Only 4.5% Population in India is Graduate or Above: Census 2011

 

Only 4.5 % of the population in the country is educated up to the level of graduate or above while a majority of 32.6%  population is not even educated up to the primary school level

According to the census data for 2011 on literacy, workers and educational levels, released by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, literate population who are presently attending any educational institution in the country, below primary occupies the major share of 32.6 %
It was followed by primary (25.2 %), middle (15.7 %), matric (11.1 %), higher secondary (8.6 %) and Graduate and above (4.5 %).

During the decade 2001-11, improvement is observed at middle and above educational levels and decline in percentage share at lower levels (below-primary and primary).

The improvements at higher educational levels are indication of educational advancement in the country during the decade 2001-11.