Indian population census 2011 Questions Population statistics of India, literacy rate in india, unemployment in india, total population of india, census 2011 for competitive exams.
Literates constitute 74 per cent of the total population
aged seven years and above and the data shows 26 per cent of the
population is still unlettered. The literacy rate went up from 64.83 per
cent in 2001 to 74.04 per cent in 2011 — showing an increase of 9.21
percentage points.
Significantly, the female
literacy level saw a significant jump as compared to males. The female
literacy in 2001 was 53.67 per cent and it has gone up to 65.46 per cent
in 2011. The male literacy, in comparison, rose from 75.26 to 82.14 per
cent.
Kerala, with 93.91 per cent, continues to
occupy the top position among States as far as literacy is concerned,
while Mizoram's Serchhip district (98.76 per cent) and Aizawl (98.50 per
cent) recorded the highest literacy rates among districts. Madhya
Pradesh's Alirajpur district has the lowest literacy rate of 37.22 per
cent as also the naxalite-affected Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district,
where the literacy rate is 41.58 per cent.
Lakshadweep
followed Kerala with a literacy level of 92.28 per cent, while Bihar
remained at the bottom of the ladder at 63.82 per cent, followed by
Arunachal Pradesh at 66.95 per cent. Ten States and Union Territories,
including Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Tripura, Goa, Daman and Diu,
Puducherry, Chandigarh, NCT of Delhi and Andaman and Nicobar Islands
achieved a literacy rate of above 85 per cent, which met the Planning
Commission's target set to be achieved by 2011-12.
The
gap of 21.59 percentage points recorded between male and female
literacy rates in 2001 census has reduced to 16.68 percentage points in
2011. The Planning Commission is targeting a reduction of this gap to 10
percentage points by 2011-12.
A significant
milestone reached in the 2011 census is the fall in the number of
illiterate persons by 31,196,847. Of the total decrease in the number of
illiterates, women comprise 17,122,197 and men were 14,074,650. It was
also encouraging to note that out of a total of 217,700,941 literates
added during the decade, females outnumbered males by 110,069,001 to
107,631,940.
Rank
|
State
|
Literacy Rate (2011 Census)
|
Male Literacy Rate (2011 Census)
|
Female Literacy Rate (2011 Census)
|
1
|
Kerala
|
93.9 percent
|
96.0 percent
|
92.0 percent
|
2
|
Lakshadweep
|
92.3 percent
|
96.1 percent
|
88.2 percent
|
3
|
Mizoram
|
91.6 percent
|
93.7 percent
|
89.4 percent
|
4
|
Tripura
|
87.8 percent
|
92.2 percent
|
83.1 percent
|
5
|
Goa
|
87.4 percent
|
92.8 percent
|
81.8 percent
|
6
|
Daman & Diu
|
87.1 percent
|
91.5 percent
|
79.6 percent
|
7
|
Puducherry
|
86.5 percent
|
92.1 percent
|
81.2 percent
|
8
|
Chandigarh
|
86.4 percent
|
90.5 percent
|
81.4 percent
|
9
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
86.3 percent
|
90.1 percent
|
81.8 percent
|
10
|
Delhi
|
86.3 percent
|
91.0 percent
|
80.9 percent
|
11
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
83.8 percent
|
90.8 percent
|
76.6 percent
|
12
|
Maharashtra
|
82.9 percent
|
89.8 percent
|
75.5 percent
|
13
|
Sikkim
|
82.2 percent
|
87.3 percent
|
76.4 percent
|
14
|
Tamil Nadu
|
80.3 percent
|
86.8 percent
|
73.9 percent
|
15
|
Nagaland
|
80.1 percent
|
83.3 percent
|
76.7 percent
|
16
|
Manipur
|
79.8 percent
|
86.5 percent
|
73.2 percent
|
17
|
Uttarakhand
|
79.6 percent
|
88.3 percent
|
70.7 percent
|
18
|
Gujarat
|
79.3 percent
|
87.2 percent
|
70.7 percent
|
19
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
77.7 percent
|
86.5 percent
|
65.9 percent
|
20
|
West Bengal
|
77.1 percent
|
82.7 percent
|
71.2 percent
|
21
|
Punjab
|
76.7 percent
|
81.5 percent
|
71.3 percent
|
22
|
Haryana
|
76.6 percent
|
85.4 percent
|
66.8 percent
|
23
|
Karnataka
|
75.6 percent
|
82.8 percent
|
68.1 percent
|
24
|
Meghalaya
|
75.5 percent
|
77.2 percent
|
73.8 percent
|
INDIA
|
74.04 percent
|
82.14 percent
|
65.46 percent
|
|
25
|
Orissa
|
73.5 percent
|
82.4 percent
|
64.4 percent
|
26
|
Assam
|
73.2 percent
|
78.8 percent
|
67.3 percent
|
27
|
Chattisgarh
|
71.0 percent
|
81.5 percent
|
60.6 percent
|
28
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
70.6 percent
|
80.5 percent
|
60.0 percent
|
29
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
69.7 percent
|
79.2 percent
|
59.3 percent
|
30
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
68.7 percent
|
78.3 percent
|
58.0 percent
|
31
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
67.7 percent
|
75.6 percent
|
59.7 percent
|
32
|
Jharkhand
|
67.6 percent
|
78.5 percent
|
56.2 percent
|
33
|
Rajasthan
|
67.1 percent
|
80.5 percent
|
52.7 percent
|
34
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
67.0 percent
|
73.7 percent
|
59.6 percent
|
35
|
Bihar
|
63.8 percent
|
73.5 percent
|
53.3 percent
|
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