Table 2(3)

Literates and literacy rates by sex : 2011

State India/State/
Literates
/UT
Union Territory #
Code

Literacy rate (%)

Persons
1
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35

2
INDIA

Males

Females

Persons Males

10

11

778,454,120
Jammu & Kashmir
7,245,053
Himachal Pradesh
5,104,506
Punjab
18,988,611
809,653
Chandigarh #
Uttarakhand
6,997,433
Haryana
16,904,324
#
12,763,352
NCT of Delhi
Rajasthan
38,970,500
Uttar Pradesh
118,423,805
Bihar
54,390,254
Sikkim
449,294
Arunachal Pradesh
789,943
Nagaland
1,357,579
Manipur
1,891,196
Mizoram
847,592
Tripura
2,831,742
Meghalaya
1,817,761
Assam
19,507,017
West Bengal
62,614,556
Jharkhand
18,753,660
Orissa
27,112,376
Chhattisgarh
15,598,314
Madhya Pradesh
43,827,193
Gujarat
41,948,677
#
188,974
Daman & Diu
228,028
Dadra & Nagar Haveli #
Maharashtra
82,512,225
Andhra Pradesh
51,438,510
Karnataka
41,029,323
Goa
1,152,117
#
52,914
Lakshadweep
Kerala
28,234,227
Tamil Nadu
52,413,116
#
966,600
Puducherry
293,695
Andaman & Nicobar Islands #

444,203,762
4,370,604
2,791,542
10,626,788
468,166
3,930,174
9,991,838
7,210,050
24,184,782
70,479,196
32,711,975
253,364
454,532
731,796
1,026,733
438,949
1,515,973
934,091
10,756,937
34,508,159
11,168,649
15,326,036
8,962,121
25,848,137
23,995,500
124,911
144,916
46,294,041
28,759,782
22,808,468
620,026
28,249
13,755,888
28,314,595
502,575
164,219

334,250,358
2,874,449
2,312,964
8,361,823
341,487
3,067,259
6,912,486
5,553,302
14,785,718
47,944,609
21,678,279
195,930
335,411
625,783
864,463
408,643
1,315,769
883,670
8,750,080
28,106,397
7,585,011
11,786,340
6,636,193
17,979,056
17,953,177
64,063
83,112
36,218,184
22,678,728
18,220,855
532,091
24,665
14,478,339
24,098,521
464,025
129,476

Females

12
74.04

13
82.14

14
65.46

68.74
83.78
76.68
86.43
79.63
76.64
86.34
67.06
69.72
63.82
82.20
66.95
80.11
79.85
91.58
87.75
75.48
73.18
77.08
67.63
73.45
71.04
70.63
79.31
87.07
77.65
82.91
67.66
75.60
87.40
92.28
93.91
80.33
86.55
86.27

78.26
90.83
81.48
90.54
88.33
85.38
91.03
80.51
79.24
73.39
87.29
73.69
83.29
86.49
93.72
92.18
77.17
78.81
82.67
78.45
82.40
81.45
80.53
87.23
91.48
86.46
89.82
75.56
82.85
92.81
96.11
96.02
86.81
92.12
90.11

58.01
76.60
71.34
81.38
70.70
66.77
80.93
52.66
59.26
53.33
76.43
59.57
76.69
73.17
89.40
83.15
73.78
67.27
71.16
56.21
64.36
60.59
60.02
70.73
79.59
65.93
75.48
59.74
68.13
81.84
88.25
91.98
73.86
81.22
81.84