LITERACY

- For the purpose of census 2011, a person aged seven and above, who can both read and write with understanding in any language, is teated as literate.
- A person, who can only read but cannot write, is not literate. In the censuses prior to 1991, children below five year of age were necessarily treated as illiterates.
- The results of 2011 census reveal that there has been an increase in literacy in the country.
- The literacy rate in the country is 73.0 per cent, 80.9 for males and 64.6 for females.
- Kerala retained its position by being on top with a 94% literacy rate, closely followed by Lakshadeep (86.66 per cent).
- Bihar with a literacy rate of 61.8 per cent ranks last in the country.
- Kerals also occupies the top spot in the country both in male literacy with 96.1 per cent and female literacy with 92.1 per cent.
- On the contrary, Bihar has recorded the lowest literacy rates both in case of males (71.2 per cent) and females (51.5 per cent).