PERCENTAGE OF LITERATES TO
 ESTIMATED POPULATION AGED 7
 YEARS AND ABOVE 1981 AND 1991
 

                                                                             

 
                          1981 LITERACY  RATES                                      1991 LITERACY RATES
                              
                PERSONS           MALES        FEMALES        PERSONS          MALES           FEMALES     STATE/UNION TERRITORY
        
                    2              3              4              5              6                7                  1
        
                                                                             

                  35.66           46.83         24.16           44.09          55.13            32.72       Andhra Pradesh
                  25.55           35.12         14.02           41.59          51.45            29.69       Arunachal Pradesh
                   0.00            0.00          0.00           52.89          61.87            43.03       Assam
                  32.05           46.60         16.52           38.48          52.49            22.89       Bihar
                  65.71           76.01         55.17           75.51          83.64            67.09       Goa
                  52.21           65.14         38.46           61.29          73.13            48.64       Gujarat
                  43.88           58.51         26.93           55.85          69.10            40.47       Haryana
                  51.18           64.27         37.72           63.86          75.36            52.13       Himachal Pradesh
                  32.68           44.18         19.55            0.00           0.00             0.00       Jammu & Kashmir
                  46.21           58.73         33.17           56.04          67.26            44.34       Karanataka
                  81.56           87.73         75.65           89.81          93.62            86.17       Kerala
                  34.23           48.42         19.00           44.20          58.42           28.85        Madhya Pradesh
                  55.83           69.65         41.01           64.87          76.56            52.32       Maharashtra
                  49.66           64.15         34.67           59.89          71.63            47.60       Manipur
                  42.05           46.65         37.17           49.10          53.12            44.85       Meghalaya
                  74.26           79.36         68.61           82.27          85.61            78.60       Mizoram
                  50.28           58.58         40.39           61.65          67.62            54.75       Nagaland
                  40.97           56.45         25.14           49.09          63.09            34.68       Orissa
                  48.17           55.56         39.70           58.51          65.66            50.41       Punjab
                  30.11           44.77         14.00           38.55          54.99            20.44       Rajasthan
                  41.59           53.00         27.38           56.94          65.74            46.69       Sikkim
                  54.39           68.05         40.43           62.66          73.75            51.33       Tamil Nadu
                  50.11           61.49         38.01           60.44          70.58            49.65       Tripura
                  33.35           47.45         17.19           41.60          55.73            25.31       Uttar Pradesh
                  48.65           59.93         36.07           57.70          67.81            46.56       West Bengal
                  63.19           70.29         53.19           73.02          78.99            65.46       A.& N Islands
                  74.81           78.89         69.31           77.81          82.04            72.34       Chandigarh
                  32.70           44.64         20.37           40.71          53.56            26.98       D & N Haveli
                  59.91           74.47         46.50           71.20          82.66            59.40       Daman & Diu
                  71.94           79.28         62.60           75.29          82.01            66.99       Delhi
                  68.42           81.24         55.32           81.78          90.18            72.89       Lakshadweep
                  65.14           77.09         53.03           74.74          83.68            65.63       Pondicherry
                                                                             

                  43.67           56.50         29.85           52.21          64.13            39.29       INDIA
                                                                             

        
        
                  Source : Census of India 1991, Final Population Totals(Paper 2 of 1992)
                  Note   : Census were not conducted in 1981 in Assam and in 1991 in J&K
        
                                                                             

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