Chandigarh achieves 99.93% literacy, gets ‘fully literate U.T.’ tag

POPULATION

11 MARCH 2026

• Chandigarh attained 99.93% literacy rate, thus making it a fully literate Union Territory, said Gulab Chand Katari, the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh.
•  It is the sixth State/U.T. in the country and the second Union Territory to achieve the feat.
• The success achieved under the Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society (ULLAS) has helped the city surpass the  95% literacy benchmark set under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
• Chandigarh’s literacy rate has increased from 93.7% to 99.93%, with 15,556 citizens participating in the programme and 14,711 successfully clearing the literacy assessment.