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                                       Table 8.5: 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.
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