Literacy Rate for Scheduled Caste (SC)
State/Sex-wise Literacy Rate of Scheduled Castes in India(Census 2001)
State/UTs / Rural / Urban / Total
Person / Male / Female / Person / Male / Female / Person / Male / Female
Andhra Pradesh / 50.32 / 60.63 / 39.79 / 68.66 / 77.25 / 60.05 / 53.52 / 63.51 / 43.35
Arunachal Pradesh / 65.87 / 73.83 / 54.37 / 69.28 / 78.59 / 55.57 / 67.64 / 76.31 / 54.99
Assam / 64.92 / 74.21 / 54.94 / 76.86 / 84.08 / 69.08 / 66.78 / 75.74 / 57.14
Bihar / 26.93 / 38.66 / 14.13 / 49.11 / 60.63 / 35.70 / 28.47 / 40.23 / 15.58
Chattisgarh / 62.47 / 77.81 / 47.27 / 69.28 / 81.81 / 56.31 / 63.96 / 78.70 / 49.22
Goa / 70.77 / 81.27 / 60.34 / 72.88 / 81.79 / 63.53 / 71.92 / 81.56 / 62.05
Gujarat / 65.59 / 79.16 / 51.17 / 77.90 / 87.62 / 67.33 / 70.50 / 82.56 / 57.58
Haryana / 54.13 / 65.88 / 40.64 / 60.19 / 70.67 / 48.11 / 55.45 / 66.93 / 42.26
Himachal Pradesh / 69.54 / 79.45 / 59.44 / 81.06 / 87.28 / 73.83 / 70.31 / 80.01 / 60.35
Jammu & Kashmir / 57.10 / 68.02 / 45.26 / 67.90 / 76.52 / 57.96 / 59.03 / 69.57 / 47.46
Jharkhand / 32.52 / 46.57 / 17.73 / 58.14 / 71.24 / 43.11 / 37.56 / 51.59 / 22.55
Karnataka / 47.25 / 58.71 / 35.56 / 69.27 / 78.32 / 59.88 / 52.87 / 63.75 / 41.72
Kerala / 81.65 / 87.22 / 76.39 / 87.12 / 91.83 / 82.70 / 82.66 / 88.07 / 77.56
Madhya Pradesh / 55.39 / 69.73 / 39.44 / 68.02 / 80.06 / 54.69 / 58.57 / 72.33 / 43.28
Maharashtra / 67.88 / 80.56 / 54.71 / 78.27 / 87.58 / 68.41 / 71.90 / 83.29 / 59.98
Manipur / 70.76 / 79.79 / 61.38 / 73.14 / 82.86 / 63.77 / 72.32 / 81.78 / 62.97
Meghayala / 51.91 / 61.75 / 40.55 / 63.57 / 72.72 / 52.99 / 56.27 / 65.86 / 45.21
Mizoram / 88.89 / 88.33 / 100.00 / 89.30 / 88.49 / 91.67 / 89.20 / 88.44 / 92.16
Nagaland / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Orissa / 54.23 / 69.51 / 38.76 / 65.31 / 77.56 / 52.38 / 55.53 / 70.47 / 40.33
Punjab / 54.35 / 61.63 / 46.27 / 61.93 / 68.72 / 54.33 / 56.22 / 63.38 / 48.25
Rajasthan / 49.86 / 66.93 / 31.18 / 61.35 / 76.83 / 44.22 / 52.24 / 68.99 / 33.87
Sikkim / 0.23 / 67.56 / 52.63 / 81.99 / 87.92 / 76.05 / 63.04 / 70.15 / 55.71
Tamil Nadu / 59.61 / 70.48 / 48.79 / 71.45 / 80.17 / 62.77 / 63.19 / 73.41 / 53.01
Tripura / 73.59 / 80.98 / 65.88 / 79.51 / 85.78 / 73.15 / 74.68 / 81.85 / 67.24
Uttar Pradesh / 44.52 / 59.03 / 28.33 / 58.17 / 69.08 / 45.51 / 46.27 / 60.34 / 30.50
Uttaranchal / 61.53 / 76.34 / 46.11 / 72.01 / 81.29 / 61.42 / 63.40 / 77.26 / 48.74
West Bengal / 57.09 / 69.10 / 44.46 / 68.99 / 77.76 / 59.51 / 59.04 / 70.54 / 46.90
Andaman & Nicobar Islands / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Chandigarh / 65.82 / 73.63 / 55.25 / 67.85 / 76.47 / 57.41 / 67.66 / 76.20 / 57.22
Dadra & Nagar Haveli / 75.73 / 86.68 / 63.80 / 83.90 / 92.06 / 74.55 / 78.25 / 88.37 / 67.05
Daman & Diu / 86.11 / 94.26 / 77.28 / 83.65 / 93.66 / 73.70 / 85.13 / 94.03 / 75.82
Delhi / 70.82 / 82.40 / 57.18 / 70.85 / 80.63 / 59.24 / 70.85 / 80.77 / 59.07
Lakshadweep / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Pondicherry / 64.29 / 74.11 / 54.61 / 75.20 / 83.87 / 66.82 / 69.12 / 78.41 / 60.05
India / 51.16 / 63.66 / 37.84 / 68.12 / 77.93 / 57.49 / 54.69 / 66.64 / 41.90
Note : Excluding Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul Sub-Divisions
of Senapati District of Manipur.
