STATE WISE LITERACY RATE 2001 CENSUS

State Code	Name of the State	LITERACY RATE			Rank
State Code	Name of the State	Male	Female	Total	Rank
1	Jammu and Kashmir	66.60	43.00	55.52	-
2	Himachal Pradesh	85.35	67.42	76.48	11
3	Punjab	75.23	63.36	69.65	16
4	Chandigarh*	86.14	76.47	81.94	5
5	Uttaranchal	83.28	59.63	71.62	14
6	Haryana	78.49	55.73	67.91	20
7	Delhi*	87.33	74.71	81.67	6
8	Rajasthan	75.70	43.85	60.41	29
9	Uttar Pradesh	68.82	42.22	56.27	31
10	Bihar	59.68	33.12	47.00	34
11	Sikkim	76.04	60.40	68.81	18
12	Arunachal Pradesh	63.83	43.53	54.34	32
13	Nagaland	71.16	61.46	66.59	22
14	Manipur	80.33	60.53	70.53	15
15	Mizoram	90.72	86.75	88.80	2
16	Tripura	81.02	64.91	73.19	13
17	Meghalaya	65.43	59.61	62.56	27
18	Assam	71.28	54.61	63.25	25
19	West Bengal	77.02	59.61	68.64	19
20	Jharkhand	67.30	38.87	53.56	33
21	Orissa	75.35	50.51	63.08	26
22	Chhattisgarh	77.38	51.85	64.66	23
23	Mandhya Pradesh	76.06	50.29	63.74	24
24	Gujarath	79.66	57.80	69.14	17
25	Daman and Diu*	86.76	65.61	78.18	9
26	Dadra and Haveli*	71.18	40.23	57.63	30
27	Maharashtra	85.97	67.03	76.88	10
28	Andhra Pradesh	70.32	50.43	60.47	28
29	Karnataka	76.10	56.87	66.64	21
30	Goa	88.42	75.37	82.01	4
31	Lakshadweep*	92.53	80.47	86.66	3
32	Kerala	94.24	87.72	90.86	1
33	Tamilnadu	82.42	64.43	73.45	12
34	Pondicherry*	88.62	73.90	81.24	8
35	Andaman and Nicobar Islands*	86.33	75.24	81.30	7
TOTAL		75.26	53.67	64.84
Note: * Union Terrotories
Source: CENSUS OF INDIA 2001.