National Human Development Report: 2001 - Indira Gandhi Institute ...

186INDICATORS ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTNATIONAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2001TABLE 4.1Literacy in India(Percentage)States/UTs 1981 1991 2001Male Female Persons Male Female Persons Male Female PersonsAndhra Pradesh 46.83 24.16 35.66 55.13 32.72 44.09 70.85 51.17 61.11Arunachal Pradesh 35.12 14.02 25.55 51.45 29.69 41.59 64.07 44.24 54.74Assam — — — 61.87 43.03 52.89 71.93 56.03 64.28Bihar 46.60 16.52 32.05 52.49 22.89 38.48 60.32 33.57 47.53Goa 76.00 55.20 65.70 83.64 67.09 75.51 88.88 75.51 82.32Gujarat 65.14 38.46 52.21 73.13 48.64 61.29 76.46 55.61 66.43Haryana 58.51 26.93 43.88 69.10 40.47 55.85 79.25 56.31 68.59Himachal Pradesh 64.27 37.72 51.18 75.36 52.13 63.86 84.57 67.08 75.91Jammu & Kashmir 44.18 19.56 32.68 — — — 65.75 41.82 54.46Karnataka 58.73 33.17 46.21 67.26 44.34 56.04 76.29 57.45 67.04Kerala 87.73 75.65 81.56 93.62 86.13 89.81 94.20 87.86 90.92Madhya Pradesh 48.42 23.97 36.63 58.42 28.85 44.20 76.50 50.55 64.08Maharashtra 69.65 41.01 55.83 76.56 52.32 64.87 86.27 67.51 77.27Manipur 64.15 34.67 49.66 71.63 47.60 59.89 77.87 59.70 68.87Meghalaya 46.65 37.17 42.05 53.12 44.85 49.10 66.14 60.41 63.31Mizoram 79.36 68.61 74.26 85.61 78.60 82.27 90.69 86.13 88.49Nagaland 58.58 40.38 50.28 67.62 54.75 61.65 71.77 61.92 67.11Orissa 56.45 25.14 40.97 63.09 34.68 49.09 75.95 50.97 63.61Punjab 55.56 39.70 48.17 65.66 50.41 58.51 75.63 63.55 69.95Rajasthan 44.77 14.00 30.11 54.99 20.44 38.55 76.46 44.34 61.03Sikkim 53.00 27.38 41.59 65.74 46.69 56.94 76.73 61.46 69.68Tamil Nadu 68.05 40.43 54.39 73.75 51.33 62.66 82.33 64.55 73.47Tripura 61.49 38.01 50.11 70.58 49.65 60.44 81.47 65.41 73.66Uttar Pradesh 47.45 17.19 33.35 55.73 25.31 41.60 70.23 42.97 57.36West Bengal 59.93 36.07 48.65 67.81 46.56 57.70 77.58 60.22 69.22Andaman & Nicobar Is 70.29 53.20 63.19 78.99 65.46 73.02 86.07 75.29 81.18Chandigarh 78.89 69.31 74.81 82.04 72.34 77.81 85.65 76.65 81.76Dadra & Nagar Haveli 44.64 20.37 32.70 53.56 26.98 40.71 73.32 42.99 60.03Daman & Diu 74.50 46.70 59.90 82.66 59.40 71.20 88.40 70.37 81.09Delhi 79.28 62.60 71.94 82.01 66.99 75.29 87.37 75.00 81.82Lakshadweep 81.24 55.32 68.42 90.18 72.89 81.78 93.15 81.56 87.52Pondicherry 77.09 53.03 65.14 83.68 65.63 74.74 88.89 74.13 81.49Uttaranchal — — — — — — 84.01 60.26 72.28Jharkhand — — — — — — 67.94 39.38 54.13Chhatisgarh — — — — — — 77.86 52.28 65.12All India 56.38 29.76 43.57 64.13 39.29 52.21 75.64 54.03 65.20Note 1 Census not held in Assam in 1981 and Jammu & Kashmir in 1991.2 Literacy Rate is defined as the proportion of literates to the population in the age group 7+.3 For Census 1981, Literacy rate was defined for the population 6+. To ensure comparability in this exercise it has been reestimatedfor the population 7+.4 For 1981 and 1991, the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh also include data for Jharkand, Uttaranchal andChattisgarh respectively.Source 1981—Census of India-Social and Cultural Tables; 1991—Paper 2 of 1992, Series 1, Census of India 1991; 2001—Based onPreliminary Census 2001 estimates.