Source : Department of Secondary and Higher Education,
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.
Drop-Out
State-wise Dropout Rates of Scheduled Caste (SC) Students in Classes I-V, I-VIII and I-X in India(2005-2006)
States/UTs / Classes l-V / Classes l-VIII / Classes l-X
Boys / Girls / Total / Boys / Girls / Total / Boys / Girls / Total
Andhra Pradesh / 25.12 / 25.86 / 25.49 / 62.63 / 66.47 / 64.51 / 68.41 / 72.20 / 70.24
Arunachal Pradesh / 22.58 / 42.31 / 31.58 / 29.63 / 46.15 / 37.74 / 39.39 / 42.31 / 40.68
Assam / 58.81 / 52.28 / 55.88 / 70.38 / 70.50 / 70.43 / 73.78 / 70.14 / 72.15
Bihar / 55.52 / 55.84 / 55.64 / 79.86 / 80.43 / 80.06 / 89.65 / 92.05 / 90.52
Chhattisgarh* / 25.00 / 24.77 / 24.89 / - / - / - / - / - / -
Goa / 4.02 / 17.02 / 10.33 / 49.32 / 56.15 / 52.48 / 80.00 / 73.46 / 76.85
Gujarat / 24.14 / 25.82 / 24.93 / 36.40 / 54.47 / 44.82 / 58.34 / 69.12 / 63.25
Haryana / 7.32 / 7.80 / 7.55 / 27.50 / 37.33 / 32.16 / 60.96 / 69.28 / 64.85
Himachal Pradesh / 14.82 / 16.08 / 15.44 / 23.95 / 29.29 / 26.61 / 47.64 / 53.00 / 50.28
Jammu & Kashmir / - / . / - / 12.03 / 23.99 / 17.70 / 56.72 / 54.66 / 55.79
Jharkhand* / 46.66 / 51.88 / 48.83 / - / - / - / - / - / -
Karnataka / 16.87 / 22.13 / 19.47 / 46.68 / 54.08 / 50.26 / 64.72 / 67.17 / 65.87
Kerala / -5.35 / -1.89 / -3.66 / -12.32 / -3.87 / -8.17 / 2^51 / 11.82 / 16.31
Madhya Pradesh / -0.23 / -3.79 / -1.85 / 36.67 / 51.51 / 43.28 / 62.13 / 71.05 / 65.92
Maharashtra / 12.82 / 15.41 / 14.07 / 41.05 / 28.83 / 35.16 / 53.75 / 54.88 / 54.29
Manipur / 32.89 / 21.26 / 27.26 / -15.76 / -8.54 / -12.28 / -3.42 / -1.43 / -2.47
Meghalaya / 49.73 / 39.74 / 45.19 / 65.21 / 69.14 / 67.16 / 73.87 / 74.63 / 74.24
Mizoram / 5.26 / 0.00 / 2.66 / - / - / - / - / - / -
Nagaland / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Orissa / 51.21 / 42.97 / 47.87 / 67.18 / 68.02 / 67.55 / 70.23 / 73.92 / 71.87
Punjab / 32.02 / 31.29 / 31.67 / 50.65 / 50.87 / 50.75 / 64.51 / 67.16 / 65.75
Rajasthan / 52.34 / 52.41 / 52.37 / 59.43 / 71.28 / 64.34 / 79.12 / 88.05 / 82.74
Sikkim / 14.58 / 5.17 / 10.02 / 72.50 / 59.44 / 66.69 / 86.58 / 82.91 / 84.95
Tamil Nadu / 1.59 / -47.72 / -17.42 / 25.65 / 11.84 / 19.49 / 49.43 / 43.11 / 46.50
Tripura / 14.13 / 10.54 / 12.39 / 50.42 / 19.20 / 35.23 / 72.89 / 77.04 / 74.91
Uttar Pradesh / 49.27 / 55.12 / 51.35 / 50.51 / 66.93 / 56.70 / 64.00 / 86.80 / 72.56
Uttarakhand / 36.44 / 40.32 / 38.37 / - / -
West Bengal / 43.43 / 50.95 / 47.05 / 70.18 / 73.69 / 71.77 / 79.40 / 82.12 / 54.66
Andaman & Nicobar Islands / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Chandigarh / -9.79 / -6.77 / -8.38 / 52.31 / 50.49 / 51.46 / 76.51 / 70.17 / 73.56
