Children Data Bank
For India

Percentage of literates to estimated population aged
7 yrs and above in States/Union Territories 1981 & 1991


                                                    1981 Literacy rates                                                 1991 Literacy rates
                                               -----------------------------------------------------               -----------------------------------------------------
S. No. 
State/Union Territories
Persons
Males
Females
Persons
Males
Females
1.
Andhra pradesh
35.66
46.83
24.16
44.09
55.13
32.72
2.
Arunachal Pradesh
25.55
35.12
14.02
41.59
51.45
29.69
3.
Assam
0.00
0.00
0.00
52.89
61.87
43.03
4.
Bihar
32.05
46.60
16.52
38.48
52.49
22.89
5.
Goa
65.71
76.01
55.17
75.51
83.64
67.09
6.
Gujarat
52.21
65.14
38.46
61.29
73.13
48.64
7.
Haryana
43.88
58.51
26.93
55.85
69.10
40.47
8.
Himachal Pradesh
51.18
64.27
37.72
63.86
75.36
52.13
9.
Jammu & Kashmir 
32.68
44.18
19.55
0.00
0.00
0.00
10.
Karnataka
46.21
58.73
33.17
56.04
67.26
44.34
11.
Kerala
81.56
87.73
75.65
89.81
93.62
86.17
12.
Madhya Pradesh
34.23
48.42
19.00
44.20
58.42
28.85
13.
Maharashtra
55.83
69.65
41.01
64.87
76.56
52.32
14.
Manipur
49.66
64.15
34.67
59.89
71.63
47.60
15.
Meghalaya
42.05
46.65
37.17
49.10
53.12
44.85
16.
Mizoram
74.26
79.36
68.61
82.27
85.61
78.60
17.
Nagaland
50.28
58.58
40.39
61.65
67.62
54.75
18.
Orissa
40.97
56.45
25.14
49.09
63.09
34.68
19.
Punjab
48.17
55.56
39.70
58.51
65.66
50.41
20.
Rajasthan
30.11
44.77
14.00
38.55
54.99
20.44
21.
Sikkim
41.59
53.00
27.38
56.94
65.74
46.69
22.
Tamil Nadu
54.39
68.05
40.43
62.66
73.75
51.33
23.
Tripura
50.11
61.49
38.01
60.44
70.58
49.65
24.
Uttar Pradesh
33.35
47.45
17.19
41.60
55.73
25.31
25.
West Bengal
48.65
59.93
36.07
57.70
67.81
46.56
26.
A & N Islands
63.19
70.29
53.19
73.02
78.99
65.46
27.
Chandigarh
74.81
78.79
69.31
77.81
82.04
72.34
28.
D & N Haveli
32.70
44.64
20.37
40.71
53.56
26.98
29.
Daman & Diu
59.91
74.47
46.50
71.20
82.66
59.40
30.
Delhi
71.94
79.28
62.60
75.29
82.01
66.99
31.
Lakshadweep 
68.42
81.24
55.32
81.78
90.18
72.89
32.
Pondicherry
65.14
77.09
53.03
74.74
83.68
65.63
 
India
43.67
56.50
29.85
52.21
64.13
39.29
Note: Census were not conducted in Assam in 1981 and J & K in 1991.
SOURCE: Annual Report, 1996-97, Part-I, Govt. of India, Department of Education, 1997, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi, p.252.
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