80.3	60.2
28.	Madhya pradesh	69.3	78.7	59.2
29.	Uttar pradesh	67.7	77.3	57.2
30.	Jammu & Kashmir	67.2	76.8	56.4
31.	Andhra pradesh	67.0	74.9	59.1
32.	Jharkhand	66.4	76.8	55.4
33.	Rajasthan	66.1	79.2	52.1
34.	Arunachal Pradesh	65.4	72.6	57.7
35.	Bihar	61.8	71.2	51.5

Source: Census 2011, India 2016

India's literacy rate is at 74.04%. This fact is not very encouraging to a country like India which is dreaming to become a global player in every aspect of development. So if India really wants to become a global player it has to increase its expenditure on the education. All the developed countries of the world are spending more than 5% of their GDP while India is spending less than 3% of GDP.

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