According to the 2011 Census, which of the following States has the highest (percentage) female literacy rate?

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Correct — A, Mizoram. As per the 2011 Census, Mizoram recorded one of the highest female literacy rates among Indian States — around 89% — second only to Kerala nationally, and well ahead of Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Goa's female literacy rate was high but distinctly lower than Mizoram's.  (c) HP has a strong overall literacy record, but its female literacy rate trailed Mizoram's.  (d) A large, urbanised State with a respectable literacy rate, but well below Mizoram's female literacy figure.

Concept: Female literacy rate is the percentage of females aged 7 and above who can read and write, as measured by the Census — a key human-development indicator tracked separately from the combined (male+female) literacy rate. North-Eastern States such as Mizoram, with a long history of mission-run schooling, and Kerala, with historic social-reform and land-literacy movements, have consistently topped this metric ahead of larger, more populous mainland States.

State PCS 2022 Q53 — Geography PYQ with Answer

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