PIB: State-wise literacy rates of all persons, males and females as of 2001 Census

November 26th, 2007

[The following from the PIB http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=33161]

Literacy rate in the country is collected only through the decennial census operations.  As per the last Census conducted in 2001, the literacy rate of the country was 64.84 per cent and female literacy was 53.67 per cent in respect of the population aged 7 years and above.  The literacy rate of Andhra Pradesh was 60.47 per cent and the female literacy rate was 50.43 per cent.  A statement showing the State-wise literacy rates of all persons, males and females as 2001 Census is enclosed.

The approach Paper to the XI Plan of the Planning commission has set a target of achieving 8.5 per cent  literacy rate by the end of the Plan period. 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri M.A.A. Fatmai in a written reply to a question by Shri Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy  in  Rajya Sabha today.

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STATEMENT REGARDING LITERACY RATE IN THE COUNTRY

S.No.           State/UT                                    Literacy Rate

                                                     Male        Female                   Person

1	Andhra Pradesh	70.32	50.43	60.47
2	Arunachal Pradesh	63.83	43.53	54.34
3	Assam	71.28	54.61	63.25
4	Bihar	59.68	33.12	47.00
5	Chhattisgarh	77.38	51.85	64.66
6	Goa	88.42	75.37	82.01
7	Gujarat	79.66	57.80	69.14
8	Haryana	78.49	55.73	67.91
9	Himachal Pradesh	85.35	67.42	76.48
10	Jammu and Kashmir	66.60	43.00	55.52
11	Jharkhand	67.30	38.87	53.56
12	Karnataka	76.10	56.87	66.64
13	Kerala	94.24	87.72	90.86
14	Madhya Pradesh	76.06	50.29	63.74
15	Maharashtra	85.97	67.03	76.88
16	Manipur	80.33	60.53	70.53
17	Meghalaya	65.43	59.61	62.56
18	Mizoram	90.72	86.75	88.80
19	Nagaland	71.16	61.46	66.59
20	Orissa	75.35	50.51	63.08
21	Punjab	75.23	63.36	69.65
22	Rajasthan	75.70	43.85	60.41
23	Sikkim	76.04	60.40	68.81
24	Tamil Nadu	82.42	64.43	73.45
25	Tripura	81.02	64.91	73.19
26	Uttaranchal	83.28	59.63	71.62
27	Uttar Pradesh	68.82	42.22	56.27
28	West Bengal	77.02	59.61	68.64
29	A&N Islands	86.33	75.24	81.30
30	Chandigarh	86.14	76.47	81.94
31	D&N Haveli	71.18	40.23	57.63
32	Daman & Diu	86.76	65.61	78.18
33	Delhi	87.33	74.71	81.67
34	Lakshadweep	92.53	80.47	86.66
35	Pondichery	88.62	73.90	81.24
	All India	75.26	53.67	64.84

 

Entry Filed under: K-12,Odisha, others and the center