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Literacy rates as %age of population by States and Union territories State or UT Census 2011 [2] NSO survey (2017) [3]; Average Male Female Average Male Female India 74.04
This is a list of districts in the Indian state of West Bengal ranked by literacy rate as per provisional data of 2011 census. [1]With a literacy rate of 96.26% (male 90.69% and female 96.54%), above the national average of 90.04%, as per the 2011 Census, West Bengal ranks 20th amongst the 36 states and union territories in India in terms of literacy rate.
The table below shows the adult and youth literacy rates for India and some neighboring countries as complied by UNESCO in 2015. Adult literacy rate is based on the 15+ years age group, while the youth literacy rate is for the 15–24 years age group (i.e. youth is a subset of adults).
The overall male and female literacy rates are 70.32% and 53.57% respectively. The total rural literacy rate is 43.9%. In rural areas of Bihar, male and female literacy rate is 57.1 and 29.6 respectively. The total Urban literacy rate is 71.9. In urban areas of Bihar, Male and Female literacy rate is 79.9 and 62.6 respectively. .
As per the 2011 census of India, Andhra Pradesh (post reorganisation) has an overall literacy rate of 67.35% (males 74.77%, females 59.96%), [1] significantly lower than the overall national average of 74.04%. [2] Among the Indian states and union territories, it stands at 32nd position. [3]
This is a list of districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand ranked by literacy rate as per provisional data of 2011 census. [1]With a literacy rate of 66.41%, below the national average of 74.04%, as per the 2011 Census, Jharkhand ranks 32nd amongst the 36 states and union territories in India in terms of literacy rate.
The literacy rate taking the entire population into account is termed as "crude literacy rate", and taking the population from age seven and above into account is termed as "effective literacy rate". Effective literacy rate increased to a total of 74.04% with 82.14% of the males and 65.46% of the females being literate. [84]
The literacy rate of the state according to the 2011 Census is 70.69%. With the literacy rate for Males at 79.20%, while it is 59.30% for the Females. While this is still below the national average of 74.04% (82.14% for men, 65.16% for women) the rate of growth has been much higher in Uttar Pradesh as compared to the rest of India.