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Literacy Profile

States and U.Ts ranked in Order of S.C. Literacy rates @1981 census

States and Union Territories arranged in Descending order of

States

and

Union

Territories

Literacy rate among person males & females 1991.

arranged

in

Descending

order

of Literacy rate 1991.

Rank

State/U.T

Rank/ Lit. Rate

State/U.T.

Male

State/U.T

Femal e

S.C. Literacy Rate

1. Kerala

90.59

Kerala

94.45

Kerala

86.93

1 .

Mizoram

84.44

2. Mizoram

81.23

Lakshadweep

87.06

Mizoaram

78.09

3. Lakshadweep

79.23

Daman & Diu

85.67

Chandigarh

73.61

2.

Kerala

55.%

4. Chandigarh

78.73

Goa

85.48

Lakshadweep

70.88

3.

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

51.20

5. Goa

76.96

Mizoram

84.06

Goa

68.20

4.

Gujarat

39.79

6. Delhi

76.09

Pondicherry

83.91

Delhi

68.01

5. 6.

Delhi

39.30 38.38

7. Pondicherry

74.91

Chandigarh

82.67

A & N Islands

66.22

Goa Diu Daman

8. A & N Islands

73.74

Delhi

82.63

Pondicherry

65.79

7.

Arunachal Pradesh

37.14

9. Daman &Diu

73.58

A & N Islands

79.68

Daman & Diu

61.38

8.

Chandigarh

3-7.07

10. Tamil Nadu

63.72

Tamil Nadu

74.88

Nagaland

55.72

9.

Maharashtra

• 35.55

11. Himachal Prades!

63.54

Maharashtra

74.84

Himachal Pra.

-52.46

10.

Tripura

33.89

12. Maharastra

63.05

Himachal Pradesh

74.57

Tamil Nadu

52.29

11.

Manipur

33.63

13. Nagaland

61.30

Manipur

72.98

Maharashtra

50,51

12.

Pondicherry

32.36

14. Manipur

60.96

Gujarat

72.54

Tripura

50.01

13. 14.

Himachal Pradesh

31.50 29.67

15. Gujarat

60.91

Tripura

70.08

Punjab

49.72

Tamilnadu

16. Tripura

60.39

Haryana

67.85

Manipur

48.64

15.

Sikkim

28.06

17. West Bengal

57.72

Karnataka

67.25

Gujarat

48.50

16.

Meghalaya

25.78

18. Punjab

57.14

West Bengal

67.24

Sikkim

47.23

17.

West Bengal

24.37

19. Sikkim

56.53

Nagaland

66.09

West Bengal

47.15

18.

Punjab

23.86

20. Karnataka

55.98

Sikkim

64.34

Meghalaya

44.78

19. 20.

Jammu & Kashmir

22.44 22.41

21. Haryana

55.33

Punjab

63.68

Karnataka

44.34

Orissa

22. Assam

53.42

Orissa

62.37

Assam

43.70

21.

Karnataka

20.59

23. Orissa

48.55

Assam

62.34

Haryana'

40.94

22.

Haryana

20.1.5

24. Meghalaya

48.26

Madhya Pradesh

57.43

Orissa

34.40

23.

Madhya pradesh

18.97

25. Andhra Pradesh

45.11

Andhra Pradesh

56.24

Andhra Pradesh

33.71

24. 25.

Andhra Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

17.65 14.96

26. Madhya Pradesh

43.45

Uttar Pradesh

55.35

Arunachal Pra.

29.37

27. Uttar Pradesh

41.71

Rajastan

55.07

Madhya Pradesh

28.39

26.

Rajasthan

14.04

28. Arunachal Prades

i41.22

Bihar

52.63

D & N Haveli

26.10

27.

Bihar

10.40

29. D & N Haveli

39.45

D & N Haveli

52.07

Uttar Pradesh

26.02

Total

21.38

30. Rajastan

38.81

Meghalaya

51.57

Bihar

23.10

3 1. Bihar

38.54

Arunachal Prades!

51.10

Rajastan

20.84

States and U.Ts ranked in Order of S.T. Literacy rates @ 1981 census

Literacy R&tes - 1981

Rank

State/U.T

IN G No .

State/U.T.

General

S.C.

