List of Indian states and union territories by literacy rate

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{{Short description|Indian subdivisions by literacy}}
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[[File:2011 Census India literacy distribution map by states and union territories.svg|thumb|Literacy rate map of India, 2011.{{sfn|Census|2011|pp=131}}|alt=]]

Literacy rate in [[India]] is uneven and as such, different [[states and union territories of India]] have differences in their literacy rates. The following table shows the details from 1951 to 2011 census data on total literacy rate in percentage.<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/india/Final_PPT_2011_chapter6.pdf |title=Census 2011, Chapter 6 (State of Literacy), p.14|publisher=Government of India}}</ref><ref name="census 2001">{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/India_at_glance/literates1.aspx|title=India at a glance|publisher=Government of India}}</ref> According to Census 2011, [[Kerala]] has the highest total literacy rate and female literacy rate whereas [[Lakshadweep]] had the highest male literacy rate. [[Andhra Pradesh]] has the lowest overall literacy rate. [[Rajasthan]] has the lowest male literacy rate, while [[Bihar]] has the lowest female literacy rate. Literacy figures are collected by census takers which essentially means literacy (or lack therefore) is self assessed.<ref name="Census 2011"/>

== Recent estimates ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Literacy rates as %age of population by States and Union territories
! rowspan="2" | State or UT
! colspan="3" | [[2011 Census of India|Census 2011]]{{sfn|Census|2011|pp=110-111}}
! colspan="3" | [[National Statistical Commission|NSO]] survey (2017){{sfn|NSO|2018|pp=43}}
|-
! Average
! Male
! Female
! Average
! Male
! Female
|-
| '''{{IND}}'''
| '''74.04'''
| 82.14
| 65.46
| '''77.7'''
| 84.7
| 70.3
|-
| [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands|A&N islands]]{{Ref label|UT|UT}}
| '''86.27'''
| 90.11
| 81.84
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]{{efn|Figures from Census 2011 includes those from [[Telangana]] state as well which separated from Andhra only in 2014}}
| '''66.40'''
| 75.56
| 59.74
| '''66.4'''
| 73.4
| 59.5
|-
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| '''66.95'''
| 73.69
| 59.57
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[Assam]]
| '''73.18'''
| 78.81
| 67.27
| '''85.9'''
| 90.1
| 81.2
|-
| [[Bihar]]
| '''69.82'''
| 73.39
| 53.33
|'''70.9'''
| 79.7
| 60.5
|-
| [[Chhattisgarh]]
| '''71.04'''
| 81.45
| 60.59
| '''77.3'''
| 85.4
| 68.8
|-
| [[Chandigarh]]{{Ref label|UT|UT}}
| '''86.43'''
| 90.54
| 81.38
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]{{Ref label|UT|UT}}
| '''77.65'''
| 86.46
| 65.93
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[Daman & Diu]]{{Ref label|UT|UT}}
| '''87.07'''
| 91.48
| 79.59
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[Delhi]]{{Ref label|UT|UT}}
| '''86.34'''
| 91.03
| 80.93
|'''88.70'''
| 82.40
| 93.70
|-
| [[Goa]]
| '''87.40'''
| 92.81
| 81.84
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[Gujarat]]
|'''79.31'''
|87.23
|70.73
| '''82.4'''
| 89.5
| 74.8
|-
| [[Haryana]]
| '''76.64'''
| 85.38
| 66.77
| '''80.4'''
| 88.0
| 71.3
|-
| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| '''83.78'''
| 90.83
| 76.60
| '''86.6'''
| 92.9
| 80.5
|-
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| '''68.74'''
| 78.26
| 58.01
| '''77.3'''
| 85.7
| 68.0
|-
| [[Jharkhand]]
| '''66.40'''
| 78.45
| 56.21
| '''74.3'''
| 83.0
| 64.7
|-
| [[Karnataka]]
| '''75.60'''
| 82.85
| 68.13
| '''77.2'''
| 83.4
| 70.5
|-
| [[Kerala]]
| '''93.91'''
| 96.02
| 91.98
| '''96.2'''
| 97.4
| 95.2
|-
| [[Lakshadweep]]{{Ref label|UT|UT}}
| '''92.28'''
| 96.11
| 88.25
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| '''70.63'''
| 80.53
| 60.02
| '''73.7'''
| 81.2
| 65.5
|-
| [[Maharashtra]]
| '''82.91'''
| 89.82
| 75.48
| '''84.8'''
| 90.7
| 78.4
|-
| [[Manipur]]
| '''79.85'''
| 86.49
| 73.17
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[Meghalya]]
| '''75.48'''
| 77.17
| 73.78
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[Mizoram]]
| '''91.58'''
| 93.72
| 89.40
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[Nagaland]]
| '''80.11'''
| 83.29
| 76.69
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[Odisha]]
| '''73.45'''
| 82.40
| 64.36
| '''77.3'''
| 84.0
| 70.3
|-
| [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]{{Ref label|UT|UT}}
| '''86.55'''
| 92.12
| 81.22
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| '''76.68'''
| 81.48
| 71.34
| '''83.7'''
| 88.5
| 78.5
|-
| [[Rajasthan]]
| '''67.06'''
| 80.51
| 52.66
| '''69.7'''
| 80.8
| 57.6
|-
| [[Sikkim]]
| '''82.20'''
| 87.29
| 76.43
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| '''80.33'''
| 86.81
| 73.86
| '''82.9'''
| 87.9
| 77.9
|-
| [[Telangana]]
| -
| -
| -
| '''72.8'''
| 80.5
| 65.1
|-
| [[Tripura]]
| '''87.75'''
| 92.18
| 83.15
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[Uttarakhand]]
| '''79.63'''
| 88.33
| 70.70
| '''87.6'''
| 94.3
| 80.7
|-
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| '''69.72'''
| 79.24
| 59.26
| '''73.0'''
| 81.8
| 63.4
|-
| [[West Bengal]]
| '''77.08'''
| 82.67
| 71.16
| '''80.50'''
| 84.80
| 76.10
|}

