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Official TranscriptGOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2384 ANSWERED ON 15.12.2025 Literacy Rate in India 2384. Dr. M K Vishnu Prasad : Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state : (a) the number of districts declared as complete literate in the country, State/UT and district-wise; (b) the details of percentage of literate people...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2384 ANSWERED ON 15.12.2025 Literacy Rate in India
2384. Dr. M K Vishnu Prasad :
Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state :
(a) the number of districts declared as complete literate in the country, State/UT and district-wise;
(b) the details of percentage of literate people in the country as on date, State/UT-wise and district-wise in Tamil Nadu;
(c) the details of steps taken by the Government to solve the problem of illiteracy in the country; and
(d) the details of the percentage of literacy in the country on a global scale? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)
(a) to (d) : The Government of India is implementing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely, “New India Literacy Programme (NILP)” popularly known as ULLAS (Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society) - Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram, aligned with the National Education Policy 2020, from 2022-2027 to support all the States and Union Territories, including Tamil Nadu, in promoting literacy among non-literates across the country. The Scheme targets non-literates aged 15 years and above who have missed formal schooling and provide educational opportunities to them to make them literate.
In context with ULLAS - Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram the Literacy is defined as the ability to read, write, and compute with comprehension, i.e. to identify, understand, interpret and create, along with critical life skills such as digital literacy, financial literacy, etc.The criterion for declaring a State/UT fully literate is achieving a literacy rate of 95% or above. Till now, Five States/UTs Ladakh (2024), Mizoram (2025), Goa
(2025), Tripura (2025), and Himachal Pradesh (2025) have achieved full literacy under ULLAS.
The details of State/UT-wise percentage of literate people in the Country as per PLFS Report 2023-24 is at Annexure. *****Annexure STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2384 FOR 15.12.2025 ASKED BY DR. M K VISHNU PRASAD, HON’BLE MP REGARDING “LITERACY RATE IN INDIA”.
State/UT-wise Literacy Rate (in per cent) in the age group of 7 and above, as per Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), Annual Report 2023-24 conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation.
As on date Sl. No. States/UT Literacy Rate for 2023-24 Literacy Rate
1. Andhra Pradesh 72.60 -
2. Arunachal Pradesh 84.20 -
3. Assam 87.00 -
4. Bihar 74.30 -
5. Chhattisgarh 78.50 -
6. Delhi 86.90 -
7. Goa 93.60 99.72%
8. Gujarat 84.60 -
9. Haryana 84.80 -
10. Himachal Pradesh 88.80 99.30%
11. Jharkhand 76.70 -
12. Karnataka 82.70 -
13. Kerala 95.30 -
14. Madhya Pradesh 75.20 -
15. Maharashtra 87.30 -
16. Manipur 92.00 -
17. Meghalaya 94.20 -
18. Mizoram 98.20 98.20%
19. Nagaland 95.70 -
20. Odisha 79.00 -
21. Punjab 83.40 -
22. Rajasthan 75.80 -
23. Sikkim 84.70 -
24. Tamil Nadu 85.50 -
25. Telangana 76.90 -
26. Tripura 93.70 95.60%
27. Uttarakhand 83.80 -
28. Uttar Pradesh 78.20 -
29. West Bengal 82.60 -
30. Andaman & N. Island 91.10 -
31. Chandigarh 93.70 - Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman -
32. 87.80 & Diu
33. Jammu & Kashmir 82.00 -
34. Ladakh 81.00 97.00%
35. Lakshadweep 97.30 -
36. Puducherry 92.70 - All India 80.90 - *****