Dadra & Nagar Haveli / 9.46 / 18.46 / 13.67 / 6.06 / 25.42 / 15.20 / 29.31 / 22.64 / 26.13
Daman & Diu / -9.52 / -3.57 / -6.72 / -29.85 / 1.72 / -15.20 / -13.43 / 0.00 / -6.98
Delhi / 19.44 / 16.84 / 18.27 / 41.98 / 48.91 / 45.77 / 27.51 / 20.22 / 23.90
Lakshadweep / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Puducherry / -2.13 / -4.00 / -3.04 / -18.81 / -15.32 / -17.04 / 20.88 / 17.18 / 19.05
India / 37.03 / 35.36 / 36.31 / 54.60 / 58.37 / 56.24 / 68.42 / 73.42 / 70.57
Note : * : Dropout rates are shown combined with the respective parent state.
: Zero indicates that there is no Drop-Out.
Source : Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.
Literacy Rate for Scheduled Tribe (ST)
(Census 2001)
State/UTs / Rural / Urban / Total
Person / Male / Female / Person / Male / Female / Person / Male / Female
Andhra Pradesh / 35.43 / 46.09 / 24.48 / 56.39 / 66.16 / 45.99 / 37.04 / 47.66 / 26.11
Arunachal Pradesh / 45.04 / 54.33 / 35.83 / 77.39 / 85.92 / 69.05 / 49.62 / 58.77 / 40.56
Assam / 61.29 / 71.29 / 51.04 / 86.75 / 92.43 / 80.62 / 62.52 / 72.34 / 52.44
Bihar / 25.91 / 37.57 / 13.30 / 65.67 / 74.18 / 55.28 / 28.17 / 39.76 / 15.54
Chattisgarh / 50.95 / 63.96 / 38.21 / 71.71 / 82.87 / 59.77 / 52.09 / 65.04 / 39.35
Goa / 44.59 / 55.17 / 31.43 / 61.44 / 67.88 / 54.55 / 55.88 / 63.49 / 47.32
Gujarat / 46.45 / 58.06 / 34.60 / 61.76 / 71.01 / 51.78 / 47.74 / 59.18 / 36.02
Haryana / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Himachal Pradesh / 64.78 / 77.18 / 52.50 / 87.19 / 92.03 / 81.15 / 65.50 / 77.71 / 53.32
Jammu & Kashmir / 35.74 / 46.44 / 23.88 / 70.37 / 79.01 / 59.34 / 37.46 / 48.16 / 25.51
Jharkhand / 38.08 / 51.67 / 24.38 / 67.80 / 77.83 / 57.38 / 40.67 / 53.98 / 27.21
Karnataka / 45.26 / 56.92 / 33.32 / 64.57 / 74.39 / 54.34 / 48.27 / 59.66 / 36.57
Kerala / 63.65 / 70.20 / 57.28 / 81.21 / 84.96 / 77.70 / 64.35 / 70.78 / 58.11
Madhya Pradesh / 40.01 / 52.51 / 27.24 / 57.23 / 67.47 / 45.89 / 41.16 / 53.55 / 28.44
Maharashtra / 52.31 / 64.52 / 39.88 / 74.18 / 82.98 / 64.70 / 55.21 / 67.02 / 43.08
Manipur / 65.09 / 72.44 / 57.58 / 80.94 / 87.94 / 74.28 / 65.85 / 73.16 / 58.42
Meghayala / 56.36 / 58.72 / 53.97 / 86.67 / 88.95 / 84.58 / 61.34 / 63.49 / 59.20
Mizoram / 82.00 / 86.11 / 77.71 / 96.77 / 87.55 / 96.01 / 89.34 / 91.71 / 86.95
Nagaland / 62.55 / 67.09 / 57.72 / 88.70 / 91.63 / 85.60 / 65.95 / 70.26 / 61.35
Orissa / 36.13 / 50.35 / 22.07 / 58.12 / 69.80 / 45.77 / 37.37 / 51.48 / 23.37
Punjab / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Rajasthan / 43.70 / 61.23 / 25.22 / 60.79 / 75.74 / 42.97 / 44.66 / 62.10 / 26.16
