| Zone | State Name | Total Population | 1 = No. of Illiterates | % 1 = Illiterates | 2 = No. of Literates but below primary | % 2 = Literates but below primary | 3 = No. of Primary | % 3 = Primary | 4 = No. of Middle | % 4 = Middle | 5 = No. of Secondary | % 5 = Secondary | 6 = No. of Higher Secondary | % 6 = Higher Secondary | 7 = No. of Graduate or Higher | % 7 = Graduate or Higher | 8 = No. of Other (Specify) | % 8 = Other (Specify) |
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| All India | 886692406 | 316795697 | 35.73% | 123835207 | 13.97% | 157572788 | 17.77% | 119909955 | 13.52% | 85021861 | 9.59% | 48018733 | 5.42% | 30589123 | 3.45% | 4744685 | 0.54% | |
| North Total | 47662769 | 15663982 | 32.86% | 4976876 | 10.44% | 7640609 | 16.03% | 6669481 | 13.99% | 6633303 | 13.92% | 3984533 | 8.36% | 1767999 | 3.71% | 325371 | 0.68% | |
| North | JAMMU & KASHMIR (01) | 8822753 | 3487110 | 39.52% | 891698 | 10.11% | 1176404 | 13.33% | 1366971 | 15.49% | 1021889 | 11.58% | 537446 | 6.09% | 285884 | 3.24% | 55041 | 0.62% |
| North | HIMACHAL PRADESH (02) | 5940056 | 1309180 | 22.04% | 597483 | 10.06% | 1044664 | 17.59% | 905113 | 15.24% | 1052768 | 17.72% | 677185 | 11.4% | 309059 | 5.2% | 44562 | 0.75% |
| North | PUNJAB (03) | 16864339 | 5372292 | 31.86% | 1664615 | 9.87% | 2918580 | 17.31% | 2323743 | 13.78% | 2522688 | 14.96% | 1442005 | 8.55% | 509388 | 3.02% | 111026 | 0.66% |
| North | HARYANA (06) | 16035621 | 5495400 | 34.27% | 1823080 | 11.37% | 2500961 | 15.6% | 2073654 | 12.93% | 2035958 | 12.7% | 1327897 | 8.28% | 663668 | 4.14% | 114742 | 0.72% |
| East Total | 233233971 | 90559817 | 38.83% | 38103502 | 16.34% | 41374578 | 17.74% | 31825480 | 13.65% | 16348595 | 7.01% | 8403367 | 3.6% | 5734233 | 2.46% | 755619 | 0.32% | |
| East | BIHAR (10) | 98552478 | 43288391 | 43.92% | 19460299 | 19.75% | 14816264 | 15.03% | 8659293 | 8.79% | 6207898 | 6.3% | 3566411 | 3.62% | 2239524 | 2.27% | 223115 | 0.23% |
| East | WEST BENGAL (19) | 70768255 | 23760612 | 33.58% | 9350688 | 13.21% | 14347935 | 20.27% | 13872724 | 19.6% | 4847199 | 6.85% | 2448743 | 3.46% | 1892823 | 2.67% | 245697 | 0.35% |
| East | JHARKHAND (20) | 27397111 | 10764670 | 39.29% | 4269951 | 15.59% | 5053533 | 18.45% | 3565212 | 13.01% | 1998765 | 7.3% | 1062210 | 3.88% | 583523 | 2.13% | 64336 | 0.23% |
| East | ODISHA (21) | 36516127 | 12746144 | 34.91% | 5022564 | 13.75% | 7156846 | 19.6% | 5728251 | 15.69% | 3294733 | 9.02% | 1326003 | 3.63% | 1018363 | 2.79% | 222471 | 0.61% |
| West Total | 153880989 | 54036317 | 35.12% | 19947937 | 12.96% | 29365665 | 19.08% | 18048064 | 11.73% | 16899356 | 10.98% | 9299378 | 6.04% | 5388712 | 3.5% | 893395 | 0.58% | |
| West | RAJASTHAN (08) | 54412419 | 25889689 | 47.58% | 7990425 | 14.68% | 7517220 | 13.82% | 5800899 | 10.66% | 3310674 | 6.08% | 2071281 | 3.81% | 1605257 | 2.95% | 226953 | 0.42% |
