{"id":264510,"date":"2025-05-24T01:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=264510"},"modified":"2025-05-24T01:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:41:23","slug":"5-ne-states-among-top-10-states-with-highest-literacy-rate-arunachal-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/5-ne-states-among-top-10-states-with-highest-literacy-rate-arunachal-21st\/","title":{"rendered":"5 NE states among top 10 states with highest literacy rate, Arunachal 21st"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Staff Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

ITANAGAR, 23 May:<\/strong> Five Northeastern states ranked among the top 10 states\/UTs with the highest literacy rates, led by Mizoram at the top with 98.2%.<\/p>\n

Arunachal Pradesh stood at 21st position with 84.2% literacy rate among the 28 states and 8 UTs, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey 2023-2024 of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.<\/p>\n

Besides Mizoram, the other four Northeastern states in the top 10 were Nagaland (3rd, 95.7%), Meghalaya (5th, 94.2%), Tripura (6th, 93.7%), and Manipur (10th, 92%). Sikkim and Assam had literacy rates of 84.7% and 87%, respectively.<\/p>\n

Andhra Pradesh and Bihar recorded the lowest literacy rates, standing at 72.6% and 74.3%,respectively.<\/p>\n

In Arunachal, the literacy rate among males aged 7 years and above stood at 88%, while it was 80.30% for females.<\/p>\n

In urban areas, the state’s literacy rate among males aged 7 years and above stood at 94.6%, while it was 87.6% for females.<\/p>\n

In rural areas, the literacy rate among males aged 7 years and above stood at 86.7%, while it was 78.7% for females, the data showed.<\/p>\n

On 20 May, Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma officially declared Mizoram a fully literate state, marking a historic milestone in the state’s educational journey.<\/p>\n

With this achievement, Mizoram becomes the first state in India to attain full literacy. The announcement was made during a special function held in Aizawl.<\/p>\n

As per the 2011 census, Mizoram recorded a literacy rate of 91.33%, ranking third in India.<\/p>\n

The data indicates that India achieved 80.9% literacy rate.<\/p>\n

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The top 10 states with the highest literacy rates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Mizoram – 98.2%<\/li>\n
  2. Lakshadweep – 97.3%<\/li>\n
  3. Nagaland – 95.7%<\/li>\n
  4. Kerala – 95.3%<\/li>\n
  5. Meghalaya – 94.2%<\/li>\n
  6. Tripura – 93.7%<\/li>\n
  7. Chandigarh – 93.7%<\/li>\n
  8. Goa – 93.6%<\/li>\n
  9. Puducherry – 92.7%<\/li>\n
  10. Manipur – 92%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 23 May: Five Northeastern states ranked among the top 10 states\/UTs with the highest literacy rates, led by Mizoram at the top with 98.2%. Arunachal Pradesh stood at 21st position with 84.2% literacy rate among the 28 states and 8 UTs, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey 2023-2024 of the Ministry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-264510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}