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

NATIONAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2001 INDICATORS ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT 193Adult Literacy Rate — CombinedTABLE 4.8(Percentage)States 1981 1991Male Female Persons Male Female PersonsAndhra Pradesh 44.51 20.18 32.50 50.35 26.43 38.51Arunachal Pradesh 34.02 11.01 23.77 48.69 23.59 37.53Assam — — — 60.25 37.63 49.58Bihar 44.96 13.17 29.37 50.30 18.47 35.13Goa 73.32 48.50 61.03 81.24 61.54 71.55Gujarat 62.73 33.08 48.26 69.25 41.62 55.88Haryana 54.45 21.47 39.21 64.17 31.23 48.92Himachal Pradesh 58.17 28.95 43.72 70.93 43.45 57.28Jammu & Kashmir 41.92 16.02 30.00 — — —Karnataka 56.94 28.38 43.05 63.78 37.46 50.94Kerala 85.90 70.78 78.11 92.65 83.64 88.00Madhya Pradesh 47.71 22.72 35.63 55.91 22.86 40.02Maharashtra 67.73 34.71 51.84 74.36 45.33 60.37Manipur 64.27 29.19 47.04 70.62 41.86 56.63Meghalaya 48.61 35.04 42.06 54.08 42.61 48.55Mizoram 82.22 68.41 75.77 85.79 77.39 81.86Nagaland 58.92 37.06 49.14 66.59 50.58 59.28Orissa 55.96 20.98 38.72 61.96 29.69 46.10Punjab 51.14 32.90 42.65 61.29 43.39 52.90Rajasthan 42.97 12.02 28.20 52.54 16.89 35.53Sikkim 51.68 21.33 38.59 61.64 37.78 50.88Tamil Nadu 65.86 34.59 50.38 69.92 43.87 57.02Tripura 61.89 33.57 48.25 69.34 44.06 57.15Uttar Pradesh 45.63 14.06 30.76 53.95 20.99 38.62West Bengal 61.21 33.15 48.10 67.98 42.98 56.19Andaman & Nicobar Is. 67.83 45.83 59.10 75.84 58.41 68.39Chandigarh 77.45 65.79 72.56 80.47 68.58 75.37Dadra & Nagar Haveli 40.21 14.84 27.64 49.47 21.33 35.85Daman & Diu 72.11 38.94 54.49 79.88 51.70 65.98Delhi 77.63 57.58 68.95 80.40 61.82 72.19Lakshadweep 81.31 48.87 65.01 89.27 66.93 78.41Pondicherry 74.44 46.58 60.59 81.32 59.26 70.38All India 54.92 25.72 40.83 61.89 34.09 48.54Note 1 Census not held in Assam in 1981 and Jammu & Kashmir in 1991.2 Adult Literacy rate is percentage of literates in age-group 15 years and above to population in that age group.Source Census of India, 1981 & 1991, Age, Sex and Educational Level, Table C-2, RGI, New Delhi.