| Number of literates by sex and literacy rates in 1991 and 2001 | ||||||||||
| Code No. | State/Union territory/District | Literates | Literacy Rate | |||||||
| 1991 | 2001 | |||||||||
| Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | ||
| 19 | West Bengal | 47,821,757 | 27,784,750 | 20,037,007 | 57.7 | 67.81 | 46.56 | 69.22 | 77.58 | 60.22 |
| 1 | Darjiling | 1,029,561 | 592,037 | 437,524 | 57.95 | 67.07 | 47.84 | 72.87 | 81.28 | 63.92 |
| 2 | Jalpaiguri | 1,839,036 | 1,099,897 | 739,139 | 45.09 | 56 | 33.2 | 63.62 | 73.64 | 52.9 |
| 3 | Koch Bihar | 1,409,350 | 828,163 | 581,187 | 45.78 | 57.35 | 33.31 | 67.21 | 76.83 | 57.04 |
| 4 | Uttar Dinajpur | 941,822 | 595,510 | 346,312 | 34.58 | 45.24 | 22.85 | 48.63 | 59.27 | 37.16 |
| 5 | Dakshin Dinajpur | 812,254 | 474,415 | 337,839 | 46.4 | 56.75 | 35.33 | 64.46 | 73.3 | 55.12 |
| 6 | Maldah | 1,348,230 | 810,591 | 537,639 | 35.62 | 45.61 | 24.92 | 50.71 | 59.24 | 41.67 |
| 7 | Murshidabad | 2,662,682 | 1,525,674 | 1,137,008 | 38.28 | 46.42 | 29.57 | 55.05 | 61.4 | 48.33 |
| 8 | Birbhum | 1,574,915 | 932,167 | 642,748 | 48.56 | 59.26 | 37.17 | 62.16 | 71.57 | 52.21 |
| 9 | Barddhaman | 4,290,672 | 2,502,422 | 1,788,250 | 61.88 | 71.12 | 51.46 | 71 | 79.3 | 61.93 |
| 10 | Nadia | 2,669,296 | 1,500,537 | 1,168,759 | 52.53 | 60.05 | 44.42 | 66.55 | 72.67 | 60.06 |
| 11 | North Twenty Four Parganas | 6,207,540 | 3,470,763 | 2,736,777 | 66.81 | 74.72 | 57.99 | 78.49 | 84.35 | 72.13 |
| 12 | Hugli | 3,367,052 | 1,900,254 | 1,466,798 | 66.78 | 75.77 | 56.9 | 75.59 | 83.05 | 67.72 |
| 13 | Bankura | 1,750,632 | 1,084,510 | 666,122 | 52.04 | 66.75 | 36.55 | 63.84 | 77.21 | 49.8 |
| 14 | Puruliya | 1,199,357 | 812,568 | 386,789 | 43.29 | 62.17 | 23.24 | 56.14 | 74.18 | 37.15 |
| 15 | Medinipur | 6,227,294 | 3,610,329 | 2,616,965 | 69.32 | 81.27 | 56.63 | 75.17 | 85.25 | 64.63 |
| 16 | Haora | 2,935,210 | 1,665,611 | 1,269,599 | 67.62 | 76.11 | 57.83 | 77.64 | 83.68 | 70.93 |
| 17 | Kolkata | 3,428,309 | 1,947,621 | 1,480,688 | 77.61 | 81.94 | 72.09 | 81.31 | 84.07 | 77.95 |
| 18 | South Twenty Four Parganas | 4,128,545 | 2,431,681 | 1,696,864 | 55.1 | 68.45 | 40.57 | 70.16 | 79.89 | 59.73 |
| 5 | Uttaranchal | 5,175,176 | 3,044,487 | 2,130,689 | 57.75 | 72.79 | 41.63 | 72.28 | 84.01 | 60.26 |
| 1 | Uttarkashi | 163,501 | 107,016 | 56,485 | 47.23 | 68.74 | 23.57 | 66.58 | 84.52 | 47.48 |
