| District 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| East Zone 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% |
| State Total | 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% |
| Darjiling (01) | 1309512 | 355977 | 27.18% | 152452 | 11.64% | 278179 | 21.24% | 298466 | 22.79% | 111046 | 8.48% | 63524 | 4.85% | 44640 | 3.41% | 4965 | 0.38% |
| Jalpaiguri (02) | 3400984 | 1137818 | 33.46% | 422527 | 12.42% | 696085 | 20.47% | 706717 | 20.78% | 235994 | 6.94% | 112482 | 3.31% | 76859 | 2.26% | 12500 | 0.37% |
| KochBihar (03) | 2670225 | 848510 | 31.78% | 379629 | 14.22% | 570602 | 21.37% | 551194 | 20.64% | 185319 | 6.94% | 75142 | 2.81% | 54531 | 2.04% | 5128 | 0.19% |
| UttarDinajpur (04) | 2724766 | 1355670 | 49.75% | 366112 | 13.44% | 433378 | 15.91% | 352283 | 12.93% | 127717 | 4.69% | 50933 | 1.87% | 30606 | 1.12% | 7988 | 0.29% |
| DakshinDinajpur (05) | 1482142 | 511257 | 34.49% | 230643 | 15.56% | 290762 | 19.62% | 278345 | 18.78% | 100180 | 6.76% | 38678 | 2.61% | 28999 | 1.96% | 3278 | 0.22% |
| Maldah (06) | 3820114 | 1910757 | 50.02% | 459050 | 12.02% | 580942 | 15.21% | 526852 | 13.79% | 196817 | 5.15% | 79862 | 2.09% | 54984 | 1.44% | 10850 | 0.28% |
| Murshidabad (07) | 6801254 | 2905036 | 42.71% | 790770 | 11.63% | 1320435 | 19.41% | 1090683 | 16.04% | 381768 | 5.61% | 181005 | 2.66% | 114945 | 1.69% | 16612 | 0.24% |
| Birbhum (08) | 3221127 | 1275950 | 39.61% | 392383 | 12.18% | 604552 | 18.77% | 555305 | 17.24% | 208792 | 6.48% | 97350 | 3.02% | 77479 | 2.41% | 9316 | 0.29% |
| Barddhaman (09) | 5503907 | 1752888 | 31.85% | 615297 | 11.18% | 1078442 | 19.59% | 1158333 | 21.05% | 437454 | 7.95% | 235237 | 4.27% | 203924 | 3.71% | 22332 | 0.41% |
| Nadia (10) | 4387294 | 1457302 | 33.22% | 531520 | 12.11% | 922154 | 21.02% | 854159 | 19.47% | 314707 | 7.17% | 168159 | 3.83% | 127514 | 2.91% | 11779 | 0.27% |
| NorthTwentyFourParganas (11) | 5026419 | 1376513 | 27.39% | 763208 | 15.18% | 1127176 | 22.43% | 1051045 | 20.91% | 356926 | 7.1% | 178064 | 3.54% | 153561 | 3.06% | 19922 | 0.4% |
| Hugli (12) | 3996736 | 980102 | 24.52% | 557496 | 13.95% | 912985 | 22.84% | 839933 | 21.02% | 321946 | 8.06% | 191629 | 4.79% | 174238 | 4.36% | 18343 | 0.46% |
| Bankura (13) | 3423296 | 1372597 | 40.1% | 431353 | 12.6% | 508676 | 14.86% | 634156 | 18.52% | 233613 | 6.82% | 124675 | 3.64% | 104885 | 3.06% | 12568 | 0.37% |
| Puruliya (14) | 2780989 | 1236708 | 44.47% | 288105 | 10.36% | 455636 | 16.38% | 494844 | 17.79% | 159661 | 5.74% | 79522 | 2.86% | 59528 | 2.14% | 6985 | 0.25% |
| Haora (15) | 3243000 | 722577 | 22.28% | 416756 | 12.85% | 808197 | 24.92% | 762404 | 23.51% | 252582 | 7.79% | 147101 | 4.54% | 121230 | 3.74% | 12153 | 0.37% |
| SouthTwentyFourParganas (17) | 6877633 | 2023723 | 29.42% | 1036880 | 15.08% | 1588355 | 23.09% | 1371541 | 19.94% | 425779 | 6.19% | 221857 | 3.23% | 185348 | 2.69% | 24116 | 0.35% |
| PaschimMedinipur (18) | 5335598 | 1584505 | 29.7% | 784251 | 14.7% | 1034380 | 19.39% | 1160277 | 21.75% | 401424 | 7.52% | 205847 | 3.86% | 139985 | 2.62% | 24487 | 0.46% |
| PurbaMedinipur (19) | 4763259 | 952722 | 20% | 732256 | 15.37% | 1136999 | 23.87% | 1186187 | 24.9% | 395474 | 8.3% | 197676 | 4.15% | 139567 | 2.93% | 22375 | 0.47% |