Literacy Rate for Scheduled Caste (SC)

State/Sex-wise Literacy Rate of Scheduled Castes in India

(Census 2001)
State/UTs

Rural
Urban
Total
Person Male Female Person Male Female Person Male Female

Andhra
Pradesh

50.32 60.63

39.79

68.66 77.25

60.05

53.52 63.51

43.35

Arunachal
Pradesh

65.87 73.83

54.37

69.28 78.59

55.57

67.64 76.31

54.99

64.92 74.21

54.94

76.86 84.08

69.08

66.78 75.74

57.14

26.93 38.66

14.13

49.11 60.63

35.70

28.47 40.23

15.58

62.47 77.81

47.27

69.28 81.81

56.31

63.96 78.70

49.22

70.77 81.27

60.34

72.88 81.79

63.53

71.92 81.56

62.05

65.59 79.16

51.17

77.90 87.62

67.33

70.50 82.56

57.58

54.13 65.88

40.64

60.19 70.67

48.11

55.45 66.93

42.26

Himachal
Pradesh

69.54 79.45

59.44

81.06 87.28

73.83

70.31 80.01

60.35

Jammu &
Kashmir

57.10 68.02

45.26

67.90 76.52

57.96

59.03 69.57

47.46

32.52 46.57

17.73

58.14 71.24

43.11

37.56 51.59

22.55

47.25 58.71

35.56

69.27 78.32

59.88

52.87 63.75

41.72

81.65 87.22

76.39

87.12 91.83

82.70

82.66 88.07

77.56

55.39 69.73

39.44

68.02 80.06

54.69

58.57 72.33

43.28

Assam
Bihar
Chattisgarh
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana

Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya
Pradesh

Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghayala
Mizoram
Nagaland
Orissa
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttaranchal
West Bengal
Andaman &
Nicobar
Islands
Chandigarh
Dadra &
Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi

67.88 80.56

54.71

78.27 87.58

68.41

71.90 83.29

59.98

70.76 79.79

61.38

73.14 82.86

63.77

72.32 81.78

62.97

51.91 61.75

40.55

63.57 72.72

52.99

56.27 65.86

45.21

88.89 88.33 100.00

89.30 88.49

91.67

89.20 88.44

92.16

54.23 69.51

38.76

65.31 77.56

52.38

55.53 70.47

40.33

54.35 61.63

46.27

61.93 68.72

54.33

56.22 63.38

48.25

49.86 66.93

31.18

61.35 76.83

44.22

52.24 68.99

33.87

0.23 67.56

52.63

81.99 87.92

76.05

63.04 70.15

55.71

59.61 70.48

48.79

71.45 80.17

62.77

63.19 73.41

53.01

73.59 80.98

65.88

79.51 85.78

73.15

74.68 81.85

67.24

44.52 59.03

28.33

58.17 69.08

45.51

46.27 60.34

30.50

61.53 76.34

46.11

72.01 81.29

61.42

63.40 77.26

48.74

57.09 69.10

44.46

68.99 77.76

59.51

59.04 70.54

46.90

65.82 73.63

55.25

67.85 76.47

75.73 86.68

63.80

86.11 94.26
70.82 82.40

57.41

67.66 76.20

57.22

83.90 92.06

74.55

78.25 88.37

67.05

77.28

83.65 93.66

73.70

85.13 94.03

75.82

57.18

70.85 80.63

59.24

70.85 80.77

59.07

Lakshadweep
Pondicherry
India

64.29 74.11

54.61

75.20 83.87

66.82

69.12 78.41

60.05

51.16 63.66 37.84 68.12 77.93 57.49 54.69 66.64

41.90

Note : Excluding Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul Sub-Divisions

of Senapati District of Manipur.
Source : Department of Secondary and Higher Education,
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.

