{"id":223,"date":"2020-09-30T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T12:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/answers\/?p=223"},"modified":"2020-09-30T18:29:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T12:59:12","slug":"which-state-has-the-highest-literacy-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/answers\/states\/which-state-has-the-highest-literacy-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Which State has the Highest Literacy Rate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1382\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1382\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/answers\/india\/which-state-has-the-highest-literacy-rate\/attachment\/map-of-india-depicting-state-with-the-highest-literacy-rate\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1382\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1382 size-full\" title=\"Map of India Showing State with the Highest Literacy Rate\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/answers\/2017\/07\/map-of-india-depicting-state-with-the-highest-literacy-rate.jpg\" alt=\"Map of India Highlighting State with the Highest Literacy Rate\" width=\"800\" height=\"907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/answers\/2017\/07\/map-of-india-depicting-state-with-the-highest-literacy-rate.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/answers\/2017\/07\/map-of-india-depicting-state-with-the-highest-literacy-rate-132x150.jpg 132w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/answers\/2017\/07\/map-of-india-depicting-state-with-the-highest-literacy-rate-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/answers\/2017\/07\/map-of-india-depicting-state-with-the-highest-literacy-rate-768x871.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/answers\/2017\/07\/map-of-india-depicting-state-with-the-highest-literacy-rate-700x794.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Map of India depicting state with the highest literacy rate in the country<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kerala has the highest literacy rate in India.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The literacy rate is one of the keys to measuring socio-economic progress. For calculating the effective literacy rate, the population aged seven years and above is taken into account. India had a literacy rate of around 12% at the time of independence. Through multi-tier efforts, it has now attained a literacy rate of 74.04% as per the 2011 census. However, the current literacy rate of India is still way below the world average of 84%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the 2011 census, the state of Kerala has the highest literacy rate at 93.91%. The male literacy rate in Kerala is 96.02% whereas the female literacy rate is 91.98%. The state has registered a decadal growth of 3.14 percentage points from the 2001 census.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mizoram comes in second place with 91.58% of the population being literate as per the 2011 census. The male literacy rate is 93.72% whereas the female literacy rate is 89.40%. The state of Mizoram has registered a decadal growth of 2.53 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tripura comes in third place with a literacy rate of 87.75% as per the 2011 census. The male literacy rate is 92.18% whereas the female literacy rate is 83.15%. The state has registered a decadal growth of 14.03 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tripura is closely followed by Goa, with a literacy rate of 87.40% as per the 2011 census. The male literacy rate is 92.81% whereas the female literacy rate is 81.84%. The state has registered a remarkable decadal growth of 6.69 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the Union Territories, Lakshadweep has the highest literacy rate of 92.28%. The male literacy rate is 96.11% whereas the female literacy rate is 88.25%. Lakshadweep has registered a decadal growth of 5.19 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bihar has the lowest literacy rate, which is only 63.82%. The male literacy rate is 73.39% whereas the female literacy rate is 53.33%. However, the state has registered a decadal growth of 14.8 percentage points, which is a good sign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the Union Territories, Jammu &amp; Kashmir (including UT of Ladakh) has the lowest literacy rate at 68.74%. The male literacy rate is 78.26% whereas the female literacy rate is 58.01%. (For Jammu &amp; Kashmir and Ladakh, combined data of unified Jammu &amp; Kashmir is available, before the bifurcation of the state.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><strong>Related Map:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<figure style=\"width: 70px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/maps\/kerala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Map of Kerala\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/maps\/kerala\/kerala-index-20map.jpg\" alt=\"Map of Kerala\" width=\"70\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kerala Map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala has the highest literacy rate in India. The literacy rate is one of the keys to measuring socio-economic progress. For calculating the effective literacy rate, the population aged seven years and above is taken into account. India had a literacy rate of around 12% at the time of independence. Through multi-tier efforts, it has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,22],"tags":[339,75,35,340],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Which State has the Highest Literacy Rate? - Answers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As per the 2011 census, the state of Kerala has the highest literacy rate at 93.91%. 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