In India, there is a huge difference in the literacy rates amongst the different sections of the population.
The total rate of literacy in India is 74% according to the census 2011. Out of this, the male literacy rate is 82.14% and the female literacy rate is 65.46%.
In the year of 1991, India crossed the literacy rate of 50%. Kerala has the highest literacy rate of 93.9% and Bihar has the lowest literacy rate of 63.8%. Punjab has a literacy rate of 75.84% out of which the male literacy rate is 82.44% and the female literacy rate is 70.73%. In the year of 1951,
India's literacy rate was 18.30% but in the year 2011, the literacy rate increased to 74.04%.
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