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Literacy Rate: The literacy rate is the number of educated people in a population, over the age of fifteen who can read and write. As per Census of India statistics report, literacy rate has improved in last decade. As a result of free education system in the villages, the literacy rate has gone up tremendously, especially among females.
Literacy rate has increased from 64.83% in 2001 to 74.04% in 2011.
Male literacy- 82.14%
Female literacy- 65.46%
Number of Literates:
Male & Female - 778,454,120 |
Details of male and female literacy rates and the overall literacy rates in Indian States and Union Territories as per census data 2011. |
| S.No. | State/Union Territories | Literacy Rate-Male | Literacy Rate-Female | Literacy Rate |
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands# | 90.1% | 81.8% | 86.3% |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 75.6% | 59.7% | 67.7% |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 73.7% | 59.6% | 67.0% |
| 4 | Assam | 78.8% | 67.3% | 73.2% |
| 5 | Bihar | 73.5% | 53.3% | 63.8% |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 90.5% | 81.4% | 86.4% |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 81.5% | 60.6% | 71.0% |
| 8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli# | 86.5% | 65.9% | 77.7% |
| 9 | Daman & Diu# | 91.5% | 79.6% | 87.1% |
| 10 | Goa | 92.8% | 81.8% | 87.4% |
| 11 | Gujarat | 87.2% | 70.7% | 79.3% |
| 12 | Haryana | 85.4% | 66.8% | 76.6% |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 90.8% | 76.6% | 83.8% |
| 14 | Jammu & Kashmir | 78.3% | 58.0% | 68.7% |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 78.5% | 56.2% | 67.6% |
| 16 | Karnataka | 82.8% | 68.1% | 75.6% |
| 17 | Kerala | 96.0% | 92.0% | 93.9% |
| 18 | Lakshadweep# | 96.1% | 88.2% | 92.3% |
| 19 | Madhya Pradesh | 80.5% | 60.0% | 70.6% |
| 20 | Maharashtra | 89.8% | 75.5% | 82.9% |
| 21 | Manipur | 86.5% | 73.2% | 79.8% |
| 22 | Meghalaya | 77.2% | 73.8% | 75.5% |
| 23 | Mizoram | 93.7% | 89.4% | 91.6% |
| 24 | Nagaland | 83.3% | 76.7% | 80.1% |
| 25 | NCT of Delhi# | 91.0% | 80.9% | 86.3% |
| 26 | Orissa | 82.4% | 64.4% | 73.5% |
| 27 | Puducherry# | 92.1% | 81.2% | 86.5% |
| 28 | Punjab | 81.5% | 71.3% | 76.7% |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 80.5% | 52.7% | 67.1% |
| 30 | Sikkim | 87.3% | 76.4% | 82.2% |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 86.8% | 73.9% | 80.3% |
| 32 | Tripura | 92.2% | 83.1% | 87.8% |
| 33 | Uttar Pradesh | 79.2% | 59.3% | 69.7% |
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 88.3% | 70.7% | 79.6% |
| 35 | West Bengal | 82.7% | 71.2% | 77.1% |
| # - Union Territories |
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