The Literacy rate in India has improved a lot over the last one decade. Especially after the implementation of free education in the villages the literacy rate has gone up tremendously in states like Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan.

As per the data published by the 2011 census India has managed to achieve an effective literacy rate of 74.04 per cent in 2011. In the 2001 census the country's literacy rate stood at 64.8 percent. The most notable thing that came across in the 2011 census is the sharp rise in the literacy of females over males. According to the report released by the latest census there are almost 74 per cent literates that constitute the total population of India aged between seven and above.

Some of the States and Union Territories like Mizoram, Tripura, Goa, like Kerala, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu, National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the last one decade have done extremely well for themselves by attaining a literacy rate of almost 85.

Map of Literacy Rate in India

^*The Map showing Literacy Rate in India, Census 2011.

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Literacy Rate in India as per Census 2011

Literacy Rate in India,Census 2011

Rank	State	Literacy Rate (2011 Census)	Male Literacy Rate (2011 Census)	Female Literacy Rate (2011 Census)
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	86.3 percent	90.1 percent	81.8 percent
2	Andhra Pradesh	67.7 percent	75.6 percent	59.7 percent
3	Arunachal Pradesh	67.0 percent	73.7 percent	59.6 percent
4	Assam	73.2 percent	78.8 percent	67.3 percent
5	Bihar	63.8 percent	73.5 percent	53.3 percent
6	Chandigarh	86.4 percent	90.5 percent	81.4 percent
7	Chattisgarh	71.0 percent	81.5 percent	60.6 percent
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	77.7 percent	86.5 percent	65.9 percent
9	Daman & Diu	87.1 percent	91.5 percent	79.6 percent
10	Delhi	86.3 percent	91.0 percent	80.9 percent
11	Goa	87.4	92.8 percent	81.8 percent
12	Gujarat	79.3 percent	87.2 percent	70.7 percent
13	Haryana	76.6 percent	85.4 percent	66.8 percent
14	Himachal Pradesh	83.8 percent	90.8 percent	76.6 percent
15	Jammu and Kashmir	68.7 percent	78.3 percent	58.0 percent
16	Jharkhand	67.6 percent	78.5 percent	56.2 percent
17	Karnataka	75.6 percent	82.8 percent	68.1 percent
18	Kerala	93.9 percent	96.0 percent	92.0 percent
19	Lakshadweep	92.3 percent	96.1 percent	88.2 percent
20	Madhya Pradesh	70.6 percent	80.5 percent	60.0 percent
21	Maharashtra	82.9 percent	89.8 percent	75.5 percent
22	Manipur	79.8 percent	86.5 percent	73.2 percent
23	Meghalaya	75.5 percent	77.2 percent	73.8 percent
24	Mizoram	91.6 percent	93.7 percent	89.4 percent
25	Nagaland	80.1 percent	83.3 percent	76.7 percent
26	Orissa	73.5 percent	82.4 percent	64.4 percent
27	Puducherry	86.5 percent	92.1 percent	81.2 percent
28	Punjab	76.7 percent	81.5 percent	71.3 percent
29	Rajasthan	67.1 percent	80.5 percent	52.7 percent
30	Sikkim	82.2 percent	87.3 percent	76.4 percent
31	Tamil Nadu	80.3 percent	86.8 percent	73.9 percent
32	Tripura	87.8 percent	92.2 percent	83.1 percent
33	Uttar Pradesh	69.7 percent	79.2 percent	59.3 percent
34	Uttarakhand	79.6 percent	88.3 percent	70.7 percent
35	West Bengal	77.1 percent	82.7 percent	71.2 percent
-	INDIA	74.04 percent	82.14 percent	65.46 percent

Last Updated on : 25 August 2011