Persons			Males		Females
Rank	State/UT	Literacy Rate	State/UT	Literacy Rate	State/UT	Literacy Rate
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1.	Kerala	90.92	Kerala	94.20	Kerala	87.86
2.	Mizoram	88.49	Lakshadweep	93.15	Mizoram	86.13
3.	Lakshadweep	87.52	Mizoram	90.69	Lakshadweep	81.56
4.	Goa	82.52	Pondicherry	88.89	Chandigarh	76.65
5.	Delhi	81.82	Goa	88.88	Goa	75.51
6.	Chandigarh	81.76	Daman and Diu	88.40	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	75.29
7.	Pnndicherry	81.49	Delhi	87.37	Delhi	75.00
8.	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	81.18	Maharashtra	86.27	Pondicherry	74.13
9.	Daman and Diu	81.09	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	86.07	Daman and Diu	70.37
10.	Maharashtra	77.27	HP	86.02	HP	68.08
11.	HP	77.13	Chandigarh	85.65	Maharashtra	67.51
12.	Tripura	73.66	Uttaranchal	84.01	Tripura	65.41
13.	Tamil Nadu	73.47	Tamil Nadu	82.33	Tamil Nadu	64.55
14.	Uttaranchal	72.28	Tripura	81.47	Punjab	63.55
15.	Gujarat	69.97	Gujarat	80.50	Nagaland	61.92
16.	Punjab	69.95	Haryana	79.25	Sikkim	61.46
17.	Sikkim	69.68	Manipur	77.87	Meghalaya	60.41
18.	West Bangal	69.22	Chhattisgarh	77.86	Uttranchal	60.26
19.	Manipur	68.87	West Bengal	77.58	West Bengal	6022
20.	Haryana	68.59	MP	76.80	Manipur	59.70
21.	Nagaland	67.11	Sikkim	76.73	Gujarat	58.60
22.	Karnataka	67.04	Rajasthan	76.46	Karnataka	57.45
	INDIA	65.38	Karnataka	76.29	Haryana	56.31
23.	Chhattisgarh	65.18	Orissa	75.95	Assam	56.03
24.	Assam	64.28	INDIA	75.85	INDIA	54.16
25.	MP	64.11	Punjab	75.63	Chhattisgarh	52.40
26.	Orissa	63.61	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	73.32	Andhra Pradesh	51.17
27.	Meghalaya	63.31	Assam	71.93	Orissa	50.97
28.	Andhra Pradesh	61.11	Nagaland	71.77	Madhya Pradesh	50.28
29.	Rajasthan	61.03	Andhra Pradesh	70.85	Rajasthan	44.34
30.	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	60.03	Uttar Pradesh	70.23	Arunachal Pradesh	44.24
31.	Uttar Pradesh	57.36	Jharkhand	67.94	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	42.99
32.	Arunchal Pradesh	54.74	Meghalaya	66.14	Uttar Pradesh	42.98
33.	J&K	54.46	J&K	65.75	J&K	41.82
34.	Jharkhand	54.13	Arunachal Pradesh	64.07	Jharkhand	39.38
35.	Bihar	47.53	Bihar	60.32	Bihar	33.57