S.T

S.T. Literacy Rate

Male Female

Total

Male Female

Total

Male

Female Total

1 .

Jammu & Kashmi

r36.29

15.88

26.67

32.34

11.70

22.44

.

-

1.

Mizoram

59.63

2.

Himachal Pradesh

53.19

31.46

42.48

41.94

20.63

31.50

38.75

12.82

25.93

2.

Lakshadweep

53.13

3.

Punjab

47.16

33.69

40.86

30.96

15.67

23.86

-

■ -

3.

Nagaland

40.32

Chandigarh

69.00

59.31

64.79

46.04

25.31

37.07

-

-

-

4.

4.

Manipur

39.74

5.

Haryana

48.20

22.27

36.14

31.45

7.06

20.15

-

5.

Sikkim

33.13

6.

Delhi

68.40

53.07

61.54

50.21

25.89

39.30

-

-

-

7.

Rajastan

36.30

11.42

24.38

24.40

2.69

14.04

18.85

1.20

10.27

6.

Kerala

31.79

8.

Madhya Pradesh

39.49

15.53

27.87

30.26

6.87

18.97

17.74

3.60

10.68

7.

Meghalaya

31.35

9.

Uttar Pradesh

38.76

14.04

27.16

24.83

3.90

14.96

31.12

8.67

20.45

8.

A &N Islands

31.11

10.

Bihar

38.11

13.62

26.20

18.02

2.51

10.40

26.17

7.75

16.99

9.

Goa Diu Daman

26.48

11.64

21.14

11.

Gujarat

54.44

32.30

43.70

73.14

25.61

39.79

30.41

10.

Himachal Pradesh

25.93

12.

Daman & Diu

13.

Maharastra

58.79

34.79

47.18

48.85

21.53

35.55

32.38

11.94

92.29

11.

Tripura

23.07

14.

D & N Haveli

36.32

16.78

26.67

58.52

44.74

51.20

25.46

8.42

16.86

12.

Maharashtra

22.29

15.

Goa

13.

Gujarat

21.14

16.

Karnataka

48.81

27.71

38.46

29.35

11.55

20.59

29.96

10.03

20.14

14.

Tamilnadu

20.46

17.

Kerala

75.26

65.73

70.42

62.33

49.73

55.96

36.52

26.02-

31.79

15.

Uttar Pradesh

20.45

18.

Tamil Nadu

58.26

34.99

46.76

40.65

18.47

29.67

26.71

14.00

20.46

19.

Andhra Pradesh

39.26

20.39

29.94

24.82

10.26

17.65

12.02

3.46

7.82

16.

Karnataka

20.14

20.

Pondicherry

65.84

45.71

55.85

43.11

21.21

32.36

-

-

-

17.

Bihar

16.99

21.

Lakshadweep

65.24

44.65

55.07

-

-

63.34

42.92

53.13

18.

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

16.86

22.

Orissa

47.10

21.12

34.23

35.26-

9.40

22.41

23.27

4.76

13.96

19.

Arunachal Pradesh

14.04

23.

West Bengal

50.67

30.25

40.94

34.26

13.70

24.37

21.16

5.01

13.21

20.

Orissa

13.%

24.

Sikkim

43.95

22.20

34.05

35.74

19.65

28.06

43.10

22.37

33.13

21.

West Bengal

13.21

25.

Assam

N. A.

26.

Meghalaya

37.89

30.08

34.08

33.28

16.30

25.78

34.19

28.91

31.35

22.

Madhya Pradesh

10.68

27.

Mizoram

64.46

54.91

59.88

88.33

53.33

84.44

64.12

55.12

59.63

23.

Rajasthan

10.27

28.

Manipur

53.29

29.06

41.35

41.94

24.95

33.63

48.88

30.35

39.74

24.

Andhra Pradesh

7.82

29.

Nagaland

50.06

33.89

42.57

47.32

32.99

40.32

30.

Tripura

51.70

32.00

42.12

43.92

23.24

33.89

33.46

12.27

23.07

Total

21.38

31.

Arunachal Prades

i 28.94

11.32

20.79

45.88

22.38

37.14

20.79

7.31

14.04

-

-

32.

A & N Islands

58.72

42.14

51.56

-

38.33

23.24

31.11