Zone/State and Union 1991 2001 Gains in literacy rates

Territory (LR 2001-LR 1991)

  P M F P M F P M F
INDIA 52.2 64.1 39.3 65.2 75.6 54.0 13.0 11.5 14.7
NORTH ZONE 51.2  63.8 36.9  66.5  77.6  54.1  15.3 13.8 17.2
Haryana 55.9 96.1 40.5 68.6 79.3 56.3 12.7 10.2 15.8
Himachal Pradesh 63.9 75.4 52.1 77.1 86.0 68.1 13.2 10.6 16.0
Jammu & Kashmir 51.5 63.3 38.8 65.4 75.9 54.2 13.9 12.6 15.4
Punjab 58.5 65.7 50.4 70.0 75.6 63.6 11.5 9.9 13.2
Rajasthan 38.6 55.0 20.4 61.0 76.5 44.3 22.4 21.5 23.9
Chandigarh (UT) 77.8 82.0 72.3 81.8 85.7 76.7 4.0 3.7 4.4
Delhi (UT) 75.3 82.0 67.0 81.8 87.4 75.0 6.5 5.4 8.0
EAST ZONE 47.6 60.1 33.9 59.0 70.1 47.0 11.4 10.0 13.1
Bihar 37.5 51.4 22.0 47.5 60.3 33.6 10.0 8.9 11.6
Sikkim 56.9 65.7 46.8 69.7 76.7 61.5 12.8 11.0 14.7
West Bengal 57.7 67.8 46.6 69.2 77.6 60.2 11.5 9.8 13.6
Orissa 49.1 63.1 34.7 63.6 76.0 51.0 14.5 12.9 16.3
A & N Islands (UT) 73.0 79.0 65.5 81.2 86.1 75.3 8.2 7.1 9.8
NORTH EAST 54.5 63.2 44.1 65.8 73.0 58.0 11.3 9.8 13.9
Assam 52.9 61.9 43.0 64.3 71.9 56.0 11.4 10.0 13.0
Arunachal Pradesh* 41.6 51.5 29.7 54.7 64.1 44.2 13.1 12.6 14.5
Manipur 59.9 71.6 47.6 68.9 77.9 59.7 9.0 6.3 12.1
Meghalaya 49.1 53.1 44.9 63.3 66.1 60.4 14.2 13.0 15.5
Mizoram 82.3 85.6 78.6 88.5 90.7 86.1 6.2 5.1 7.5
Nagaland 61.7 67.6 54.8 67.1 71.8 61.9 5.4 4.2 7.1
Tripura 60.4 70.6 49.7 73.7 81.5 65.4 13.3 10.9 15.7
CENTRAL ZONE 42.4 56.6 26.5 60.1 72.8 46.2 17.7 16.2 19.7
Madhya Pradesh 44.7 58.5 29.4 64.1 76.8 50.3 19.4 18.3 20.9
Uttar Pradesh 40.7 54.8 24.4 57.4 70.2 43.0 16.7 15.4 18.6
WEST ZONE 63.6 75.4 51.0 73.5 82.9 63.4 9.9 7.5 12.4
Gujarat 61.3 73.1 48.6 70.0 80.5 58.6 8.7 7.4 10.0
Maharashtra 64.9 76.6 52.3 77.3 86.3 67.5 12.4 9.7 15.2
D & N Haveli (UT) 40.7 53.6 27.0 60.0 73.3 43.0 19.3 19.7 16.0
Daman & Diu (UT) 71.2 82.7 59.4 81.1 88.4 70.4 9.9 5.7 11.0
SOUTHERN ZONE 59.3 69.1 49.2 70.4 78.7 62.0 11.1 9.6 12.8
Andhra Pradesh 44.1 55.1 32.7 61.1 70.9 51.2 17.0 15.8 18.5
Goa 75.5 83.6 67.1 82.3 88.9 75.5 6.8 5.3 8.4
Karnataka 56.0 67.3 44.3 67.0 76.3 57.5 11.0 9.0 13.2
Kerala 89.8 93.6 86.2 90.9 94.2 87.9 1.1 0.6 1.7
Tamil Nadu 62.7 73.8 51.3 73.5 82.3 64.6 10.8 8.5 13.3
Lakshadweep (UT) 81.8 90.2 72.9 87.5 93.2 81.6 5.7 3.0 8.7
Pondicherry (UT) 74.7 83.7 65.6 81.5 88.9 74.1 6.8 5.2 8.5