| Literacy rate male | ||
| State | Males | |
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 86.3 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 70.3 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 63.8 |
| 4 | Assam | 71.3 |
| 5 | Bihar | 59.7 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 86.1 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 77.4 |
| 8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 71.2 |
| 9 | Daman & Diu | 86.8 |
| 10 | Delhi | 87.3 |
| 11 | Goa | 88.4 |
| 12 | Gujarat | 79.7 |
| 13 | Haryana | 78.5 |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh | 85.3 |
| 15 | Jammu & Kashmir | 66.6 |
| 16 | Jharkhand | 67.3 |
| 17 | Karnataka | 76.1 |
| 18 | Kerala | 94.2 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 92.5 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 76.1 |
| 21 | Maharastra | 86 |
| 22 | Manipur | 75 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 65.4 |
| 24 | Mizoram | 90.7 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 71.2 |
| 26 | Orissa | 75.3 |
| 27 | Pondicherry | 88.6 |
| 28 | Punjab | 75.2 |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 75.7 |
| 30 | Sikkim | 76 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 82.4 |
| 32 | Tripura | 81 |
| 33 | Uttar Pradesh | 68.8 |
| 34 | Uttaranchal | 83.3 |
| 35 | West Bengal | 77 |