This is a list of the States of India in order of Literacy rate. This information was compiled from NFHS-3 and the 2001 census of India.[1][2] National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi round survey conducted by the International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai designated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India. NFHS-3 was released on 11 Oct 2007.
|
Rank |
State |
Literacy Rate (%) |
|
1 |
Kerala |
93.91 |
|
2 |
Mizoram |
91.58 |
|
3 |
Tripura |
87.75 |
|
4 |
Goa |
87.4 |
|
5 |
Himachal Pradesh |
83.78 |
|
6 |
Maharashtra |
82.91 |
|
7 |
Sikkim |
82.2 |
|
8 |
Tamil Nadu |
80.33 |
|
9 |
Nagaland |
80.11 |
|
10 |
Manipur |
79.85 |
|
11 |
Uttarakhand |
79.63 |
|
12 |
Gujarat |
79.31 |
|
13 |
West Bengal |
77.08 |
|
14 |
Punjab |
76.68 |
|
15 |
Haryana |
76.64 |
|
16 |
Karnataka |
75.6 |
|
17 |
Meghalaya |
75.48 |
|
18 |
Orissa |
73.45 |
|
19 |
Assam |
73.18 |
|
20 |
Chhattisgarh |
71.04 |
|
21 |
Madhya Pradesh |
70.63 |
|
22 |
Uttar Pradesh |
69.72 |
|
23 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
68.74 |
|
24 |
Andhra Pradesh |
67.66 |
|
25 |
Jharkhand |
67.63 |
|
26 |
Rajasthan |
67.06 |
|
27 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
66.95 |
|
28 |
Bihar |
63.82 |