| West | GUJARAT (24) | 34538246 | 10712386 | 31.02% | 4490111 | 13% | 9667824 | 27.99% | 3146982 | 9.11% | 3684358 | 10.67% | 1646435 | 4.77% | 938083 | 2.72% | 251898 | 0.73% |
| West | MAHARASHTRA (27) | 63985959 | 17288613 | 27.02% | 7412721 | 11.58% | 12049862 | 18.83% | 8896333 | 13.9% | 9709849 | 15.17% | 5471767 | 8.55% | 2755853 | 4.31% | 398986 | 0.62% |
| West | GOA (30) | 944365 | 145629 | 15.42% | 54680 | 5.79% | 130759 | 13.85% | 203850 | 21.59% | 194475 | 20.59% | 109895 | 11.64% | 89519 | 9.48% | 15558 | 1.65% |
| South Total | 164522575 | 48732413 | 29.62% | 17632797 | 10.72% | 30129243 | 18.31% | 24403832 | 14.83% | 22089112 | 13.43% | 11353019 | 6.9% | 8330064 | 5.06% | 1844813 | 1.12% | |
| South | ANDHRA PRADESH (28) | 36065455 | 13668748 | 37.9% | 5308273 | 14.72% | 6169888 | 17.11% | 4774506 | 13.24% | 3075664 | 8.53% | 1607883 | 4.46% | 1235540 | 3.43% | 224233 | 0.62% |
| South | KARNATAKA (29) | 38183242 | 12041709 | 31.54% | 4336902 | 11.36% | 8460215 | 22.16% | 4556956 | 11.93% | 4688189 | 12.28% | 2384924 | 6.25% | 1377125 | 3.61% | 337205 | 0.88% |
| South | KERALA (32) | 27232419 | 3099591 | 11.38% | 2150300 | 7.9% | 4601845 | 16.9% | 5373133 | 19.73% | 6269183 | 23.02% | 3099132 | 11.38% | 2114172 | 7.76% | 524867 | 1.93% |
| South | TAMILNADU (33) | 39644183 | 10461562 | 26.39% | 3330208 | 8.4% | 7470404 | 18.84% | 6693655 | 16.88% | 5586909 | 14.09% | 2848172 | 7.18% | 2618641 | 6.61% | 631390 | 1.59% |
| South | TELANGANA (36) | 23397276 | 9460803 | 40.44% | 2507114 | 10.72% | 3426891 | 14.65% | 3005582 | 12.85% | 2469167 | 10.55% | 1412908 | 6.04% | 984586 | 4.21% | 127118 | 0.54% |
| Central Total | 241269206 | 94529073 | 39.18% | 37449064 | 15.52% | 39677576 | 16.45% | 30025356 | 12.44% | 18657451 | 7.73% | 12330887 | 5.11% | 7793219 | 3.23% | 742811 | 0.31% | |
| Central | UTTARAKHAND (05) | 7231745 | 1837234 | 25.41% | 963152 | 13.32% | 1355631 | 18.75% | 1207184 | 16.69% | 825291 | 11.41% | 585296 | 8.09% | 422317 | 5.84% | 35612 | 0.49% |
| Central | UTTAR PRADESH (09) | 162778694 | 62092962 | 38.15% | 24885698 | 15.29% | 27221517 | 16.72% | 20848975 | 12.81% | 12892737 | 7.92% | 8459145 | 5.2% | 5797761 | 3.56% | 518576 | 0.32% |
| Central | CHHATTISGARH (22) | 19583938 | 7745604 | 39.55% | 3225293 | 16.47% | 3249041 | 16.59% | 2675423 | 13.66% | 1260458 | 6.44% | 952508 | 4.86% | 415410 | 2.12% | 60105 | 0.31% |
| Central | MADHYA PRADESH (23) | 51674829 | 22853273 | 44.23% | 8374921 | 16.21% | 7851387 | 15.19% | 5293774 | 10.24% | 3678965 | 7.12% | 2333938 | 4.52% | 1157731 | 2.24% | 128518 | 0.25% |
| North Eastern Total | 39794232 | 12306406 | 30.93% | 5172458 | 13% | 8214516 | 20.64% | 7733990 | 19.43% | 3314439 | 8.33% | 1906983 | 4.79% | 1003785 | 2.52% | 140202 | 0.35% | |
