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Fully literate state - Himachal Pradesh
September 13 , 2025
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- Himachal Pradesh has been declared a 4th fully literate state with a literacy rate of 99.30 percent.
- The state has surpassed the national literacy benchmark of 95 percent set under the ULLAS–Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram.
- Himachal now ranks first in the country in student-teacher ratio with the dropout rate of almost zero.
- The literacy journey began with a 7 percent rate at Independence and reached 99.30 percent ahead of schedule.
- On June 24, 2024, Ladakh was declared the first Union Territory to be fully literate.
- Other three states are Tripura, Mizoram and Goa.
- On May 20, 2025, Mizoram became the first fully literate state in India.
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