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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
Overall, 90.3% of Americans over the age of 25 had graduated from high school in 2021, with the highest level found in the state of Massachusetts at 96.1% and the lowest in the state of California at 84.4%. In Puerto Rico, the proportion was even lower, though, at 79.6%. [1]
The Literacy Myth: Literacy and Social Structure in the Nineteenth Century City (Academic Press, 1979). Graff, Harvey J. ed. Literacy and social development in the West: A reader (Cambridge UP, 1981), scholarly studies of many countries; Guzzetti, Barbara, ed. Literacy in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Theory, and Practice (ABC-CLIO, 2002)
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 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. .
There is a wide gender disparity in the literacy rate in India [5] and effective literacy rates (age 7 and above) was 87.4% for men and 80.6% for women. [6] The lower female literacy rate has a dramatically negative impact on family planning and population stabilisation efforts in India.
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 an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 2025. This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2022) World map of countries shaded according to the literacy rate for all people aged 15 and over This is a list of countries by literacy rate. The global ...