| North Eastern | SIKKIM (11) | 412574 | 83016 | 20.12% | 82172 | 19.92% | 100078 | 24.26% | 70428 | 17.07% | 36098 | 8.75% | 21494 | 5.21% | 16827 | 4.08% | 2461 | 0.6% |
| North Eastern | ARUNACHAL PRADESH (12) | 1021824 | 394909 | 38.65% | 136380 | 13.35% | 166592 | 16.3% | 137669 | 13.47% | 87949 | 8.61% | 58895 | 5.76% | 35311 | 3.46% | 4094 | 0.4% |
| North Eastern | NAGALAND (13) | 1459531 | 433922 | 29.73% | 189554 | 12.99% | 311633 | 21.35% | 290190 | 19.88% | 121443 | 8.32% | 61240 | 4.2% | 47226 | 3.24% | 4323 | 0.3% |
| North Eastern | MANIPUR (14) | 2361129 | 622281 | 26.36% | 208140 | 8.82% | 395451 | 16.75% | 468945 | 19.86% | 304982 | 12.92% | 199447 | 8.45% | 152817 | 6.47% | 9057 | 0.38% |
| North Eastern | MIZORAM (15) | 528466 | 133704 | 25.3% | 81850 | 15.49% | 124961 | 23.65% | 110930 | 20.99% | 51574 | 9.76% | 15598 | 2.95% | 9577 | 1.81% | 272 | 0.05% |
| North Eastern | TRIPURA (16) | 2994168 | 660339 | 22.05% | 491888 | 16.43% | 776350 | 25.93% | 700773 | 23.4% | 206171 | 6.89% | 88286 | 2.95% | 58854 | 1.97% | 10662 | 0.36% |
| North Eastern | MEGHALAYA (17) | 2564624 | 856566 | 33.4% | 455696 | 17.77% | 533265 | 20.79% | 335842 | 13.1% | 221907 | 8.65% | 93682 | 3.65% | 54133 | 2.11% | 13533 | 0.53% |
| North Eastern | ASSAM (18) | 28451916 | 9121669 | 32.06% | 3526778 | 12.4% | 5806186 | 20.41% | 5619213 | 19.75% | 2284315 | 8.03% | 1368341 | 4.81% | 629040 | 2.21% | 95800 | 0.34% |
| UT Total | 6328664 | 967689 | 15.29% | 552573 | 8.73% | 1170601 | 18.5% | 1203752 | 19.02% | 1079605 | 17.06% | 740566 | 11.7% | 571111 | 9.02% | 42474 | 0.67% | |
| UT | CHANDIGARH (04) | 66077 | 18758 | 28.39% | 6642 | 10.05% | 9816 | 14.86% | 9750 | 14.76% | 9879 | 14.95% | 6408 | 9.7% | 4506 | 6.82% | 318 | 0.48% |
| UT | NCT OF DELHI (07) | 5103871 | 693162 | 13.58% | 446498 | 8.75% | 944003 | 18.5% | 987412 | 19.35% | 881642 | 17.27% | 633578 | 12.41% | 491109 | 9.62% | 26204 | 0.51% |
| UT | DAMAN AND DIU (25) | 127453 | 22281 | 17.48% | 7647 | 6% | 26258 | 20.6% | 30095 | 23.61% | 23651 | 18.56% | 11183 | 8.77% | 5090 | 3.99% | 1248 | 0.98% |
| UT | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI (26) | 214842 | 77965 | 36.29% | 19340 | 9% | 52239 | 24.32% | 21898 | 10.19% | 23441 | 10.91% | 11741 | 5.46% | 6507 | 3.03% | 1711 | 0.8% |
| UT | LAKSHADWEEP (31) | 64010 | 5953 | 9.3% | 5641 | 8.81% | 13391 | 20.92% | 13836 | 21.62% | 13997 | 21.87% | 6642 | 10.38% | 3491 | 5.45% | 1059 | 1.65% |
| UT | PUDUCHERRY (34) | 475551 | 94678 | 19.91% | 38545 | 8.11% | 77549 | 16.31% | 86143 | 18.11% | 83764 | 17.61% | 40808 | 8.58% | 44608 | 9.38% | 9456 | 1.99% |
| UT | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS (35) | 276860 | 54892 | 19.83% | 28260 | 10.21% | 47345 | 17.1% | 54618 | 19.73% | 43231 | 15.61% | 30206 | 10.91% | 15800 | 5.71% | 2478 | 0.9% |