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Historical indicator · 2011

Women and literacy in Census 2011

Literate females as a percentage of females aged seven and above.

India · Census 201164.63percent of females aged 7+

What this answers

Read the female rate alongside the male rate and exact counts. A gap is measured in percentage points, not percent growth.

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All 35 historical states and union territories
Historical state / UTpercent of females aged 7+2011 state code
Andaman and Nicobar Islands82.4335
Andhra Pradesh59.1528
Arunachal Pradesh57.712
Assam66.2718
Bihar51.510
Chandigarh81.1904
Chhattisgarh60.2422
Dadra and Nagar Haveli64.3226
Daman and Diu79.5525
Goa84.6630
Gujarat69.6824
Haryana65.9406
Himachal Pradesh75.9302
Jammu and Kashmir56.4301
Jharkhand55.4220
Karnataka68.0829
Kerala92.0732
Lakshadweep87.9531
Madhya Pradesh59.2423
Maharashtra75.8727
Manipur70.2614
Meghalaya72.8917
Mizoram89.2715
NCT of Delhi80.7607
Nagaland76.1113
Odisha64.0121
Puducherry80.6734
Punjab70.7303
Rajasthan52.1208
Sikkim75.6111
Tamil Nadu73.4433
Tripura82.7316
Uttar Pradesh57.1809
Uttarakhand70.0105
West Bengal70.5419

Alphabetical order; states and union territories are identified in their profiles. India is shown separately and not included in state rankings.

Ten districts with the highest published or derived values

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District view · historical 2011 boundaries
DistrictHistorical state / UTpercent of females aged 7+
AizawlMizoram97.67
SerchhipMizoram97.53
MahePuducherry97.25
KottayamKerala96.48
PathanamthittaKerala95.83
ChamphaiMizoram94.59
ErnakulamKerala94.46
AlappuzhaKerala94.24
ThrissurKerala93.56
KannurKerala93.29

Ordered by this indicator, with names resolving ties. This descriptive ordering is not a quality or causal ranking. Use the explorer for all 640 districts.

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Source and calculation

Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India: Primary Census Abstract, 2011, India/state/district workbook. The retained extract reconciles state and district counts and records source sheet/row locators on each place profile. Percentages are displayed to two decimals; undefined ratios remain unavailable.

Official PCA workbookField definitions and original codes

Literacy: literates ÷ population aged 7+ × 100. Participation: workers ÷ all residents × 100. Worker-category shares: the named main and marginal counts ÷ all workers × 100. Shares use compatible counts from one record; current boundaries are never assumed.