Literacy Rate of India 2011

• Literacy rate of India in 2011 is 74.04%. 
• The Male literacy rate is 82.14% and
•  Female literacy rate is 65.46%    according to Census 2011.
• Among the Indian states, Kerala has the highest literacy rate 93.91% and then Mizoram 91.58%.
• Among the Union Territories, Lakshadweep has the highest literacy rate of 92.28%.
• Bihar has the lowest literacy rate in India with 63.82% .
• The Male literacy is highest in Lakshadweep 96.11% and Kerala 96.02%.
• The Female literacy is highest in Kerala 91.98% and Mizoram 89.40%.
• Lowest male literacy is in Bihar 73.39%.
• Lowest female literacy is in Rajasthan 52.66%.

Here is the table of Male and female literacy rate

Literacy rate Male and Female India 2011 Census

	STATES/UT	TOTAL LITERATES	MALE LITERATES	FEMALE LITERATES	TOTAL LITERACY RATE	MALE LITERACY RATE	FEMALE LITERACY RATE
	INDIA	77,84,54,120	44,42,03,762	33,42,50,358	74.04	82.14	65.46
01	Jammu & Kashmir	72,45,053	43,70,604	28,74,449	68.74	78.26	58.01
02	Himachal Pradesh	51,04,506	27,91,542	23,12,964	83.78	90.83	76.60
03	Punjab	1,89,88,611	1,06,26,788	83,61,823	76.68	81.48	71.34
04	Chandigarh #	8,09,653	4,68,166	3,41,487	86.43	90.54	81.38
05	Uttarakhand	69,97,433	39,30,174	30,67,259	79.63	88.33	70.70
06	Haryana	1,69,04,324	99,91,838	69,12,486	76.64	85.38	66.77
07	NCT of Delhi #	1,27,63,352	72,10,050	55,53,302	86.34	91.03	80.93
08	Rajasthan	3,89,70,500	2,41,84,782	1,47,85,718	67.06	80.51	52.66
09	Uttar Pradesh	11,84,23,805	7,04,79,196	4,79,44,609	69.72	79.24	59.26
10	Bihar	5,43,90,254	3,27,11,975	2,16,78,279	63.82	73.39	53.33
11	Sikkim	4,49,294	2,53,364	1,95,930	82.20	87.29	76.43
12	Arunachal Pradesh	7,89,943	4,54,532	3,35,411	66.95	73.69	59.57
13	Nagaland	13,57,579	7,31,796	6,25,783	80.11	83.29	76.69
14	Manipur	18,91,196	10,26,733	8,64,463	79.85	86.49	73.17
15	Mizoram	8,47,592	4,38,949	4,08,643	91.58	93.72	89.40
16	Tripura	28,31,742	15,15,973	13,15,769	87.75	92.18	83.15
17	Meghalaya	18,17,761	9,34,091	8,83,670	75.48	77.17	73.78
18	Assam	1,95,07,017	1,07,56,937	87,50,080	73.18	78.81	67.27
19	West Bengal	6,26,14,556	3,45,08,159	2,81,06,397	77.08	82.67	71.16
20	Jharkhand	1,87,53,660	1,11,68,649	75,85,011	67.63	78.45	56.21
21	Orissa	2,71,12,376	1,53,26,036	1,17,86,340	73.45	82.40	64.36
22	Chhattisgarh	1,55,98,314	89,62,121	66,36,193	71.04	81.45	60.59
23	Madhya Pradesh	4,38,27,193	2,58,48,137	1,79,79,056	70.63	80.53	60.02
24	Gujarat	4,19,48,677	2,39,95,500	1,79,53,177	79.31	87.23	70.73
25	Daman & Diu	1,88,974	1,24,911	64,063	87.07	91.48	79.59
26	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	2,28,028	1,44,916	83,112	77.65	86.46	65.93
27	Maharashtra	8,25,12,225	4,62,94,041	3,62,18,184	82.91	89.82	75.48
28	Andhra Pradesh	5,14,38,510	2,87,59,782	2,26,78,728	67.66	75.56	59.74
29	Karnataka	4,10,29,323	2,28,08,468	1,82,20,855	75.60	82.85	68.13
30	Goa	11,52,117	6,20,026	5,32,091	87.40	92.81	81.84
31	Lakshadweep	52,914	28,249	24,665	92.28	96.11	88.25
32	Kerala	2,82,34,227	1,37,55,888	1,44,78,339	93.91	96.02	91.98
33	Tamil Nadu	5,24,13,116	2,83,14,595	2,40,98,521	80.33	86.81	73.86
34	Puducherry	9,66,600	5,02,575	4,64,025	86.55	92.12	81.22
35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands #	2,93,695	1,64,219	1,29,476	86.27	90.11	81.84