| Literacy rate female | ||
| State | Females | |
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 75.2 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 50.4 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 43.5 |
| 4 | Assam | 54.6 |
| 5 | Bihar | 33.1 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 76.5 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 51.9 |
| 8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 40.2 |
| 9 | Daman & Diu | 65.6 |
| 10 | Delhi | 74.7 |
| 11 | Goa | 75.4 |
| 12 | Gujarat | 57.8 |
| 13 | Haryana | 55.7 |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh | 67.4 |
| 15 | Jammu & Kashmir | 43 |
| 16 | Jharkhand | 38.9 |
| 17 | Karnataka | 56.9 |
| 18 | Kerala | 87.7 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 80.5 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 50.3 |
| 21 | Maharastra | 67 |
| 22 | Manipur | 56.8 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 59.6 |
| 24 | Mizoram | 86.7 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 61.5 |
| 26 | Orissa | 50.5 |
| 27 | Pondicherry | 73.9 |
| 28 | Punjab | 63.4 |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 43.9 |
| 30 | Sikkim | 60.4 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 64.4 |
| 32 | Tripura | 64.9 |
| 33 | Uttar Pradesh | 42.2 |
| 34 | Uttaranchal | 59.6 |
| 35 | West Bengal | 59.6 |