| 2 | Chamoli | 239,777 | 139,127 | 100,650 | 60.4 | 80.85 | 39.66 | 76.23 | 89.89 | 63 |
| 3 | Rudraprayag | 142,481 | 80,715 | 61,766 | 57.47 | 80.36 | 37.08 | 74.23 | 90.73 | 59.98 |
| 4 | Tehri Garhwal | 340,878 | 209,806 | 131,072 | 48.46 | 72.09 | 26.31 | 67.04 | 85.62 | 49.76 |
| 5 | Dehradun | 881,476 | 506,621 | 374,855 | 69.5 | 77.95 | 59.26 | 78.96 | 85.87 | 71.22 |
| 6 | Garhwal | 466,443 | 255,959 | 210,484 | 65.53 | 82.57 | 49.65 | 77.99 | 91.47 | 66.14 |
| 7 | Pithoragarh | 299,798 | 172,696 | 127,102 | 61.38 | 80.31 | 42.41 | 76.48 | 90.57 | 63.14 |
| 8 | Champawat | 131,627 | 79,928 | 51,699 | 55.81 | 77.63 | 32.62 | 71.11 | 88.13 | 54.75 |
| 9 | Almora | 398,391 | 219,784 | 178,607 | 59.83 | 80.78 | 41.32 | 74.53 | 90.15 | 61.43 |
| 10 | Bageshwar | 150,189 | 86,103 | 64,086 | 54.54 | 76.52 | 34.22 | 71.94 | 88.56 | 57.45 |
| 11 | Nainital | 520,133 | 299,751 | 220,382 | 68.36 | 80.42 | 54.51 | 79.6 | 87.39 | 70.98 |
| 12 | Udhamsingh Nagar | 671,680 | 409,623 | 262,057 | 49.29 | 60.47 | 36.02 | 65.76 | 76.2 | 54.16 |
| 13 | Hardwar | 768,802 | 477,358 | 291,444 | 47.97 | 59.28 | 34.37 | 64.6 | 75.06 | 52.6 |
| 16 | Tripura | 2,036,159 | 1,156,824 | 879,335 | 60.44 | 70.58 | 49.65 | 73.66 | 81.47 | 65.41 |
| 1 | West Tripura | 1,044,135 | 585,440 | 458,695 | 65.83 | 75.87 | 55.15 | 77.82 | 85.02 | 70.24 |
| 2 | South Tripura | 460,710 | 267,269 | 193,441 | 52.97 | 63.97 | 41.37 | 70.39 | 79.52 | 60.75 |
| 3 | Dhalai | 160,368 | 95,480 | 64,888 | 61.53 | 68.22 | 54.29 | 61.56 | 70.9 | 51.57 |
| 4 | North Tripura | 370,946 | 208,635 | 162,311 | 56.28 | 67.39 | 44.42 | 73.1 | 80.09 | 65.73 |
| 33 | Tamil Nadu | 40,624,398 | 22,847,735 | 17,776,663 | 62.66 | 73.75 | 51.33 | 73.47 | 82.33 | 64.55 |
| 1 | Thiruvallur | 1,857,231 | 1,041,183 | 816,048 | 66.22 | 77.03 | 54.9 | 76.54 | 84.62 | 68.23 |
| 2 | Chennai | 3,079,004 | 1,670,094 | 1,408,910 | 81.6 | 87.86 | 74.87 | 80.14 | 84.71 | 75.32 |
| 3 | Kancheepuram | 1,980,898 | 1,096,992 | 883,906 | 66.53 | 77.11 | 55.51 | 77.61 | 84.82 | 70.21 |
| 4 | Vellore | 2,246,052 | 1,266,981 | 979,071 | 60.87 | 72.94 | 48.58 | 73.07 | 82.67 | 63.53 |
| 5 | Dharmapuri | 1,461,245 | 872,014 | 589,231 | 46.02 | 57.21 | 34.23 | 59.23 | 68.82 | 49.1 |
| 6 | Tiruvanamalai | 1,317,651 | 773,367 | 544,284 | 53.07 | 66.71 | 39.25 | 68.22 | 80.14 | 56.31 |
| 7 | Viluppuram | 1,675,027 | 991,886 | 683,141 | 48.36 | 60.92 | 35.38 | 64.68 | 76.02 | 53.16 |
