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EDUCATION
Literacy Profile
Eternal India
encyclopedia
States
and
Union
Territories
arranged
in
Descending
order
of Literacy rate 1991.
States and Union Territories arranged in Descending order of
Literacy rate among person males & females 1991.
Rank/ Lit. Rate
State/U.T.
Male
State/U.T
Femal
e
1. Kerala
90.59
Kerala
94.45
Kerala
86.93
2. Mizoram
81.23
Lakshadweep
87.06
Mizoaram
78.09
3. Lakshadweep
79.23
Daman & Diu
85.67
Chandigarh
73.61
4. Chandigarh
78.73
Goa
85.48
Lakshadweep
70.88
5. Goa
76.96
Mizoram
84.06
Goa
68.20
6. Delhi
76.09
Pondicherry
83.91
Delhi
68.01
7. Pondicherry
74.91
Chandigarh
82.67
A & N Islands
66.22
8. A & N Islands
73.74
Delhi
82.63
Pondicherry
65.79
9. Daman &Diu
73.58
A & N Islands
79.68
Daman & Diu
61.38
10. Tamil Nadu
63.72
Tamil Nadu
74.88
Nagaland
55.72
11. Himachal Prades!
63.54
Maharashtra
74.84
Himachal Pra.
-52.46
12. Maharastra
63.05
Himachal Pradesh
74.57
Tamil Nadu
52.29
13. Nagaland
61.30
Manipur
72.98
Maharashtra
50,51
14. Manipur
60.96
Gujarat
72.54
Tripura
50.01
15. Gujarat
60.91
Tripura
70.08
Punjab
49.72
16. Tripura
60.39
Haryana
67.85
Manipur
48.64
17. West Bengal
57.72
Karnataka
67.25
Gujarat
48.50
18. Punjab
57.14
West Bengal
67.24
Sikkim
47.23
19. Sikkim
56.53
Nagaland
66.09
West Bengal
47.15
20. Karnataka
55.98
Sikkim
64.34
Meghalaya
44.78
21. Haryana
55.33
Punjab
63.68
Karnataka
44.34
22. Assam
53.42
Orissa
62.37
Assam
43.70
23. Orissa
48.55
Assam
62.34
Haryana'
40.94
24. Meghalaya
48.26
Madhya Pradesh
57.43
Orissa
34.40
25. Andhra Pradesh
45.11
Andhra Pradesh
56.24
Andhra Pradesh
33.71
26. Madhya Pradesh
43.45
Uttar Pradesh
55.35
Arunachal Pra.
29.37
27. Uttar Pradesh
41.71
Rajastan
55.07
Madhya Pradesh
28.39
28. Arunachal Prades
i41.22
Bihar
52.63
D & N Haveli
26.10
29. D & N Haveli
39.45
D & N Haveli
52.07
Uttar Pradesh
26.02
30. Rajastan
38.81
Meghalaya
51.57
Bihar
23.10
3 1. Bihar
38.54
Arunachal Prades!
51.10
Rajastan
20.84
States and U.Ts ranked in Order of S.C. Literacy rates
@1981 census
Literacy R&tes - 1981
IN
G
State/U.T.
General
S.C.
S.T
No
.
Male Female
Total
Male Female
Total
Male
Female Total
1.
Jammu & Kashmi
r36.29
15.88
26.67
32.34
11.70
22.44
.
-
2.
Himachal Pradesh
53.19
31.46
42.48
41.94
20.63
31.50
38.75
12.82
25.93
3.
Punjab
47.16
33.69
40.86
30.96
15.67
23.86
-
■ -
4.
Chandigarh
69.00
59.31
64.79
46.04
25.31
37.07
-
-
-
5.
Haryana
48.20
22.27
36.14
31.45
7.06
20.15
-
6.
Delhi
68.40
53.07
61.54
50.21
25.89
39.30
-
-
-
7.
Rajastan
36.30
11.42
24.38
24.40
2.69
14.04
18.85
1.20
10.27
8.
Madhya Pradesh
39.49
15.53
27.87
30.26
6.87
18.97
17.74
3.60
10.68
9.
Uttar Pradesh
38.76
14.04
27.16
24.83
3.90
14.96
31.12
8.67
20.45
10.
Bihar
38.11
13.62
26.20
18.02
2.51
10.40
26.17
7.75
16.99
11.
