Ranking of States in India by Literacy Rate (2011 Census)

1. Kerala - 93.91%
2. Mizoram - 91.6%
3. Tripura - 87.8%
4. Goa - 87.4%
5. Himachal Pradesh - 83.8%
6. Nagaland - 82.9%
7. Sikkim - 82.2%
8. Tamil Nadu - 80.3%
9. Maharashtra- 80.1%
10. Punjab - 79.9%
11. Manipur - 79.8%
12. Uttarakhand - 79.6%
13. Gujarat - 79.3%
14. West Bengal - 77.1%
15. Haryana - 76.6%
16. Karnataka - 75.6%
17. Meghalaya - 75.5%
18. Odisha - 73.45%
19. Assam - 73.2%
20. Chattisgarh - 71%
21. Madhya Pradesh - 70.6%
22. Uttar Pradesh - 71.7%
23. Jammu and Kashmir - 68.7%
24. Andhra Pradesh - 67.7%
25. Jharkhand - 67.6%
26. Rajasthan - 67.1%
27. Arunachal Pradesh - 67%
28. Bihar - 63.8%
*In September 2013, the State Government of
Tripura claimed that the state has surpassed
Kerala as the most literate state in India, with
a literacy rate of 94.65%.