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District level literacy (2011 data) Tamil Nadu is one of the most literate states in India.The state's literacy rate is 80.33% in 2011, which is above the national average. A survey conducted by the Industry body Assocham ranks Tamil Nadu top among Indian states with about 100% Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in primary and upper primary education.
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
HDI is a composite index that takes into consideration health, education and income. The national average HDI for India in 2008 was 0.467. [1] By 2010, its average HDI had risen to 0.519. [2] [3] UNDP, the sponsor of the Human Development Index methodology since 1990, reported India's HDI to be 0.554 for 2012, [4] an 18%
This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked according to Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) of students in Classes I to VIII (6–13 yrs). The list is compiled from the Statistics of School Education- 2010–11 Report by Ministry of HRD, Government of India. [1] [2]
Tamil Nadu's literacy rate rose from 54.4% in 1981 to 80.3% in 2011. [63] In 2001, the Supreme Court of India instructed all state governments to implement free school lunches in all government-funded schools, but implementation has been patchy due to corruption and social issues. [ 63 ]
At the 2011 Census of India, the population of the state of Tamil Nadu was 72,147,039, increasing from 62.4 million in 2001. There were 36,137,975 males and 36,009,064 females, with a sex ratio of 996 females per 1000 males. Its literacy rate was 80.09%. 10.51% of the population was below seven years old, and it had a population density of 555.
Map of the Tamil Nadu districts by HDI in 2017. The average Human Development Index (HDI) for the state of Tamil Nadu in 1996 calculated by the government's State Planning Commission was 0.636. [1] By 2001, the average HDI for the state calculated by the State Planning Commission had risen to 0.657.
According to a survey by All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) released by the ministry of human resource development, Tamil Nadu which has the highest gross enrolment ratio (GER) in higher education in the country has registered an increase of 2.6% to take GER to 46.9 per cent in 2016–17. [212]