| 8 | Salem | 1,752,966 | 1,033,301 | 719,665 | 52.76 | 63.51 | 41.31 | 65.72 | 75.25 | 55.61 |
| 9 | Namakkal | 914,122 | 533,698 | 380,424 | 54.37 | 66.65 | 41.71 | 67.66 | 78.02 | 57.04 |
| 10 | Erode | 1,532,258 | 894,339 | 637,919 | 53.8 | 65.54 | 41.58 | 65.51 | 75.49 | 55.26 |
| 11 | The Nilgiris | 556,783 | 303,697 | 253,086 | 71.7 | 81.79 | 61.47 | 81.44 | 89.63 | 73.39 |
| 12 | Coimbatore | 2,916,996 | 1,621,164 | 1,295,832 | 66.35 | 76.45 | 55.73 | 76.95 | 83.82 | 69.8 |
| 13 | Dindigul | 1,196,671 | 690,338 | 506,333 | 56.68 | 69.19 | 43.94 | 69.83 | 80.29 | 59.3 |
| 14 | Kapur | 574,873 | 332,772 | 242,101 | 56.06 | 69.62 | 42.59 | 68.74 | 80.42 | 57.3 |
| 15 | Tiruchirappalli | 1,689,780 | 927,388 | 762,392 | 68.67 | 79.5 | 57.69 | 79.16 | 87.19 | 71.19 |
| 16 | Perambalur | 283,246 | 165,720 | 117,526 | 51.81 | 64.74 | 38.57 | 65.88 | 77.68 | 54.26 |
| 17 | Ariyalur | 394,781 | 235,246 | 159,535 | 48.98 | 63.19 | 34.47 | 64.88 | 77.92 | 52.03 |
| 18 | Cuddalore | 1,443,851 | 834,940 | 608,911 | 58.59 | 71.53 | 45.21 | 71.85 | 82.76 | 60.86 |
| 19 | Nagapattinam | 1,010,488 | 556,573 | 453,915 | 65.75 | 77.03 | 54.43 | 76.89 | 85.61 | 68.35 |
| 20 | Thiruvarur | 794,644 | 438,304 | 356,340 | 66.15 | 77.45 | 54.73 | 76.9 | 85.59 | 68.36 |
| 21 | Thanjavur | 1,490,568 | 825,006 | 665,562 | 66.13 | 77.26 | 55.01 | 76.07 | 85.45 | 66.95 |
| 22 | Pudukkottai | 919,086 | 525,743 | 393,343 | 57.63 | 71.78 | 43.62 | 71.96 | 83.22 | 60.94 |
| 23 | Sivaganga | 745,735 | 419,840 | 325,895 | 62.95 | 76.9 | 49.59 | 72.66 | 83.7 | 62.12 |
| 24 | Madurai | 1,795,751 | 1,003,506 | 792,245 | 69.08 | 79.93 | 57.9 | 78.65 | 87.24 | 69.93 |
| 25 | Theni | 702,595 | 404,478 | 298,117 | 60.26 | 72.7 | 47.51 | 72.01 | 82.5 | 61.41 |
| 26 | Virudhunagar | 1,152,516 | 650,601 | 501,915 | 62.91 | 75.67 | 50.17 | 74.23 | 84.56 | 64.09 |
| 27 | Ramanathapuram | 760,819 | 422,992 | 337,827 | 61.65 | 74.73 | 48.84 | 73.05 | 82.96 | 63.55 |
| 28 | Toothukudi | 1,140,959 | 598,669 | 542,290 | 73.02 | 82.02 | 64.57 | 81.96 | 88.66 | 75.64 |
| 29 | Tirunelveli | 1,917,238 | 1,041,964 | 875,274 | 65.58 | 77.46 | 54.23 | 76.97 | 85.89 | 68.5 |
| 30 | Kanniyakumari | 1,320,564 | 674,939 | 645,625 | 82.06 | 85.7 | 78.39 | 88.11 | 90.88 | 85.38 |
| 11 | Sikkim | 322,828 | 191,326 | 131,502 | 56.94 | 65.7 | 46.76 | 69.68 | 76.73 | 61.46 |
