| Educational Level of migrants | ||||||||||||||||
| S No. | State / UT | Literate but below Matric/Secondary | Matric/Secondary but below graduate | Technical diploma or certificate not equal to degree | Graduate and above other than technical degree | Technical degree or diploma equal to degree or post-graduate degree | ||||||||||
| Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | ||
| 1 | India | 98,248,107 | 36,660,180 | 61,587,927 | 39,927,808 | 19,641,650 | 20,286,158 | 1,684,269 | 1,230,629 | 453,640 | 14,103,987 | 8,059,291 | 6,044,696 | 2,689,986 | 1,836,439 | 853,547 |
| 2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 85,419 | 50,498 | 34,921 | 27,226 | 16,165 | 11,061 | 1,673 | 1,201 | 472 | 7,332 | 4,168 | 3,164 | 1,888 | 1,198 | 690 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 7,007,869 | 2,746,570 | 4,261,299 | 3,012,418 | 1,562,796 | 1,449,622 | 167,714 | 144,517 | 23,197 | 1,066,059 | 690,352 | 375,707 | 274,067 | 205,724 | 68,343 |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | 142,704 | 86,593 | 56,111 | 54,170 | 34,803 | 19,367 | 1,957 | 1,767 | 190 | 16,513 | 11,735 | 4,778 | 3,319 | 2,797 | 522 |
| 5 | Assam | 2,339,372 | 1,036,107 | 1,303,265 | 950,786 | 467,877 | 482,909 | 10,432 | 9,235 | 1,197 | 260,757 | 160,499 | 100,258 | 35,523 | 26,334 | 9,189 |
| 6 | Bihar | 3,373,423 | 607,559 | 2,765,864 | 1,419,059 | 406,615 | 1,012,444 | 14,690 | 8,972 | 5,718 | 499,601 | 267,828 | 231,773 | 58,697 | 41,585 | 17,112 |
| 7 | Chandigarh | 166,299 | 98,851 | 67,448 | 141,425 | 87,119 | 54,306 | 7,062 | 4,582 | 2,480 | 95,642 | 54,156 | 41,486 | 17,262 | 9,782 | 7,480 |
| 8 | Chhattisgarh | 2,126,049 | 742,430 | 1,383,619 | 621,760 | 343,246 | 278,514 | 21,273 | 19,267 | 2,006 | 273,012 | 166,442 | 106,570 | 32,200 | 24,551 | 7,649 |
| 9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 24,383 | 16,164 | 8,219 | 18,543 | 14,337 | 4,206 | 1,681 | 1,436 | 245 | 5,389 | 3,681 | 1,708 | 1,119 | 869 | 250 |
| 10 | Daman & Diu | 29,301 | 20,365 | 8,936 | 17,133 | 13,488 | 3,645 | 955 | 748 | 207 | 3,760 | 2,638 | 1,122 | 825 | 608 | 217 |
| 11 | Delhi | 1,943,630 | 1,160,234 | 783,396 | 1,351,879 | 889,794 | 462,085 | 26,822 | 19,485 | 7,337 | 782,907 | 476,510 | 306,397 | 126,683 | 85,633 | 41,050 |
| 12 | Goa | 294,834 | 137,753 | 157,081 | 179,333 | 89,238 | 90,095 | 9,181 | 7,514 | 1,667 | 54,202 | 26,402 | 27,800 | 12,702 | 7,852 | 4,850 |
| 13 | Gujarat | 6,748,159 | 2,862,084 | 3,886,075 | 2,861,470 | 1,471,146 | 1,390,324 | 216,800 | 137,777 | 79,023 | 862,421 | 474,485 | 387,936 | 156,071 | 115,044 | 41,027 |
| 14 | Haryana | 2,056,076 | 712,475 | 1,343,601 | 1,091,246 | 490,064 | 601,182 | 51,730 | 30,270 | 21,460 | 375,103 | 190,217 | 184,886 | 74,866 | 42,923 | 31,943 |
| 15 | Himachal Pradesh | 775,206 | 207,522 | 567,684 | 405,507 | 159,376 | 246,131 | 18,958 | 10,999 | 7,959 | 102,234 | 55,568 | 46,666 | 18,845 | 11,657 | 7,188 |
| 16 | Jammu & Kashmir | 443,626 | 209,356 | 234,270 | 260,665 | 140,279 | 120,386 | 2,953 | 2,401 | 552 | 80,727 | 46,871 | 33,856 | 17,864 | 11,464 | 6,400 |
| 17 | Jharkhand | 1,587,406 | 537,075 | 1,050,331 | 780,220 | 410,163 | 370,057 | 11,724 | 10,732 | 992 | 307,521 | 202,927 | 104,594 | 45,167 | 35,787 | 9,380 |
| 18 | Karnataka | 5,302,416 | 2,101,378 | 3,201,038 | 2,571,815 | 1,246,635 | 1,325,180 | 184,134 | 137,372 | 46,762 | 809,193 | 488,098 | 321,095 | 263,042 | 191,411 | 71,631 |