Drop-Out

State-wise Dropout Rates of Scheduled Caste (SC) Students in Classes

I-V, I-VIII and I-X in India
(2005-2006)
Classes l-V

Classes l-VIII

Classes l-X

States/UTs
Boys

Girls Total Boys

Girls Total Boys

Girls Total

Andhra
Pradesh

25.12 25.86 25.49 62.63 66.47 64.51 68.41 72.20 70.24

Arunachal
Pradesh

22.58 42.31 31.58 29.63 46.15 37.74 39.39 42.31 40.68

Assam

58.81 52.28 55.88 70.38 70.50 70.43 73.78 70.14 72.15

Bihar

55.52 55.84 55.64 79.86 80.43 80.06 89.65 92.05 90.52

Chhattisgarh* 25.00 24.77 24.89

Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal
Pradesh
Jammu &
Kashmir

4.02 17.02 10.33 49.32 56.15 52.48 80.00 73.46 76.85

24.14 25.82 24.93 36.40 54.47 44.82 58.34 69.12 63.25
7.32

7.80

7.55 27.50 37.33 32.16 60.96 69.28 64.85

14.82 16.08 15.44 23.95 29.29 26.61 47.64 53.00 50.28

- 12.03 23.99 17.70 56.72 54.66 55.79

Jharkhand*

46.66 51.88 48.83

Karnataka

16.87 22.13 19.47 46.68 54.08 50.26 64.72 67.17 65.87

Kerala

-5.35 -1.89 -3.66

Madhya

-0.23 -3.79 -1.85 36.67 51.51 43.28 62.13 71.05 65.92

-3.87 -8.17 2^51 11.82 16.31

12.32

Pradesh
Maharashtra

12.82 15.41 14.07 41.05 28.83 35.16 53.75 54.88 54.29

Manipur

32.89 21.26 27.26

Meghalaya

49.73 39.74 45.19 65.21 69.14 67.16 73.87 74.63 74.24

Mizoram
Nagaland

-8.54
-3.42 -1.43
15.76
12.28

-2.47

5.26

0.00

2.66

Orissa

51.21 42.97 47.87 67.18 68.02 67.55 70.23 73.92 71.87

Punjab

32.02 31.29 31.67 50.65 50.87 50.75 64.51 67.16 65.75

Rajasthan

52.34 52.41 52.37 59.43 71.28 64.34 79.12 88.05 82.74

Sikkim

14.58

5.17 10.02 72.50 59.44 66.69 86.58 82.91 84.95

1.59

25.65 11.84 19.49 49.43 43.11 46.50

47.72 17.42

Tamil Nadu
Tripura

14.13 10.54 12.39 50.42 19.20 35.23 72.89 77.04 74.91

Uttar Pradesh

49.27 55.12 51.35 50.51 66.93 56.70 64.00 86.80 72.56

Uttarakhand

36.44 40.32 38.37

West Bengal

43.43 50.95 47.05 70.18 73.69 71.77 79.40 82.12 54.66

Andaman &
Nicobar
Islands
Chandigarh
Dadra &
Nagar Haveli

-9.79 -6.77 -8.38 52.31 50.49 51.46 76.51 70.17 73.56

9.46 18.46 13.67

6.06 25.42 15.20 29.31 22.64 26.13

29.85

-9.52 -3.57 -6.72

Delhi

19.44 16.84 18.27 41.98 48.91 45.77 27.51 20.22 23.90

Lakshadweep
Puducherry
India

-2.13 -4.00 -3.04

1.72

15.20 13.43

Daman & Diu

0.00

-6.98

20.88 17.18 19.05

18.81 15.32 17.04

37.03 35.36 36.31 54.60 58.37 56.24 68.42 73.42 70.57

Note : * : Dropout rates are shown combined with the respective parent
state.
: Zero indicates that there is no Drop-Out.
Source : Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.

Literacy Rate for Scheduled Tribe (ST)

