| (Per cent) | | State/Union Territory | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 30.30 | 40.07 | 51.15 | 63.19 | 73.02 | 81.30 | 86.63 | | Andhra Pradesh | - | 21.19 | 24.57 | 35.66 | 44.08 | 60.47 | 67.02 | | Arunachal Pradesh | - | 7.13 | 11.29 | 25.55 | 41.59 | 54.34 | 65.39 | | Assam | 18.53 | 32.95 | 33.94 | - | 52.89 | 63.25 | 72.19 | | Bihar | 13.49 | 21.95 | 23.17 | 32.32 | 37.49 | 47.00 | 61.80 | | Chandigarh | - | - | 70.43 | 74.80 | 77.81 | 81.94 | 86.05 | | Chhattisgarh | 9.41 | 18.14 | 24.08 | 32.63 | 42.91 | 64.66 | 70.28 | | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | - | - | 18.13 | 32.90 | 40.71 | 57.63 | 76.24 | | Daman and Diu | - | - | - | - | 71.20 | 78.18 | 87.10 | | Delhi | - | 61.95 | 65.08 | 71.94 | 75.29 | 81.67 | 86.21 | | Goa | 23.48 | 35.41 | 51.96 | 65.71 | 75.51 | 82.01 | 88.70 | | Gujarat | 21.82 | 31.47 | 36.95 | 44.92 | 61.29 | 69.14 | 78.03 | | Haryana | - | - | 25.71 | 37.13 | 55.85 | 67.91 | 75.55 | | Himachal Pradesh | - | - | - | - | 63.86 | 76.48 | 82.80 | | Jammu and Kashmir | - | 12.95 | 21.71 | 30.64 | - | 55.52 | 67.16 | | Jharkhand | 12.93 | 21.14 | 23.87 | 35.03 | 41.39 | 53.56 | 66.41 | | Karnataka | - | 29.80 | 36.83 | 46.21 | 56.04 | 66.60 | 75.37 | | Kerala | 47.18 | 55.08 | 69.75 | 78.85 | 89.81 | 90.86 | 94.00 | | Lakshadweep | 15.23 | 27.15 | 51.76 | 68.42 | 81.78 | 86.66 | 91.85 | | Madhya Pradesh | 13.16 | 21.41 | 27.27 | 38.63 | 44.67 | 63.74 | 69.32 | | Maharashtra | 27.91 | 35.08 | 45.77 | 57.24 | 64.87 | 76.88 | 82.34 | | Manipur | 12.57 | 36.04 | 38.47 | 49.66 | 59.89 | 70.50 | 76.90 | | Meghalaya | - | 26.92 | 29.49 | 42.05 | 49.10 | 62.56 | 74.43 | | Mizoram | 31.14 | 44.01 | 53.80 | 59.88 | 82.26 | 88.80 | 91.33 | | Nagaland | 10.52 | 21.95 | 33.78 | 50.28 | 61.65 | 66.59 | 79.60 | | Odisha | 15.80 | 21.66 | 26.18 | 33.62 | 49.09 | 63.08 | 72.89 | | Puducherry | - | 43.65 | 53.38 | 65.14 | 74.74 | 81.24 | 85.85 | | Punjab | - | - | 34.12 | 43.37 | 58.51 | 69.65 | 75.84 | | Rajasthan | 8.50 | 18.12 | 22.57 | 30.11 | 38.55 | 60.41 | 66.11 | | Sikkim | - | - | 17.74 | 34.05 | 56.94 | 68.81 | 81.42 | | Tamil Nadu | - | 36.39 | 45.40 | 54.39 | 62.66 | 73.45 | 80.09 | | Tripura | - | 20.24 | 30.98 | 50.10 | 60.44 | 73.19 | 87.22 | | Uttar Pradesh | 12.02 | 20.87 | 23.99 | 32.65 | 40.71 | 56.27 | 67.68 | | Uttarakhand | 18.93 | 18.05 | 33.26 | 46.06 | 57.75 | 71.62 | 78.82 | | West Bengal | 24.61 | 34.46 | 38.86 | 48.65 | 57.70 | 68.64 | 76.26 | | ALL INDIA | 18.33 | 28.30 | 34.45 | 43.57 | 52.21 | 64.84 | 72.99 | -: Not Available.
Notes: 1. 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.
2. India and Manipur figures exclude those of the three sub-divisions viz., Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul of Senapati district of Manipur as census result of 2001 in these three sub-divisions were cancelled due to technical and administrative reasons
Source: Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. | |