Literacy Rate 2011

Literacy Rate 1951-2011

Year	Persons	Males	Females
1	2	3	4
1951	47.18	58.35	36.43
1961	55.08	64.89	45.56
1971	69.75	77.13	62.53
1981	78.85	84.56	73.36
1991	89.81	93.62	86.17
2001	90.86	94.24	87.72
2011	93.91	96.02	91.98

Note: Literacy rates for 1951, 1961 and 1971 related to population aged five years and above. The rates for the years 1981 to 2011 related to the population aged seven years and above.

Ranking of Districts by Literacy Rate and Sex: 2011

Rank	Persons		Males		Females
Rank	District	Literacy Rate	District	Literacy Rate	District	Literacy Rate
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Pathanam- thitta	96.93	Alappuzha	97.90	Pathanam- thitta	96.26
2	Kottayam	96.40	Pathanam- thitta	97.70	Kottayam	95.67
3	Alappuzha	96.26	Kozhikode	97.57	Alappuzha	94.80
4	Ernakulam	95.68	Kannur	97.54	Ernakulam	94.27
5	Kannur	95.41	Kottayam	97.17	Thrissur	93.85
6	Thrissur	95.32	Ernakulam	97.14	Kannur	93.57
7	Kozhikode	95.24	Thrissur	96.98	Kozhikode	93.16
8	Kollam	93.77	Kollam	95.83	Kollam	91.95
9	Malappuram	93.55	Malappuram	95.78	Malappuram	91.55
10	Thiruvanan-thapuram	92.66	Idukki	94.84	Thiruvanan-thapuram	90.89
11	Idukki	92.20	Thiruvanan-thapuram	94.60	Idukki	89.59
12	Kasaragod	89.85	Kasaragod	93.93	Kasaragod	86.13
13	Wayanad	89.32	Wayanad	92.84	Wayanad	85.94
14	Palakkad	88.49	Palakkad	92.27	Palakkad

Literacy Rates by Sex for State and Districts: 2001 and 2011

State/ District Code	State/District	Literacy rate*
		Persons		Males		Females
		2001	2011	2001	2011	2001	2011
32 Kerala		90.86	93.91	94.24	96.02	87.72	91.98
01	Kasaragod	84.57	89.85	90.36	93.93	79.12	86.13
02	Kannur	92.59	95.41	96.13	97.54	89.40	93.57
03	Wayanad	85.25	89.32	89.77	92.84	80.72	85.94
04	Kozhikode	92.24	95.24	96.11	97.57	88.62	93.16
05	Malappuram	89.61	93.55	93.25	95.78	86.26	91.55
06	Palakkad	84.35	88.49	89.52	92.27	79.56	84.99
07	Thrissur	92.27	95.32	95.11	96.98	89.71	93.85
08	Ernakulam	93.20	95.68	95.81	97.14	90.66	94.27
09	Idukki	88.69	92.20	92.33	94.84	85.02	89.59
10	Kottayam	95.82	96.40	97.34	97.17	94.35	95.67
11	Alappuzha	93.43	96.26	96.27	97.90	90.82	94.80
12	Pathanamthitta	94.84	96.93	96.41	97.70	93.43	96.26
13	Kollam	91.18	93.77	94.43	95.83	88.18	91.95
14	Thiruvananthapuram	89.28	92.66	92.64	94.60	86.14	90.89