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- According to the World Bank India report, only 1 of 11 girls was literate at the time of India's independence, about nine percent.
- At present, the women's literacy rate has jumped to 77%.
- India's male literacy rate stands at 84.7%.
- As per the National Sample Survey report, Kerala is the most literate state in the country with 92.2%.
- It is followed by union territory Lakshadweep (91.85%).
- The third-most literate state in the country is Mizoram (91.33%).
- Bihar has the lowest literacy rate in India at 61.8%, followed by Arunachal Pradesh at 65.3% and Rajasthan at 66.1%.
- However, around 12.6% of students drop out of school in India.
- 19.8% discontinued education at the secondary level.
- The literacy rate in rural India is 67.77% as compared to 84.11% in urban India.
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