STATEWISE STATEMENT OF LITERATES AND LITERACY RATES OF THE AGE GROUP 7 YEARS AND ABOVE BY SEX AND RURAL /URBAN AREAS-1991
TABLE NO. - 6
(IN 000'S)
LITERATES LITERACY RATES
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No. STATES/UTs AREAS TOTAL MALES FEMALES TOTAL MALES FEMALES
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1. ANDHRA PRADESH TOTAL 24487 15532 8955 44.09 55.13 32.72
RURAL 14438 9663 4775 35.74 47.28 23.92
URBAN 10049 5869 4180 66.35 75.87 56.41
2. ARUNACHAL PRADESH TOTAL 284 192 92 41.59 51.45 29.69
RURAL 219 150 69 37.02 47.00 25.31
URBAN 65 42 23 71.59 77.99 62.23
3. ASSAM TOTAL 9515 5827 3688 52.89 61.87 43.03
RURAL 7818 4836 2982 49.32 58.66 39.19
URBAN 1697 991 706 79.39 84.37 73.32
4. BIHAR TOTAL 26404 18969 7435 38.48 52.49 22.89
RURAL 20046 14976 5070 33.83 48.31 17.95
URBAN 6358 3993 2365 67.89 77.72 55.94
5. GOA TOTAL 780 439 341 75.51 83.64 67.09
RURAL 440 249 191 72.31 81.71 62.87
URBAN 340 190 150 80.10 86.33 73.38
6. GUJARAT TOTAL 21131 13025 8106 61.29 73.13 48.64
RURAL 11907 7680 4227 53.09 66.84 38.65
URBAN 9224 5345 3879 76.54 84.56 67.70
7. HARYANA TOTAL 7449 4950 2499 55.85 69.10 40.47
RURAL 4975 3474 1501 49.85 64.78 32.51
URBAN 2474 1476 998 73.66 81.96 64.06
8. HIMACHAL PRADESH TOTAL 2765 1648 1117 63.86 75.36 52.13
RURAL 2438 1458 980 61.86 73.89 49.79
URBAN 327 190 137 84.17 88.97 78.32
9. KARNATAKA TOTAL 21013 12872 8141 56.04 67.26 44.34
RURAL 12251 7842 4409 47.69 60.30 34.76
URBAN 8762 5030 3732 74.20 82.04 65.74
10. KERALA TOTAL 22687 11543 11144 89.81 93.62 86.17
RURAL 16483 8400 8083 88.92 92.91 85.12
URBAN 6204 3143 3061 92.25 95.58 89.06
11. MADHYA PRADESH TOTAL 23465 16101 7364 44.20 58.42 28.85
RURAL 14503 10638 3865 35.87 51.04 19.73
URBAN 8962 5463 3499 70.81 81.32 58.92
12. MAHARASHTRA TOTAL 42448 25944 16504 64.87 76.56 52.32
RURAL 21987 13971 8016 55.52 69.74 40.96
URBAN 20461 11973 8488 79.20 86.41 70.87
13. MANIPUR TOTAL 917 561 356 59.89 71.63 46.60
RURAL 616 384 232 55.79 67.64 43.26
URBAN 301 177 124 70.53 82.11 58.67
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
14. MEGHALAYA TOTAL 678 377 301 49.10 53.12 44.85
RURAL 455 254 201 41.05 44.83 37.12
URBAN 223 123 100 81.74 85.72 77.32
15. MIZORAM TOTAL 462 252 210 82.27 85.61 78.60
RURAL 217 122 95 72.47 77.36 67.03
URBAN 245 130 115 93.45 95.15 91.61
16. NAGALAND TOTAL 617 363 254 61.65 67.62 54.75
RURAL 475 277 198 57.23 63.42 50.36
URBAN 142 86 56 83.10 85.94 79.10
17. ORISSA TOTAL 12915 8419 4496 49.09 63.09 34.68
RURAL 10324 6841 3483 45.46 60.00 30.79
URBAN 2591 1578 1013 71.99 81.21 61.18
18. PUNJAB TOTAL 9933 5920 4013 58.51 65.66 50.41
RURAL 6299 3835 2464 52.77 60.71 43.85
URBAN 3634 2085 1549 72.08 77.26 66.12
19. RAJASTHAN TOTAL 13549 10130 3419 38.55 54.99 20.44
RURAL 8179 6685 1494 30.37 47.64 11.59
URBAN 5370 3445 1925 65.33 78.50 50.24
20. SIKKIM TOTAL 190 118 72 56.94 65.74 46.69
RURAL 164 102 62 54.38 63.49 43.98
URBAN 26 16 10 80.89 85.19 74.94
21. TAMIL NADU TOTAL 30336 18050 12286 62.66 73.75 51.33
RURAL 17312 10723 6589 54.59 67.18 41.84
URBAN 13024 7327 5697 77.99 86.06 69.61
22. TRIPURA TOTAL 1367 823 544 60.44 70.58 49.65
RURAL 1063 657 406 56.08 67.07 44.33
URBAN 304 166 138 83.09 89.00 76.93
23. UTTAR PRADESH TOTAL 46144 33111 13033 41.60 55.73 25.31
RURAL 32404 24570 7834 36.66 52.05 19.02
URBAN 13740 8541 5199 61.00 69.98 50.38
24. WEST BENGAL TOTAL 32608 20091 12517 57.70 67.81 45.56
RURAL 20239 12860 7379 50.50 62.05 38.12
URBAN 12369 7231 5138 75.27 81.19 68.25
25. A & N ISLANDS TOTAL 171 103 68 73.02 78.99 65.46
RURAL 118 71 47 69.73 75.99 61.99
URBAN 53 32 21 81.69 86.59 75.08
26. CHANDIGARH TOTAL 425 252 173 77.81 82.04 72.34
RURAL 32 22 10 59.12 65.67 47.83
URBAN 393 230 163 79.87 84.09 74.57
27. D & N HAVELI TOTAL 45 31 14 40.71 53.56 26.98
RURAL 37 26 11 37.00 50.04 23.30
URBAN 8 5 3 78.44 86.35 68.42
28. DAMAN & DIU TOTAL 61 36 25 71.20 82.66 59.40
RURAL 27 17 10 61.55 75.23 46.70
URBAN 34 19 15 81.61 91.14 72.35
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
29. DELHI TOTAL 5882 3539 2343 75.29 82.01 66.99
RURAL 502 330 172 66.90 78.46 52.15
URBAN 5380 3209 2171 76.18 82.39 68.54
30. LAKSHADWEEP TOTAL 34 19 15 81.78 90.18 72.89
RURAL 14 8 6 78.89 88.66 68.72
URBAN 20 11 9 83.99 91.31 76.11
31. PONDICHERRY TOTAL 522 295 227 74.74 83.68 65.63
RURAL 162 96 66 65.36 76.44 53.96
URBAN 360 199 161 79.88 87.70 71.98
* Excludes Jammu & Kashmir where 1991 census was not held.
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