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Statewise Literacy Rates in India

	State	Literacy rate (2001 Census) (In %)
		Persons	Males	Females

	INDIA	65.38	75.96	54.28

1	Kerala	90.92	94.2	87.86
2	Mizoram	88.49	90.69	86.13
3	Lakshadweep *	87.52	93.15	81.56
4	Chandigargh*	81.76	85.65	76.65
5	Goa	82.32	88.88	75.51
6	Andaman & Nicobar Is.*	81.18	86.07	75.29
7	Delhi*	81.82	87.37	75
8	Pondicherry*	81.49	88.89	74.13
9	Daman & Diu*	81.09	88.4	70.37
10	Himachal Pradesh	77.13	86.02	68.08
11	Maharashtra	77.27	86.27	67.51
12	Tripura	73.66	81.47	65.41
13	Tamil Nadu	73.47	82.33	64.55
14	Punjab	69.95	75.63	63.55
15	Nagaland	67.11	71.77	61.92
16	Sikkim	69.68	76.73	61.46
17	Meghalaya	63.31	66.14	60.41
18	Uttaranchal	72.28	84.01	60.26
19	West Bengal	69.22	77.58	60.22
20	Manipur	68.87	77.87	59.7
21	Gujarat	69.97	80.5	58.6
22	Karnataka	67.04	76.29	57.45
23	Haryana	68.59	79.25	56.31
24	Assam	64.28	71.93	56.03
25	Chhatisgarh	65.18	77.86	52.4
26	Andhra Pradesh	61.11	70.85	51.17
27	Orissa	63.61	75.95	50.97
28	Madhya Pradesh	64.11	76.8	50.28
29	Rajasthan	61.03	76.46	44.34
30	Arunachal Pradesh	54.74	64.07	44.24
31	Dadra & Nagar Haveli*	60.03	73.32	42.99
32	Uttar Pradesh	57.36	70.23	42.98
33	Jammu & Kashmir	54.46	65.75	41.82
34	Jharkhand	54.13	67.94	39.38
35	Bihar	47.53	60.32	33.57
Source: Provisional Population Totals: India, Census of India 2001, paper 1 of 2001

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Comments (1)

Written by prakash suryanarayan, on 04-09-2008 10:23
How do you define literacy? Is there a cut-off point for defining it or is it merely the ability to sign one's name. Let us have a universally understood definition.

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