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

NATIONAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2001 INDICATORS ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT 187Rural Literacy in IndiaTABLE 4.2(Percentage)States/UTs 1981 1991 2001Male Female Persons Male Female Persons Male Female PersonsAndhra Pradesh 38.72 16.80 27.85 47.28 23.92 35.74 66.13 44.36 55.33Arunachal Pradesh 32.12 11.89 22.81 47.00 25.31 37.02 58.09 37.56 48.34Assam — — — 58.66 39.19 49.32 69.02 52.25 60.92Bihar 42.37 12.39 27.70 48.31 17.95 33.83 57.70 30.03 44.42Goa 73.00 50.40 61.63 81.71 62.87 72.31 87.69 71.55 79.65Gujarat 57.76 28.80 43.57 66.84 38.65 53.09 70.71 45.75 58.53Haryana 53.35 18.78 37.26 64.78 32.51 49.85 76.13 49.77 63.82Himachal Pradesh 62.39 35.29 48.89 73.89 49.79 61.86 83.58 65.23 74.38Jammu & Kashmir 38.97 13.08 26.86 — — — 60.34 35.09 48.22Karnataka 51.11 23.84 37.63 60.30 34.76 47.69 70.63 48.50 59.68Kerala 86.73 74.17 80.31 92.91 85.12 88.92 93.54 86.79 90.05Madhya Pradesh 40.77 17.29 29.33 51.04 19.73 35.87 72.10 42.96 58.10Maharashtra 61.71 29.49 45.65 69.74 40.96 55.52 82.17 59.12 70.84Manipur 59.66 30.03 45.09 67.64 43.26 55.79 74.50 55.88 65.33Meghalaya 38.59 30.00 34.39 44.83 37.12 41.05 59.90 54.02 57.00Mizoram 74.89 62.92 69.17 77.36 67.03 72.47 84.38 76.17 80.46Nagaland 54.15 35.95 45.62 63.42 50.36 57.23 67.73 57.87 62.99Orissa 53.54 21.99 37.77 60.00 30.79 45.46 73.57 47.22 60.44Punjab 49.64 32.73 41.73 60.71 43.85 52.77 71.70 57.91 65.16Rajasthan 36.97 6.78 22.47 47.64 11.59 30.37 72.96 37.74 55.92Sikkim 49.01 22.52 36.94 63.49 43.98 54.38 75.11 59.05 67.67Tamil Nadu 60.08 29.80 45.00 67.18 41.84 54.59 77.47 55.84 66.66Tripura 57.76 33.02 45.78 67.07 44.33 56.08 78.89 61.05 70.23Uttar Pradesh 43.42 11.70 28.53 52.05 19.02 36.66 68.01 37.74 53.68West Bengal 52.76 26.77 40.18 62.05 38.12 50.50 73.75 53.82 64.06Andaman & Nicobar Is 65.79 47.59 58.12 75.99 61.99 69.73 83.90 72.23 78.55Chandigarh 61.35 40.79 53.24 65.67 47.83 59.12 81.54 67.17 76.23Dadra & Nagar Haveli 42.22 18.08 30.29 50.04 23.30 37.00 67.13 34.08 52.24Daman & Diu 66.90 35.50 50.60 75.23 46.70 61.55 86.48 63.31 78.31Delhi 72.55 39.14 57.83 78.46 52.15 66.90 87.15 68.23 78.75Lakshadweep 78.69 52.16 65.47 88.66 68.72 78.89 92.56 79.86 86.39Pondicherry 69.83 42.19 56.17 76.44 53.96 65.36 83.87 64.63 74.28Uttaranchal — — — — — — 82.74 55.52 68.95Jharkhand — — — — — — 61.57 30.33 46.26Chhatisgarh — — — — — — 74.58 47.41 60.93All India 49.59 21.70 36.01 57.87 30.62 44.69 71.18 46.58 59.21Note 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.