| 1 | North | 24,033 | 15,673 | 8,360 | 53.55 | 63.06 | 41.6 | 69.11 | 77.32 | 57.65 |
| 2 | West | 61,326 | 36,147 | 25,179 | 45.62 | 54.92 | 35.26 | 59.31 | 67.21 | 50.75 |
| 3 | South | 75,400 | 43,251 | 32,149 | 54.08 | 63.18 | 43.7 | 68.12 | 74.57 | 61.02 |
| 4 | East | 162,069 | 96,255 | 65,814 | 65.13 | 73.1 | 55.66 | 75.57 | 82.05 | 67.74 |
| 8 | Rajasthan | 28,086,101 | 18,279,511 | 9,806,590 | 38.55 | 54.99 | 20.44 | 61.03 | 76.46 | 44.34 |
| 1 | Ganganagar | 971,073 | 602,408 | 368,665 | 44.55 | 56.98 | 30.07 | 64.84 | 75.49 | 52.69 |
| 2 | Hanumangarh | 832,914 | 516,594 | 316,320 | 38.67 | 53.31 | 22.22 | 65.72 | 77.41 | 52.71 |
| 3 | Bikaner | 779,087 | 508,820 | 270,267 | 41.73 | 54.63 | 27.03 | 57.54 | 70.78 | 42.55 |
| 4 | Churu | 1,035,567 | 628,118 | 407,449 | 34.78 | 51.3 | 17.32 | 66.97 | 79.52 | 53.87 |
| 5 | Jhunjhunun | 1,167,470 | 699,796 | 467,674 | 47.6 | 68.32 | 25.54 | 73.61 | 86.61 | 60.1 |
| 6 | Alwar | 1,513,203 | 1,013,010 | 500,193 | 43.09 | 60.98 | 22.54 | 62.48 | 78.91 | 43.95 |
| 7 | Bharatpur | 1,078,484 | 737,620 | 340,864 | 42.96 | 62.11 | 19.6 | 64.24 | 81.39 | 44.12 |
| 8 | Dhaulpur | 466,410 | 320,036 | 146,374 | 35.09 | 50.45 | 15.25 | 60.77 | 75.85 | 42.36 |
| 9 | Karauli | 619,452 | 418,745 | 200,707 | 34.73 | 52.79 | 13.01 | 64.59 | 80.93 | 45.44 |
| 10 | Sawai Madhopur | 523,262 | 371,242 | 152,020 | 37.04 | 55.15 | 16.07 | 57.34 | 76.75 | 35.44 |
| 11 | Dausa | 662,975 | 447,188 | 215,787 | 36.87 | 56.75 | 14.15 | 62.75 | 80.37 | 43.15 |
| 12 | Jaipur | 3,076,311 | 1,919,293 | 1,157,018 | 50.38 | 66.77 | 31.84 | 70.63 | 83.58 | 56.18 |
| 13 | Sikar | 1,339,192 | 814,816 | 524,376 | 42.49 | 64.13 | 19.88 | 71.19 | 85.2 | 56.7 |
| 14 | Nagaur | 1,312,641 | 866,456 | 446,185 | 31.8 | 49.35 | 13.29 | 58.26 | 75.33 | 40.45 |
| 15 | Jodhpur | 1,340,097 | 905,259 | 434,838 | 40.69 | 56.74 | 22.58 | 57.38 | 73.86 | 39.18 |
| 16 | Jaisalmer | 204,262 | 146,961 | 57,301 | 30.05 | 44.99 | 11.28 | 51.4 | 66.89 | 32.25 |
| 17 | Barmer | 913,794 | 597,329 | 316,465 | 22.98 | 36.56 | 7.68 | 59.65 | 73.64 | 43.91 |
| 18 | Jalor | 530,957 | 375,365 | 155,592 | 23.76 | 38.97 | 7.75 | 46.51 | 65.1 | 27.53 |
| 19 | Sirohi | 372,052 | 247,456 | 124,596 | 31.94 | 46.24 | 16.99 | 54.39 | 70.58 | 37.37 |
| 20 | Pali | 817,333 | 544,748 | 272,585 | 35.96 | 54.42 | 16.97 | 54.92 | 73.06 | 36.7 |
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