INCREASE in literacy in the country.The literacy rate in the country is 74.04 percent, 82.14 for males and 65.46 for females.The literacy rates for the country as a whole increased from 18.33 percent in 1951 to 65.38 percent in 2001 with the literacy rate for males at 75.85 percent and that for females at 54.16 percent.Among the states in India, Kerala had the HIGHEST literary rate with 94 percent in 2011.Chandigarh, HIMACHAL Pradesh, and the capital TERRITORY of Delhi followed Kerala with above-average literacy rates. Notably, all the leading states in the country had more literate males than females at the time of the census.Jains are the most literate community in India.