== Timeline by Census ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Summary by Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India; literacy rates as % of population.<ref name="censuslist">{{Cite report|year=2011|title=TABLE 6: STATE-WISE LITERACY RATES|url=https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Publications/PDFs/6TABLE4134B659E3B243EE9CB292D36ABC281B.PDF|format=PDF|publisher=Office of Registrar General India}}</ref>{{efn|Literacy rates for 1951, 1961 and 1971 Censuses relate to population aged five years and above. The rates for the 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011 Censuses relate to the population aged seven years and above. The literacy rate for 1951 in case of West Bengal relates to Total Population including 0-4 age group. Literacy rate for 1951 in respect of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Manipur are based on sample population.}}{{efn|India and Manipur figures exclude those of the three sub-divisions viz., Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul of Senapati district of Manipur as census results of 2001 in these three sub-divisions were cancelled due to technical and administrative reasons.}}
! State/UT
! [[1951 Census of India|1951]]
! [[1961 Census of India|1961]]
! 1971
! 1981
! [[1991 Census of India|1991]]
! [[2001 Census of India|2001]]
! [[2011 Census of India|2011]]
|-
| [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands|A&N islands]]
| 30.30
| 40.07
| 51.15
| 63.19
| 73.02
| 81.30
| 86.27
|-
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| -
| 21.19
| 24.57
| 35.66
| 44.08
| 60.47
| 67.66
|-
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| -
| 7.13
| 11.29
| 25.55
| 41.59
| 54.34
| 66.95
|-
| [[Assam]]
| 18.53
| 32.95
| 33.94
| -
| 52.89
| 63.25
| 73.45
|-
| [[Bihar]]
| 13.49
| 21.95
| 23.17
| 32.32
| 37.49
| 47.00
| 63.82
|-
| [[Chandigarh]]
| -
| -
| 70.43
| 74.80
| 77.81
| 81.94
| 86.43
|-
| [[Chhattisgarh]]
| 9.41
| 18.14
| 24.08
| 32.63
| 42.91
| 64.66
| 71.04
|-
| [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]
| -
| -
| 18.13
| 32.90
| 40.71
| 57.63
| 77.65
|-
| [[Daman and Diu]]
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 71.20
| 78.18
| 87.07
|-
| [[Delhi]]
| -
| 61.95
| 65.08
| 71.94
| 75.29
| 81.67
| 86.34
|-
| [[Goa]]
| 23.48
| 35.41
| 51.96
| 65.71
| 75.51
| 82.01
| 87.40
|-
| [[Gujarat]]
| 21.82
| 31.47
| 36.95
| 44.92
| 61.29
| 69.14
| 79.31
|-
| [[Haryana]]
| -
| -
| 25.71
| 37.13
| 55.85
| 67.91
| 76.64
|-
| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 63.86
| 76.48
| 83.78
|-
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| -
| 12.95
| 21.71
| 30.64
| -
| 55.52
| 68.74
|-
| [[Jharkhand]]
| 12.93
| 21.14
| 23.87
| 35.03
| 41.39
| 53.56
| 67.63
|-
| [[Karnataka]]
| -
| 29.80
| 36.83
| 46.21
| 56.04
| 66.06
| 75.60
|-
| [[Kerala]]
| 47.18
| 55.08
| 69.75
| 78.85
| 89.81
| 90.86
| 93.91
|-
| [[Lakshadweep]]
| 15.23
| 27.15
| 51.76
| 68.42
| 81.78
| 86.66
| 92.28
|-
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| 13.16
| 21.41
| 27.27
| 38.63
| 44.67
| 63.74
| 70.63
|-
| [[Maharashtra]]
| 27.91
| 35.08
| 45.77
| 57.24
| 64.87
| 76.88
| 82.91
|-
| [[Manipur]]
| 12.57
| 36.04
| 38.47
| 49.66
| 59.89
| 70.50
| 79.85
|-
| [[Meghalya]]
| -
| 26.92
| 29.49
| 42.05
| 49.10
| 62.56
| 75.48
|-
| [[Mizoram]]
| 31.14
| 44.01
| 53.80
| 59.88
| 82.26
| 88.80
| 91.58
|-
| [[Nagaland]]
| 10.52
| 21.95
| 33.78
| 50.28
| 61.65
| 66.59
| 80.11
|-
| [[Odisha]]
| 15.80
| 21.66
| 26.18
| 33.62
| 49.09
| 63.08
| 73.45
|-
| [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
| -
| 43.65
| 53.38
| 65.14
| 74.74
| 81.24
| 86.55
|-
| [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
| -
| -
| 34.12
| 43.37
| 58.51
| 69.65
| 76.68
|-
| [[Rajasthan]]
| 8.5
| 18.12
| 22.57
| 30.11
| 38.55
| 60.41
| 67.06
|-
| [[Sikkim]]
| -
| -
| 17.74
| 34.05
| 56.94
| 68.81
| 82.20
|-
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| -
| 36.39
| 45.40
| 54.39
| 62.66
| 73.45
| 80.33
|-
| [[Tripura]]
| -
| 20.24
| 30.98
| 50.10
| 60.44
| 73.19
| 87.75
|-
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| 12.02
| 20.87
| 23.99
| 32.65
| 40.71
| 56.27
| 69.72
|-
| [[Uttarakhand]]
| 18.93
| 18.05
| 33.26
| 46.06
| 57.75
| 71.62
| 79.63
|-
| [[West Bengal]]
| 24.61
| 34.46
| 38.86
| 48.65
| 57.70
| 68.64
| 77.08
|-
! {{IND}}
! 18.33
! 28.30
! 34.45
! 43.57
! 52.21
! 64.84
! 74.04
|}