State/Sex-wise Literacy Rate of Scheduled Tribes in India
(Census 2001)
Rural

Urban

Total

State/UTs
Person

Male Female Person

Male

Femal
Person
e

Male

Female

Andhra
Pradesh

35.43 46.09

24.48

56.39

66.16

45.99

37.04 47.66

26.11

Arunachal
Pradesh

45.04 54.33

35.83

77.39

85.92

69.05

49.62 58.77

40.56

Assam

61.29 71.29

51.04

86.75

92.43

80.62

62.52 72.34

52.44

Bihar

25.91 37.57

13.30

65.67

74.18

55.28

28.17 39.76

15.54

Chattisgarh

50.95 63.96

38.21

71.71

82.87

59.77

52.09 65.04

39.35

Goa

44.59 55.17

31.43

61.44

67.88

54.55

55.88 63.49

47.32

Gujarat

46.45 58.06

34.60

61.76

71.01

51.78

47.74 59.18

36.02

Himachal
Pradesh

64.78 77.18

52.50

87.19

92.03

Jammu &
Kashmir

35.74 46.44

23.88

70.37

Jharkhand

38.08 51.67

24.38

Karnataka

45.26 56.92

Kerala

63.65 70.20

Haryana

81.15

65.50 77.71

53.32

79.01

59.34

37.46 48.16

25.51

67.80

77.83

57.38

40.67 53.98

27.21

33.32

64.57

74.39

54.34

48.27 59.66

36.57

57.28

81.21

84.96

77.70

64.35 70.78

58.11

Madhya
Pradesh

40.01 52.51

27.24

57.23

67.47

45.89

41.16 53.55

28.44

Maharashtra

52.31 64.52

39.88

74.18

82.98

64.70

55.21 67.02

43.08

Manipur

65.09 72.44

57.58

80.94

87.94

74.28

65.85 73.16

58.42

Meghayala

56.36 58.72

53.97

86.67

88.95

84.58

61.34 63.49

59.20

Mizoram

82.00 86.11

77.71

96.77

87.55

96.01

89.34 91.71

86.95

Nagaland

62.55 67.09

57.72

88.70

91.63

85.60

65.95 70.26

61.35

Orissa

36.13 50.35

22.07

58.12

69.80

45.77

37.37 51.48

23.37

Rajasthan

43.70 61.23

25.22

60.79

75.74

Sikkim

65.37 72.32

58.03

84.89

Tamil Nadu

38.41 47.19

29.48

Tripura

55.46 67.19

Uttar Pradesh

Punjab

42.97

44.66 62.10

26.16

89.32

80.59

67.14 73.81

60.16

58.60

66.56

50.68

41.53 50.15

32.78

43.35

91.97

94.45

89.26

56.48 67.97

44.60

32.99 46.71

18.34

51.10

60.61

39.54

35.13 48.45

20.70

Uttaranchal

61.65 75.29

47.36

85.91

91.55

79.48

63.23 76.39

49.37

West Bengal

42.35 56.60

27.88

58.67

68.57

48.20

43.40 57.38

29.15

Andaman &
Nicobar
Islands

65.82 72.68

58.62

93.71

97.01

89.49

66.79 73.61

59.58

38.94 53.82

24.60

69.18

81.54

56.73

Chandigarh
Dadra &
Nagar Haveli

41.24 55.97

26.99

Daman & Diu

Delhi
Lakshadweep
Pondicherry
India

62.83 73.95

51.05

65.72

75.34

55.40

84.71 91.26

78.18

87.90

93.29

82.64

45.02 57.39

32.44

69.09

77.77

59.87

63.42 74.23
-

51.93

86.14 92.16

80.18

47.10 59.17

34.76

Note : Excluding Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul Sub-Divisions of Senapati

District of Manipur.
Source : Department of Secondary and Higher Education,
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.

Drop-Out

State-wise Dropout Rates of Scheduled Tribe (ST) Students in Classes

I-V, I-VIII and I-X in India
(2005-2006)
Classes l-V

Classes l-VIII

Classes l-X

States/UTs
Boys

Girls Total Boys

Girls Total Boys

Girls Total

Andhra
Pradesh

47.46 52.13 49.73 76.17 81.17 78.51 80.05 83.88 81.76

Arunachal
Pradesh

45.59 45.63 45.61 58.19 57.77 58.00 73.10 76.09 74.47

Assam

60.98 52.05 57.12 74.53 77.42 75.73 79.09 75.93 77.77

Bihar

49.71 44.77 48.00 75.08 72.66 74.15 87,49 89.35 88.27

Chhattisgarh* 34.91 33.06 34.04

Goa

Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal
Pradesh
Jammu &
Kashmir

40.56 40.91 40.72 61.76 68.18 64.70 72.39 73.30 72.79

-

-4.55 -2.66 -3.61 -2.75

5.73

1.46 24.22 32.32 28.21

- 40.05 33.45 37.55 63.59 58.66 61.48

Jharkhand*

57.00 62.68 59.55

Karnataka

10.49

9.37

9.95 38.34 48.94 43.46 64.99 68.27 66.50

Kerala

-2.18

5.81

1.78

9.44 14.02 11.64 53.75 48.26 51.10

Madhya
Pradesh

44.05 44.24 44.13 74.41 78.84 76.25

18.73 26.44 22.21

Maharashtra

28.32 27.67 28.01 47.03 46.40 46.73 61.30 59.35 60.40

Manipur

46.77 56.79 51.58 56.27 62.69 59.51 71.50 71.27 71.40

Meghalaya

45.66 41.07 43.39 68.86 65.08 66.98 81.65 80.57 81.11

Mizoram

35.45 36.57 36.00 65.78 62.27 64.12 75.63 71.65 73.75

Nagaland

37.65 37.16 37.42 34.28 29.45 32.03 64.17 64.25 64.21

Orissa

71.01 70.92 70.97 81.86 78.96 80.74 82.44 81.71 82.15

Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim

52.52 56.42 54.23 55.73 65.18 59.51 78.65 87.03 81.91

3.28

3.55

3.42 36.93 13.75 25.90 71.72 62.91 67.52

Tamil Nadu

25.47 39.52 32.34 52.50 50.32 51.51 75.90 64.30 71.78

Tripura

37.76 44.88 41.13 68.88 71.53 70.13 83.80 84.28 84.03

Uttar Pradesh

68.05 72.03 69.62 28.77 30.83 29.65 49.77 60.35 54.18

Uttarakhand

26.63 32.12 29.47

West Bengal

57.75 55.76 56.91 80.91 74.61 78.83 87.90 83.63 86.64

Andaman &
Nicobar
Islands

18.38 25.79 22.24 34.20 34.81 34.47 29.35 27.75 28.57

Chandigarh
Dadra &
Nagar Haveli

23.58 35.30 29.03 38.64 60.75 48.80 59.93 75.13 66.81

Daman & Diu

Delhi
Lakshadweep
Puducherry
India

-8.77
-

0.00 -4.60 30.27 38.50 33.97 58.11 68.13 62.71

-

7.18 1 1.35

9.15

5.82

8.86

1.74 22.69 11.52 29.02 34.10 31.48

7.26 17.60 15.36 16.49
-

41.10 40.03 40.61 62.71 62.74 62.72 76.90 77.49 77.14

Note : * : Dropout rates are shown combined with the respective parent
state.
: Zero indicates that there is no Drop-Out.
Source : Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.