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Abstract: Education is extremely important for the overall development and empowerment of all human beings. Higher levels of education are considered to be extremely effective in reducing differences between various sections and strata of the society. Among the sustainable development goals ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education, promotion of lifelong learning opportunities and making substantial efforts to ensure that a substantial portion of the adults achieve literacy was previously decided upon by all the member countries within the stipulated time frame. This paper aims to discuss the differentials in the literacy and illiteracy rate of people staying in the rural and the urban areas of West Bengal and for this purpose literacy rate, illiteracy and differential index was also calculated for the entire state as well as individually for all the districts for both the years. This paper also aims to bring forth the development the state has made in terms of in the above mentioned categories and the necessary steps taken by the government keeping the sustainable development goals in their mind. The data presented in this paper has been obtained from the secondary sources which have been published by the Census of India.