Literacy Rate in India


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To know development in a society, Literacy is another proper indicator of economic development. For purpose of 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 almost 9 percent. It has gone up to 74.04% in 2011 from 65.38% in 2001, thus showing 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 top state in India. Lakshadweep and Mizoram are at second and third position with 92.3% and 91.06% literacy rate respectively. Bihar with 63.08% literacy rate is the last in terms of literacy rate in India.

Population of India

- With latest Population Census of India in 2011, the total number of people living in India has been estimated at 1,210,193,422 (1.21 billion). The figures provided by Population Census of India shows that the country represents 17.31% of the world population. Growing by the current and population growth, India will cross China Population by 2030. By that time, India's population is estimated to be 1.53 billion. Population of states in India like Uttar Pradesh is more than many countries in the world. So India has witness a major growth in its population in the last 10 years. However Government of India had a little success in controlling this huge growth of population and going by estimated figures, the population of India will be stable by 2060.

Sex Ratio of India in 2011

The sex ratio in India is decent and improving year by year. In the last 10 years, it has improved a lot in many states and rural areas. However a long way to go for the states likes Haryana and Punjab where is quiet low. The sex ratio of India in the year 2011 is 940 females/1000 males.

Current Population of India

India, with 1,220,200,000 (1.22 billion) people is the second most populous country in the world, while China is on the top with over 1,350,044,605 (1.35 billion) people. The figures show that India represents almost 17.31% of the world's population, which means one out of six people on this planet live in India. Although, the crown of the world's most populous country is on China's head for decades, India is all set to take the numero uno position by 2030. With the population growth rate at 1.58%, India is predicted to have more than 1.53 billion people by the end of 2030.