List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate

This is a list of districts in the Indian state of West Bengal ranked by literacy rate as per provisional data of 2011 census.

With a literacy rate of 76.26% (male 81.69% and female 70.54%), above the national average of 74.04%, as per the 2011 Census, West Bengal ranks 20th amongst the 36 states and union territories in India in terms of literacy rate. Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarpradesh & Karnataka has highest litrecy growth in india 2023 &2024. According to the 2023-2024 survey, the literacy rate of West Bengal was 82.6% (male 85.8% and female 79.3%).

Rank District (West Bengal) Literacy Rate (%) 2001 Census (excluding 0-6 age group) Literacy Rate (%) 2011 Census (excluding 0-6 age group) % Increase CD Block links1Purba Medinipur80.1687.667.502Kolkata80.8687.146.283North 24 Parganas78.0784.956.884Howrah77.0183.856.845Hooghly75.1182.557.446Darjeeling71.7979.928.137Paschim Medinipur70.4179.048.638South 24 Parganas69.4578.579.129Bardhaman70.1877.156.9710Nadia66.1475.589.4411Cooch Behar66.3075.499.1912Dakshin Dinajpur63.5973.8610.2713Jalpaiguri62.8573.7910.9414Bankura63.4470.957.5115Birbhum61.4870.909.4216Murshidabad54.3567.5313.1817Purulia55.5765.389.8118Maldah50.2862.718.4319Uttar Dinajpur47.8960.1312.24

See also Indian states ranking by literacy rate

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