LITERACY IN INDIA

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Literacy Rate plays an important role in defining the development in a society; Literacy is also an appropriate pointer of economic development of a country. In India as per census, a person in age limit of seven and above, who can both write and read with understanding in any of the language is considered as a literate in India. As per Population Census of India 2011, the Literacy rate of India has shown as improvement of nearly 9 percent. It has gone up to 74.04% in 2011 from 65.38% in 2001, consequently screening an increase of 9 percent in the last 10 years. It consists of male literacy rate 82.14% and female literacy rate is 65.46%. Kerala with 93.9% literacy rate is the pinnacle state in India in terms of literacy rate. Lakshadweep and Mizoram are at second and third position with 92.3% and 91.06% literacy rate correspondingly. Bihar with 63.08% literacy rate is the last in terms of literacy rate in India.