| Literacy rate | ||||
| State | Persons | Males | Females | |
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 81.3 | 86.3 | 75.2 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 60.5 | 70.3 | 50.4 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 54.3 | 63.8 | 43.5 |
| 4 | Assam | 63.3 | 71.3 | 54.6 |
| 5 | Bihar | 47 | 59.7 | 33.1 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 81.9 | 86.1 | 76.5 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 64.7 | 77.4 | 51.9 |
| 8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 57.6 | 71.2 | 40.2 |
| 9 | Daman & Diu | 78.2 | 86.8 | 65.6 |
| 10 | Delhi | 81.7 | 87.3 | 74.7 |
| 11 | Goa | 82 | 88.4 | 75.4 |
| 12 | Gujarat | 69.1 | 79.7 | 57.8 |
| 13 | Haryana | 67.9 | 78.5 | 55.7 |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh | 76.5 | 85.3 | 67.4 |
| 15 | Jammu & Kashmir | 55.5 | 66.6 | 43 |
| 16 | Jharkhand | 53.6 | 67.3 | 38.9 |
| 17 | Karnataka | 66.6 | 76.1 | 56.9 |
| 18 | Kerala | 90.9 | 94.2 | 87.7 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 86.7 | 92.5 | 80.5 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 63.7 | 76.1 | 50.3 |
| 21 | Maharastra | 76.9 | 86 | 67 |
| 22 | Manipur | 66 | 75 | 56.8 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 62.6 | 65.4 | 59.6 |
| 24 | Mizoram | 88.8 | 90.7 | 86.7 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 66.6 | 71.2 | 61.5 |
| 26 | Orissa | 63.1 | 75.3 | 50.5 |
| 27 | Pondicherry | 81.2 | 88.6 | 73.9 |
| 28 | Punjab | 69.7 | 75.2 | 63.4 |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 60.4 | 75.7 | 43.9 |
| 30 | Sikkim | 68.8 | 76 | 60.4 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 73.5 | 82.4 | 64.4 |
| 32 | Tripura | 73.2 | 81 | 64.9 |
| 33 | Uttar Pradesh | 56.3 | 68.8 | 42.2 |
| 34 | Uttaranchal | 71.6 | 83.3 | 59.6 |
| 35 | West Bengal | 68.6 | 77 | 59.6 |