== Literacy by Social Group ==

=== Literacy rate for different castes{{sfn|NSO|2018|pp=43, 252|p=}} ===
{| class="wikitable"
| rowspan="2" |'''Social Group'''
| colspan="2" |'''Rural'''
| colspan="2" |'''Urban'''
| colspan="2" |'''Rural + Urban'''
|-
|'''Male'''
|'''Female'''
|'''Male'''
|'''Female'''
|'''Male'''
|'''Female'''
|-
|'''ST'''
|75.6
|58.8
|91.3
|79.6
|77.5
|61.3
|-
|'''SC'''
|78.0
|60.9
|88.4
|75.3
|80.3
|63.9
|-
|'''OBC'''
|81.7
|64.2
|91.1
|80.5
|84.4
|68.9
|-
|'''OTHERS'''
|87.6
|74.5
|95.0
|88.6
|90.8
|80.6
|-
|'''ALL'''
|'''81.5'''
|'''65.0'''
|'''92.2'''
|'''82.8'''
|'''84.7'''
|'''70.3'''
|}

=== Literacy rate by different religion{{sfn|NSO|2018|pp=43,252|p=252}} ===
{| class="wikitable"
| rowspan="2" |'''Social Group'''
| colspan="2" |'''Rural'''
| colspan="2" |'''Urban'''
| colspan="2" |'''Rural + Urban'''
|-
|'''Male'''
|'''Female'''
|'''Male'''
|'''Female'''
|'''Male'''
|'''Female'''
|-
|'''Hindu'''
|81.8
|64.5
|93.4
|83.8
|85.1
|70.0
|-
|'''Muslim'''
|77.4
|64.8
|85.8
|75.6
|80.6
|68.8
|-
|'''Christian'''
|84.4
|77.0
|95.5
|91.4
|88.2
|82.2
|-
|'''Sikh'''
|85.3
|72.1
|94.2
|88.7
|87.3
|75.9
|-
|'''ALL'''
|'''81.5'''
|'''65.0'''
|'''92.2'''
|'''82.8'''
|'''84.7'''
|'''70'''
|}

== See also ==
* [[Literacy in India]]
* [[Education in India]]
* [[Gender inequality in India]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

===Notes===
: {{note|UT}} Administered as a [[Union territory]] directly by [[Government of India|Central government]].

{{notelist}}

== Sources ==
{{refbegin|40em}}
* {{Citation|last=Census|year=2011|title=Chapter 6: State of Literacy|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/india/Final_PPT_2011_chapter6.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Government of India}}
* {{Cite report|title=Household Social Consumption on Education in India|url=http://mospi.nic.in/sites/default/files/publication_reports/Report_585_75th_round_Education_final_1507_0.pdf|format=PDF|year=2018|access-date=2020-11-30|last=NSO}}
{{refend}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite report|title=Figures at a glance - Provisional Population Totals, Census of India, 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/ani/PPT_Press_Release_final.pdf|year=2011|format=PDF|access-date=2020-12-01}}
url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/people-in-andhra-pradesh-surprised-at-lowest-literacy-rate-of-64-120090800015_1.html#:~:text=People%20in%20Andhra%20Pradesh%20surprised%20at%20lowest%20literacy%20rate%20of%2064%25,-IANS%20%7C%20Amaravati%20%7C%20Last&text=People%20in%20Andhra%20Pradesh%20are,for%20the%20year%202017%2D18.

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