Female literacy rate
Female literacy is 92% in Kerala and 52.7% in Rajasthan, a gap of 39 points (Census 2011).
Policy implication
Female literacy is the master variable. It predicts fertility, child survival, nutrition, and women's agency better than income.
Female literacy is the master variable. It predicts fertility, child survival, nutrition, and women's agency better than income.
Data vintage. This map uses the 2011 Census, the latest published count by state and district. Populations and shares will have changed since.
Data note. The Census of India is taken once a decade. The 2011 Census is the latest to publish state and district tables, and the next census is planned for 2027, so there is no later official count to replace these figures. Shares, ratios and populations will have moved since 2011.
Source: Census 2011 (2011). See the methodology for notes and limitations.
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