The literacy rate is a vital socio-economic factor, especially for a developing nation like India. In the 75th round, the National Survey of India published a report on ‘Household Social Consumption: Education in India.’ The report ranks various states on the basis of their literate population. Even though India fell short of achieving 100 percent, it still stood at an aggregate of 77.7 percent. The highest literacy rate was achieved by Kerala, while the lowest rate went to Andhra Pradesh.
Today, celebrating International Literacy Day, we bring you a list of the top 10 literate states and Union territories in the country:
Kerala
Kerala tops the list with a 96.2 percent literacy rate. According to the 2011 census, almost 96.11 percent of males and 92.07 females were literate in the state.
Delhi
Delhi comes second in the list with a literacy rate of 88.7 percent, with the male literacy rate standing at 90.94 percent and the female literacy at 87.33 percent.
Uttarakhand
With 87.6 per cent, Uttarakhand comes third with a male population literacy rate at 87.4 per cent and 70.01 per cent literacy rate for the female population.
Himachal Pradesh
Cradled by the mighty Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh has an aggregate literacy rate of 86.6 per cent. The literacy rate for the male population falls at 89.53 per cent, while the female literacy at 75.93 per cent.
Assam
Assam has 85.9 per cent of its population, falling in the literate category. The literate male population makes up 77.85 per cent of the population, while the literate female population is 66.27 per cent large.
Maharashtra
After Assam, with an 84.8 per cent literacy rate, comes Maharashtra. The state has a total of 88.38 per cent males and 75.87 per cent females who are considered literate.
Punjab
Punjab has a literacy rate of 83.7 per cent. The agricultural state of the country has a male literacy rate of 80.44 per cent and a female literacy rate of 70.73 per cent.
Gujarat
One of the essential regions on the Western Coast, Gujarat has an aggregate literacy rate of 82.4 per cent. The male literacy rate in the state is at 85.75 per cent, while the female literacy rate falls behind by a significant margin, at 69.68 per cent.
West Bengal
With male literacy rate and female literacy rate at 81.69 per cent and 70.54 per cent, the state of West Bengal gained a literacy rate of 80.5 per cent.
Haryana
Haryana, another agricultural state of the country, has a total literacy rate of 80.4 per cent. After Rajasthan, Haryana has the highest gap between male and female literacy rates. The former amounts to 84.06 per cent, while the latter amounts to 65.94 per cent.
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