code_to_build_horizontal_graph.py

states = list(indian_state['name'])

staff = list(indian_state['literacy_rate'])
staff_color = [i * 0.000045 for i in staff]

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(15, 8), dpi=100)

ax.barh(states, staff,align='center',
         # width = 0.5,
        color=cm.Blues([i / 0.006 for i in staff_color])
        )

ax.text(0, 1.08, 'Literacy rate of Indian States',
        transform=ax.transAxes, size=22, weight=600, ha='left')
ax.text(0, 
        -0.1,
        'Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_literacy_rate',
        transform=ax.transAxes, size=12, weight=600, color='#777777')
ax.text(0, 1.02, 'States Literacy rate (in %)', 
        transform=ax.transAxes, size=12, weight=600, color='#777777')
ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
ax.tick_params(axis='y', colors='black', labelsize=12)
ax.spines['right'].set_visible(False)
ax.spines['top'].set_visible(False)
plt.xticks(np.arange(0, 100, 5.0))
plt.tick_params(axis='y',which='both', left=False, top=False, labelbottom=False)
ax.grid(color='black', axis='x', ls = '-', lw = 0.25)
ax.set_axisbelow(True)
plt.show()