Gujarat
54.44
32.30
43.70
73.14
25.61
39.79
30.41
11.64
21.14
12.
Daman & Diu
13.
Maharastra
58.79
34.79
47.18
48.85
21.53
35.55
32.38
11.94
92.29
14.
D & N Haveli
36.32
16.78
26.67
58.52
44.74
51.20
25.46
8.42
16.86
15.
Goa
16.
Karnataka
48.81
27.71
38.46
29.35
11.55
20.59
29.96
10.03
20.14
17.
Kerala
75.26
65.73
70.42
62.33
49.73
55.96
36.52
26.02-
31.79
18.
Tamil Nadu
58.26
34.99
46.76
40.65
18.47
29.67
26.71
14.00
20.46
19.
Andhra Pradesh
39.26
20.39
29.94
24.82
10.26
17.65
12.02
3.46
7.82
20.
Pondicherry
65.84
45.71
55.85
43.11
21.21
32.36
-
-
-
21.
Lakshadweep
65.24
44.65
55.07
-
-
63.34
42.92
53.13
22.
Orissa
47.10
21.12
34.23
35.26-
9.40
22.41
23.27
4.76
13.96
23.
West Bengal
50.67
30.25
40.94
34.26
13.70
24.37
21.16
5.01
13.21
24.
Sikkim
43.95
22.20
34.05
35.74
19.65
28.06
43.10
22.37
33.13
25.
Assam
N. A.
26.
Meghalaya
37.89
30.08
34.08
33.28
16.30
25.78
34.19
28.91
31.35
27.
Mizoram
64.46
54.91
59.88
88.33
53.33
84.44
64.12
55.12
59.63
28.
Manipur
53.29
29.06
41.35
41.94
24.95
33.63
48.88
30.35
39.74
29.
Nagaland
50.06
33.89
42.57
47.32
32.99
40.32
30.
Tripura
51.70
32.00
42.12
43.92
23.24
33.89
33.46
12.27
23.07
31.
Arunachal Prades
i 28.94
11.32
20.79
45.88
22.38
37.14
20.79
7.31
14.04
32.
A & N Islands
58.72
42.14
51.56
-
-
-
38.33
23.24
31.11
Rank
State/U.T
S.C.
Literacy Rate
1
.
Mizoram
84.44
2.
Kerala
55.%
3.
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
51.20
4.
Gujarat
39.79
5.
Delhi
39.30
6.
Goa Diu Daman
38.38
7.
Arunachal Pradesh
37.14
8.
Chandigarh
3-7.07
9.
Maharashtra
• 35.55
10.
Tripura
33.89
11.
Manipur
33.63
12.
Pondicherry
32.36
13.
Himachal Pradesh
31.50
14.
Tamilnadu
29.67
15.
Sikkim
28.06
16.
Meghalaya
25.78
17.
West Bengal
24.37
18.
Punjab
23.86
19.
Jammu & Kashmir
22.44
20.
Orissa
22.41
21.
Karnataka
20.59
22.
Haryana
20.1.5
23.
Madhya pradesh
18.97
24.
Andhra Pradesh
17.65
25.
Uttar Pradesh
14.96
26.
Rajasthan
14.04
27.
Bihar
10.40
Total
21.38
States and U.Ts ranked in Order of S.T. Literacy rates
@ 1981 census
Rank
State/U.T
S.T.
Literacy Rate
1
.
Mizoram
59.63
2.
Lakshadweep
53.13
3.
Nagaland
40.32
4.
Manipur
39.74
5.
Sikkim
33.13
6.
Kerala
31.79
7.
Meghalaya
31.35
8.
A &N Islands
31.11
9.
Goa Diu Daman
26.48
10.
Himachal Pradesh
25.93
11.
Tripura
23.07
12.
Maharashtra
22.29
13.
Gujarat
21.14
14.
Tamilnadu
20.46
15.
Uttar Pradesh
20.45
16.
Karnataka
20.14
17.
Bihar
16.99
18.
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
16.86
19.
Arunachal Pradesh
14.04
20.
Orissa
13.%
21.
West Bengal
13.21
22.
Madhya Pradesh
10.68
23.
Rajasthan
10.27
24.
Andhra Pradesh
7.82
Total
21.38