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Statewise Literacy rate in India: 2001 Census

	State	Literacy Rate (%) 2001 Census			Literacy Rate 1991 Census	Change in Literacy Rate (1991 to 2001)
	State	Total	Male	Female	Literacy Rate 1991 Census	Change in Literacy Rate (1991 to 2001)
	INDIA	65.38	75.96	54.28	51.63	13.75
1	Andaman & Nicobar Is.*	81.18	86.07	75.29	73.02	8.17
2	Andhra Pradesh	61.11	70.85	51.17	44.09	17.02
3	Arunachal Pradesh	54.74	64.07	44.24	41.59	13.15
4	Assam	64.28	71.93	56.03	52.89	11.52
5	Bihar	47.53	60.32	33.57	37.49	10.04
6	Chandigargh*	81.76	85.65	76.65	77.81	3.94
7	Chhatisgarh	65.18	77.86	52.4	42.91	22.27
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli*	60.03	73.32	42.99	40.71	19.33
9	Daman & Diu*	81.09	88.4	70.37	71.2	9.89
10	Delhi*	81.82	87.37	75	75.29	6.53
11	Goa	82.32	88.88	75.51	75.51	6.81
12	Gujarat	69.97	80.5	58.6	61.29	8.68
13	Haryana	68.59	79.25	56.31	55.85	12.74
14	Himachal Pradesh	77.13	86.02	68.08	63.86	13.27
15	Jammu & Kashmir	54.46	65.75	41.82	NA	NA
16	Jharkhand	54.13	67.94	39.38	41.39	12.74
17	Karnataka	67.04	76.29	57.45	56.04	11
18	Kerala	90.92	94.2	87.86	89.81	1.11
19	Lakshadweep *	87.52	93.15	81.56	81.78	5.74
20	Madhya Pradesh	64.11	76.8	50.28	44.67	19.41
21	Maharashtra	77.27	86.27	67.51	64.87	12.39
22	Manipur	68.87	77.87	59.7	59.89	8.97
23	Meghalaya	63.31	66.14	60.41	49.1	14.21
24	Mizoram	88.49	90.69	86.13	82.27	6.22
25	Nagaland	67.11	71.77	61.92	61.65	5.45
26	Orissa	63.61	75.95	50.97	49.09	14.52
27	Pondicherry*	81.49	88.89	74.13	74.74	6.74
28	Punjab	69.95	75.63	63.55	58.51	11.45
29	Rajasthan	61.03	76.46	44.34	38.55	22.48
30	Sikkim	69.68	76.73	61.46	56.94	12.61
31	Tamil Nadu	73.47	82.33	64.55	62.66	10.81
32	Tripura	73.66	81.47	65.41	60.44	13.22
33	Uttar Pradesh	57.36	70.23	42.98	40.71	16.65
34	Uttaranchal	72.28	84.01	60.26	57.75	14.53
35	West Bengal	69.22	77.58	60.22	57.7	11.52
* Union Territory

*Source: Provisional Population Totals : India* . Census of India 2001, Paper 1 of 2001**

Comments (1)

Written by MD FAIQUE AHMED, on 21-10-2008 11:21
Well, adult literacy in India could be achieved only when the govt of India stresses more on development for education in the rural sector.

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