LITERACY RATES FOR TOTAL POPULATION,
SCHEDULED CASTE POPULATION
AND SCHEDULED TRIBE POPULATION
BY SEX - 1991
* Excludes figures of Jammu & Kashmir where 1991 census
was not taken.
S.
No
Union TerritoryTotal
Population
S.C.
Population
S.T.
Population
Total
Population
S.C.
Population
S.T.
Population
Total
Population
S.C.
Population
S.T.
Population
INDIA*
52.21
37.41
29.60
64.13
49.91
40.65
39.29
23.76
18.19
STATES
1.
Andhra Pradesh
44.09
31.59
17.16
55.13
41.88
25.25
32.72
20.92
8.68
2.
Arunachal Pradesh
41.59
57.27
34.45
51.45
66.25
44.00
29.69
41.42
24.94
3.
Assam
52.89
53.94
49.16
61.87
63.88
58.93
43.03
42.99
38.98
4.
Bihar
38.48
19.49
26.78
52.49
30.64
38.40
22.89
7.07
14.75
5.
Goa
75.51
58.73
42.91
83.64
69.55
54.43
67.09
47.51
29.01
6.
Gujarat
61.29
61.07
36.45
73.13
75.47
48.25
48.64
45.54
24.20
7.
Haryana
55.85
39.22
0.00
69.10
52.06
0.00
40.47
24.15
0.00
8.
Himachal Pradesh
63.86
53.20
47.09
75.36
64.98
62.74
52.13
41.02
31.18
9.
Karnataka
56.04
38.06
36.01
67.26
49.69
47.95
44.34
25.95
23.57
10.
Kerala
89.81
79.66
57.22
93.62
85.22
63.38
86.13
74.31
51.07
11.
Madhya Pradesh
44.20
35.08
21.54
58.42
50.51
32.16
28.85
18.11
10.73
12.
Maharashtra
64.87
56.46
36.79
76.56
70.45
49.09
52.32
41.59
24.03
13.
Manipur
59.89
56.44
53.63
71.63
65.28
62.39
47.60
47.41
44.48
14.
Meghalaya
49.10
44.27
46.71
53.12
54.56
49.78
44.85
31.19
43.63
15.
Mizoram
82.27
77.92
82.73
85.61
77.54
86.67
78.60
81.25
78.74
16.
Nagaland
61.65
0.00
60.59
67.62
0.00
66.27
54.75
0.00
54.51
17.
Orissa
49.09
36.78
22.31
63.09
52.42
34.44
34.68
20.74
10.21
18.
Punjab
58.51
41.09
0.00
65.66
49.82
0.00
50.41
31.03
0.00
19.
Rajasthan
38.55
26.29
19.44
54.99
42.38
33.29
20.44
8.31
4.42
20.
Sikkim
56.94
51.03
59.01
65.74
58.69
66.80
46.69
42.77
50.37
21.
Tamil Nadu
62.66
46.74
27.89
73.75
58.36
35.25
51.33
34.89
20.23
22.
Tripura
60.44
56.66
40.37
70.58
67.25
52.88
49.65
45.45
27.34
23.
Uttar Pradesh
41.60
26.85
35.70
55.73
40.80
49.95
25.31
10.69
19.86
24.
West Bengal
57.70
42.21
27.78
67.81
54.55
40.07
46.56
28.87
14.98
UNION TERRITORIES
1.
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
73.02
0.00
56.62
78.99
0.00
64.16
65.46
0.00
48.74
2.
Chandigarh
77.81
55.44
0.00
82.04
64.74
0.00
72.34
43.54
0.00
3.
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
40.71
77.64
28.21
53.56
88.03
40.75
26.98
66.61
15.94
4.
Daman & Diu
71.20
79.18
52.91
82.66
91.85
63.58
59.40
67.62
41.49
5.
Delhi
75.29
57.60
0.00
82.01
68.77
0.00
66.99
43.82
0.00
6.
Lakshadweep
81.78
0.00
80.58
90.18
0.00
89.50
72.89
0.00
71.72
7.
Pondicherry
74.74
56.26
0.00
83.68
66.10
0.00
65.63
46.28
0.00
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