Rank |
India/State/Union Territory |
Literacy Rate (%) - 2011 Census |
Literacy Rate (%) - 2001 Census |
Decadal Difference (%) |
India |
74.04 |
64.83 |
9.21 |
|
1 |
Kerala |
93.91 |
90.86 |
3.05 |
2 |
Lakshadweep |
92.28 |
86.66 |
5.62 |
3 |
Mizoram |
91.58 |
88.80 |
2.78 |
4 |
Tripura |
87.75 |
73.19 |
14.56 |
5 |
Goa |
87.40 |
82.01 |
5.39 |
6 |
Daman & Diu |
87.07 |
78.18 |
8.89 |
7 |
Puducherry |
86.55 |
81.24 |
5.31 |
8 |
Chandigarh |
86.43 |
81.94 |
4.49 |
9 |
Delhi |
86.34 |
81.67 |
4.67 |
10 |
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
86.27 |
81.30 |
4.97 |
11 |
Himachal Pradesh |
83.78 |
76.48 |
7.30 |
12 |
Maharashtra |
82.91 |
76.88 |
6.03 |
13 |
Sikkim |
82.20 |
68.81 |
13.39 |
14 |
Tamil Nadu |
80.33 |
73.45 |
6.88 |
15 |
Nagaland |
80.11 |
66.59 |
13.52 |
16 |
Manipur |
79.85 |
69.93 |
9.92 |
17 |
Uttarakhand |
79.63 |
71.62 |
8.01 |
18 |
Gujarat |
79.31 |
69.14 |
10.17 |
19 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
77.65 |
57.63 |
20.02 |
20 |
West Bengal |
77.08 |
68.64 |
8.44 |
21 |
Punjab |
76.68 |
69.65 |
7.03 |
22 |
Haryana |
76.64 |
67.91 |
8.73 |
23 |
Karnataka |
75.60 |
66.64 |
8.96 |
24 |
Meghalaya |
75.48 |
62.56 |
12.92 |
25 |
Odisha |
73.45 |
63.08 |
10.37 |
26 |
Assam |
73.18 |
63.25 |
9.93 |
27 |
Chhattisgarh |
71.04 |
64.66 |
6.38 |
28 |
Madhya Pradesh |
70.63 |
63.74 |
6.89 |
29 |
Uttar Pradesh |
69.72 |
56.27 |
13.45 |
30 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
68.74 |
55.52 |
13.22 |
31 |
Andhra Pradesh |
67.66 |
60.47 |
7.19 |
32 |
Jharkhand |
67.63 |
53.56 |
14.07 |
33 |
Rajasthan |
67.06 |
60.41 |
6.65 |
34 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
66.95 |
54.34 |
12.61 |
35 |
Bihar |
63.82 |
47.00 |
16.82 |