The latest Census report 2011 reveals that the highest percentage of literates has been recorded in the district of Khordha (87.51 percent). And the lowest literacy rate is recorded in Nabarangapur (48.20 percent), said Director of Census Operations of Odisha, Bishnupada Sethi. He has found out that
Nabarangapur has recorded the lowest literacy rate among both males (59.45 percent) and Females (37.22 percent).