Indian states ranking by literacy rate

Literacy rate map of India, 2011.^[1]

The graph shows the literacy rate of the 28 states of India and India (as whole) in 2011 (green) as compared to in 2001 (blue). Union territories have not been included

This is a list of the States and Union Territories of India in order of literacy rate as per 2011 census of India.^[2][3]

Rank	India/State/Union Territory	Literacy Rate (%) - 2011 Census	Literacy Rate (%) - 2001 Census	Decadal Difference (%)
1	Kerala	93.91	90.86	3.14
2	Lakshadweep	92.28	86.66	5.62
3	Mizoram	91.58	88.80	2.78
4	Tripura	87.75[lower-alpha 1]	73.19	13.56
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	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
	India	74.04	64.83	9.21
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	Jharkhand	67.63	53.56	14.07
32	Andhra Pradesh	67.4[lower-alpha 2]	--	--
33	Rajasthan	67.06	60.41	6.65
34	Arunachal Pradesh	66.95	54.34	12.61
35	Telangana	66.5[lower-alpha 3]	--	--
36	Bihar	63.82	47.00	16.82

1. In September 2013, the State Government of Tripura claimed that the state has surpassed Kerala as the most literate state in India, with a literacy rate of 94.65%.^[4][5]
2. As per a government report dated May 2014, literacy rate of Andhra Pradesh is 67.4%.^[6]
3. Census 2011 data was calculated for unified Andhra Pradesh. As per Times of India report which quoted the literacy rates of Telangana as 66.5%.^[7]

References

1. "Ranking of states and union territories by literacy rate: 2011" (PDF). Government of India.
2. "Census 2011, Chapter 6 (State of Literacy), p.14" (PDF). Government of India.
3. "India at a glance". Government of India.
4. "Tripura has achieved first position in literacy". decccan herald. 2013-09-08.
5. "Tripura beats Kerala in literacy". Times of India. 8 September 2013.
6. Demography, Andhra Pradesh Government, p. 41, January 2016
7. Nag, Kingshuk (2 June 2014). "T-party today: India’s 29th state Telangana is born". Times of India.