Rankings
Literacy rate by state
Kerala leads with 94.0%; Bihar is last at 61.8%. India's rate in the final Census 2011 tables is 73.0% (the often-quoted 74.04% is from the provisional figures).
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerala | 94.0% | 96.1% | 92.1% | 4.0 |
| 2 | Lakshadweep | 91.9% | 95.6% | 88.0% | 7.6 |
| 3 | Mizoram | 91.3% | 93.4% | 89.3% | 4.1 |
| 4 | Goa | 88.7% | 92.7% | 84.7% | 8.0 |
| 5 | Tripura | 87.2% | 91.5% | 82.7% | 8.8 |
| 6 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 86.6% | 90.3% | 82.4% | 7.8 |
| 7 | Delhi | 86.2% | 90.9% | 80.8% | 10.2 |
| 8 | Chandigarh | 86.1% | 90.0% | 81.2% | 8.8 |
| 9 | Puducherry | 85.9% | 91.3% | 80.7% | 10.6 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 82.8% | 89.5% | 75.9% | 13.6 |
| 11 | Maharashtra | 82.3% | 88.4% | 75.9% | 12.5 |
| 12 | Sikkim | 81.4% | 86.6% | 75.6% | 10.9 |
| 13 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 80.9% | 88.0% | 70.3% | 17.8 |
| 14 | Tamil Nadu | 80.1% | 86.8% | 73.4% | 13.3 |
| 15 | Nagaland | 79.6% | 82.8% | 76.1% | 6.6 |
| 16 | Uttarakhand | 78.8% | 87.4% | 70.0% | 17.4 |
| 17 | Gujarat | 78.0% | 85.8% | 69.7% | 16.1 |
| 18 | Manipur | 76.9% | 83.6% | 70.3% | 13.3 |
| 19 | West Bengal | 76.3% | 81.7% | 70.5% | 11.1 |
| 20 | Punjab | 75.8% | 80.4% | 70.7% | 9.7 |
| 21 | Haryana | 75.6% | 84.1% | 65.9% | 18.1 |
| 22 | Karnataka | 75.4% | 82.5% | 68.1% | 14.4 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 74.4% | 76.0% | 72.9% | 3.1 |
| 24 | Ladakh | 74.3% | 84.8% | 59.8% | 25.0 |
| 25 | Odisha | 72.9% | 81.6% | 64.0% | 17.6 |
| 26 | Assam | 72.2% | 77.9% | 66.3% | 11.6 |
| 27 | Chhattisgarh | 70.3% | 80.3% | 60.2% | 20.0 |
| 28 | Madhya Pradesh | 69.3% | 78.7% | 59.2% | 19.5 |
| 29 | Uttar Pradesh | 67.7% | 77.3% | 57.2% | 20.1 |
| 30 | Andhra Pradesh | 67.4% | 74.8% | 60.0% | 14.8 |
| 31 | Jammu and Kashmir | 67.0% | 76.6% | 56.4% | 20.2 |
| 32 | Telangana | 66.5% | 75.0% | 58.0% | 17.1 |
| 33 | Jharkhand | 66.4% | 76.8% | 55.4% | 21.4 |
| 34 | Rajasthan | 66.1% | 79.2% | 52.1% | 27.1 |
| 35 | Arunachal Pradesh | 65.4% | 72.6% | 57.7% | 14.8 |
| 36 | Bihar | 61.8% | 71.2% | 51.5% | 19.7 |
Literacy rate = literates ÷ population aged 7 and above, from the final Primary Census Abstract.
Literacy rate, Census 2011
- Kerala 94.0%
- Lakshadweep 91.9%
- Mizoram 91.3%
- Goa 88.7%
- Tripura 87.2%
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands 86.6%
- Delhi 86.2%
- Chandigarh 86.1%
- Puducherry 85.9%
- Himachal Pradesh 82.8%
- Maharashtra 82.3%
- Sikkim 81.4%
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 80.9%
- Tamil Nadu 80.1%
- Nagaland 79.6%
- Uttarakhand 78.8%
- Gujarat 78.0%
- Manipur 76.9%
- West Bengal 76.3%
- Punjab 75.8%
- Haryana 75.6%
- Karnataka 75.4%
- Meghalaya 74.4%
- Ladakh 74.3%
- Odisha 72.9%
- Assam 72.2%
- Chhattisgarh 70.3%
- Madhya Pradesh 69.3%
- Uttar Pradesh 67.7%
- Andhra Pradesh 67.4%
- Jammu and Kashmir 67.0%
- Telangana 66.5%
- Jharkhand 66.4%
- Rajasthan 66.1%
- Arunachal Pradesh 65.4%
- Bihar 61.8%
Map
Literacy rate, 2011
61.8%75.6%94.0%
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