| 19 | Kerala | 4,744,410 | 1,776,781 | 2,967,629 | 2,007,485 | 665,063 | 1,342,422 | 209,263 | 99,227 | 110,036 | 493,568 | 184,610 | 308,958 | 117,008 | 47,306 | 69,702 |
| 20 | Lakshadweep | 9,606 | 5,825 | 3,781 | 3,611 | 2,477 | 1,134 | 596 | 452 | 144 | 558 | 429 | 129 | 303 | 252 | 51 |
| 21 | Madhya Pradesh | 5,226,385 | 1,656,435 | 3,569,950 | 1,562,388 | 770,443 | 791,945 | 41,782 | 37,511 | 4,271 | 806,234 | 448,036 | 358,198 | 97,359 | 70,638 | 26,721 |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 16,291,637 | 6,933,858 | 9,357,779 | 7,246,352 | 4,048,206 | 3,198,146 | 269,598 | 232,260 | 37,338 | 2,170,378 | 1,293,301 | 877,077 | 545,858 | 371,652 | 174,206 |
| 23 | Manipur | 120,871 | 60,089 | 60,782 | 62,329 | 30,151 | 32,178 | 436 | 281 | 155 | 28,539 | 13,668 | 14,871 | 2,456 | 1,547 | 909 |
| 24 | Meghalaya | 144,200 | 81,775 | 62,425 | 49,485 | 30,013 | 19,472 | 660 | 565 | 95 | 16,013 | 9,891 | 6,122 | 2,637 | 1,794 | 843 |
| 25 | Mizoram | 172,376 | 90,686 | 81,690 | 32,194 | 18,458 | 13,736 | 595 | 465 | 130 | 11,195 | 7,727 | 3,468 | 2,175 | 1,737 | 438 |
| 26 | Nagaland | 147,941 | 84,459 | 63,482 | 72,033 | 43,104 | 28,929 | 718 | 618 | 100 | 19,849 | 13,533 | 6,316 | 2,475 | 1,883 | 592 |
| 27 | Orissa | 3,572,606 | 986,870 | 2,585,736 | 1,104,909 | 488,303 | 616,606 | 63,189 | 41,643 | 21,546 | 411,295 | 250,565 | 160,730 | 84,083 | 59,977 | 24,106 |
| 28 | Pondicherry | 185,214 | 81,367 | 103,847 | 92,740 | 48,364 | 44,376 | 8,018 | 6,387 | 1,631 | 32,670 | 19,088 | 13,582 | 9,687 | 6,492 | 3,195 |
| 29 | Punjab | 2,839,955 | 1,043,413 | 1,796,542 | 1,684,263 | 701,132 | 983,131 | 67,289 | 33,495 | 33,794 | 421,023 | 188,252 | 232,771 | 75,192 | 34,984 | 40,208 |
| 30 | Rajasthan | 3,962,310 | 1,312,115 | 2,650,195 | 1,039,358 | 559,111 | 480,247 | 14,174 | 10,496 | 3,678 | 470,681 | 274,404 | 196,277 | 75,416 | 54,390 | 21,026 |
| 31 | Sikkim | 76,143 | 41,744 | 34,399 | 23,957 | 13,152 | 10,805 | 423 | 368 | 55 | 7,348 | 4,760 | 2,588 | 1,210 | 886 | 324 |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu | 6,226,434 | 2,836,563 | 3,389,871 | 2,746,439 | 1,442,129 | 1,304,310 | 163,444 | 139,198 | 24,246 | 709,201 | 417,649 | 291,552 | 212,202 | 137,506 | 74,696 |
| 33 | Tripura | 510,634 | 230,327 | 280,307 | 69,288 | 39,061 | 30,227 | 1,504 | 1,358 | 146 | 38,688 | 24,467 | 14,221 | 4,142 | 3,320 | 822 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 8,289,169 | 2,330,467 | 5,958,702 | 3,350,094 | 1,380,796 | 1,969,298 | 34,976 | 27,757 | 7,219 | 1,421,892 | 732,072 | 689,820 | 160,618 | 114,234 | 46,384 |
| 35 | Uttaranchal | 953,696 | 372,358 | 581,338 | 449,810 | 236,030 | 213,780 | 12,254 | 9,541 | 2,713 | 231,236 | 125,423 | 105,813 | 29,144 | 21,242 | 7,902 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 10,328,348 | 3,402,034 | 6,926,314 | 2,566,418 | 1,282,516 | 1,283,902 | 45,611 | 40,732 | 4,879 | 1,211,246 | 728,839 | 482,407 | 127,881 | 91,380 | 36,501 |
| Source: Census of India 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Note: 'Literate' includes figures for 'literates without educational level' and 'educational levels not classifiable.' | ||||||||||||||||
| 'Matric/Secondary but below graduate' includes 'non-technical diploma or certificate not equal to degree'. | ||||||||||||||||
| 'All durations of residence' includes 'unspecified duration'. | ||||||||||||||||