Dataset Overview

The data shows the distribution of population by literates and literacy rate by gender for the states and union territories of India from the 2011 census.

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Sectors

Demographics

Update Frequency

Decennial

Granularity

Yearly, State

Time Saved

3 hours

Number of rows

216

Number of Columns

Sources

Statistical Year Book India 2018

Archive Link

Link 1

Time Period

2011

Units

value in Absolute Number

value in Percentage

Data Preview

year	state	parameter	value	unit
2011	All India	Literates Persons	763638812	value in Absolute Number
2011	Andhra Pradesh	Literates Persons	50556760	value in Absolute Number
2011	Arunachal Pradesh	Literates Persons	766005	value in Absolute Number
2011	Assam	Literates Persons	19177977	value in Absolute Number
2011	Bihar	Literates Persons	52504553	value in Absolute Number
2011	Chhattisgarh	Literates Persons	15379922	value in Absolute Number
2011	Goa	Literates Persons	1165487	value in Absolute Number
2011	Gujarat	Literates Persons	41093358	value in Absolute Number
2011	Haryana	Literates Persons	16598988	value in Absolute Number
2011	Himachal Pradesh	Literates Persons	5039736	value in Absolute Number

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	1	0	Number	216
state	36	0	Text	216
parameter	6	0	Text	216
value	206	196	Number	216
unit	2	0	Text	216
note	0	0	Unsupported	0

Citation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Distribution of Population by Literates and Literacy Rates: By Gender (Census 2011) [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/511

Distribution of Population by Literates and Literacy Rates: By Gender (Census 2011)