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Table 9.4. State-Wise Literacy Rates (1951-2011)
(per cent)
States/UTs 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Andhra Pradesh na 21.2 24.6 35.7 44.1 60.5 67.0
Arunachal Pradesh na 7.1 11.3 25.6 41.6 54.3 65.4
Assam 18.5 33.0 33.9 na 52.9 63.3 72.2
Bihar 13.5 22.0 23.2 32.3 37.5 47.0 61.8
Chhattisgarh 9.4 18.1 24.1 32.6 42.9 64.7 70.3
Gujarat 21.8 31.5 37.0 44.9 61.3 69.1 78.0
Haryana na na 25.7 37.1 55.9 67.9 75.6
Himachal Pradesh na na na na 63.9 76.5 82.8
Jammu & Kashmir na 13.0 21.7 30.6 na 55.5 67.2
Jharkhand 12.9 21.1 23.9 35.0 41.4 53.6 66.4
Karnataka na 29.8 36.8 46.2 56.0 66.6 75.4
Kerala 47.2 55.1 69.8 78.9 89.8 90.9 94.0
Madhya Pradesh 13.2 21.4 27.3 38.6 44.7 63.7 69.3
Maharashtra 27.9 35.1 45.8 57.2 64.9 76.9 82.3
Manipur a 12.6 36.0 38.5 49.7 59.9 70.5 76.9
Meghalaya na 26.9 29.5 42.1 49.1 62.6 74.4
Mizoram 31.1 44.0 53.8 59.9 82.3 88.8 91.3
Nagaland 10.5 22.0 33.8 50.3 61.7 66.6 79.6
Odisha 15.8 21.7 26.2 33.6 49.1 63.1 72.9
Punjab na na 34.1 43.4 58.5 69.7 75.8
Rajasthan 8.5 18.1 22.6 30.1 38.6 60.4 66.1
Sikkim na na 17.7 34.1 56.9 68.8 81.4
Tamil Nadu na 36.4 45.4 54.4 62.7 73.5 80.1
Tripura na 20.2 31.0 50.1 60.4 73.2 87.2
Uttar Pradesh 12.0 20.9 24.0 32.7 40.7 56.3 67.7
Uttarakhand 18.9 18.1 33.3 46.1 57.8 71.6 78.8
West Bengal 24.6 34.5 38.9 48.7 57.7 68.6 76.3
A & N Islands 30.3 40.1 51.2 63.2 73.0 81.3 86.6
Chandigarh na na 70.4 74.8 77.8 81.9 86.0
D & N Haveli na na 18.1 32.9 40.7 57.6 76.2
Daman & Diu na na na na 71.2 78.2 87.1
Delhi na 62.0 65.1 71.9 75.3 81.7 86.2
Goa 23.5 35.4 52.0 65.7 75.5 82.0 88.7
Lakshadweep 15.2 27.2 51.8 68.4 81.8 86.7 91.8
Puducherry na 43.7 53.4 65.1 74.7 81.2 85.8
All India a 18.3 28.3 34.5 43.6 52.2 64.8 73.0
Source: Office of the Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs
Notes:
a: India and Manipur figures exclude those of the three sub-divisions viz. Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul of Senapati district of
Manipur as census results of 2001 in these three sub-divisions were cancelled due to technical and administrative reasons.
na: not available
1. Literacy rates for 1951, 1961 and 1971 Censuses relate to population aged five years and above and from 1981 onwards Literacy
rates relate to the population aged seven years and above. The literacy rate for 1951 in case of West Bengal relates to total
population including 0-4 age group. Literacy rate for 1951 in respect of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Manipur are based on
sample population.