Sikkim / 65.37 / 72.32 / 58.03 / 84.89 / 89.32 / 80.59 / 67.14 / 73.81 / 60.16
Tamil Nadu / 38.41 / 47.19 / 29.48 / 58.60 / 66.56 / 50.68 / 41.53 / 50.15 / 32.78
Tripura / 55.46 / 67.19 / 43.35 / 91.97 / 94.45 / 89.26 / 56.48 / 67.97 / 44.60
Uttar Pradesh / 32.99 / 46.71 / 18.34 / 51.10 / 60.61 / 39.54 / 35.13 / 48.45 / 20.70
Uttaranchal / 61.65 / 75.29 / 47.36 / 85.91 / 91.55 / 79.48 / 63.23 / 76.39 / 49.37
West Bengal / 42.35 / 56.60 / 27.88 / 58.67 / 68.57 / 48.20 / 43.40 / 57.38 / 29.15
Andaman & Nicobar Islands / 65.82 / 72.68 / 58.62 / 93.71 / 97.01 / 89.49 / 66.79 / 73.61 / 59.58
Chandigarh / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Dadra & Nagar Haveli / 38.94 / 53.82 / 24.60 / 69.18 / 81.54 / 56.73 / 41.24 / 55.97 / 26.99
Daman & Diu / 62.83 / 73.95 / 51.05 / 65.72 / 75.34 / 55.40 / 63.42 / 74.23 / 51.93
Delhi / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Lakshadweep / 84.71 / 91.26 / 78.18 / 87.90 / 93.29 / 82.64 / 86.14 / 92.16 / 80.18
Pondicherry / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
India / 45.02 / 57.39 / 32.44 / 69.09 / 77.77 / 59.87 / 47.10 / 59.17 / 34.76
Note : Excluding Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul Sub-Divisions of Senapati District of Manipur.
Source : Department of Secondary and Higher Education,
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.
Drop-Out
(2005-2006)
States/UTs / Classes l-V / Classes l-VIII / Classes l-X
Boys / Girls / Total / Boys / Girls / Total / Boys / Girls / Total
Andhra Pradesh / 47.46 / 52.13 / 49.73 / 76.17 / 81.17 / 78.51 / 80.05 / 83.88 / 81.76
Arunachal Pradesh / 45.59 / 45.63 / 45.61 / 58.19 / 57.77 / 58.00 / 73.10 / 76.09 / 74.47
Assam / 60.98 / 52.05 / 57.12 / 74.53 / 77.42 / 75.73 / 79.09 / 75.93 / 77.77
Bihar / 49.71 / 44.77 / 48.00 / 75.08 / 72.66 / 74.15 / 87,49 / 89.35 / 88.27
Chhattisgarh* / 34.91 / 33.06 / 34.04 / - / - / - / - / - / -
Goa / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Gujarat / 40.56 / 40.91 / 40.72 / 61.76 / 68.18 / 64.70 / 72.39 / 73.30 / 72.79
Haryana / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Himachal Pradesh / -4.55 / -2.66 / -3.61 / -2.75 / 5.73 / 1.46 / 24.22 / 32.32 / 28.21
Jammu & Kashmir / - / - / - / 40.05 / 33.45 / 37.55 / 63.59 / 58.66 / 61.48
Jharkhand* / 57.00 / 62.68 / 59.55 / - / - / - / - / - / -
Karnataka / 10.49 / 9.37 / 9.95 / 38.34 / 48.94 / 43.46 / 64.99 / 68.27 / 66.50
Kerala / -2.18 / 5.81 / 1.78 / 9.44 / 14.02 / 11.64 / 53.75 / 48.26 / 51.10
Madhya Pradesh / -18.73 / -26.44 / -22.21 / 44.05 / 44.24 / 44.13 / 74.41 / 78.84 / 76.25
Maharashtra / 28.32 / 27.67 / 28.01 / 47.03 / 46.40 / 46.73 / 61.30 / 59.35 / 60.40
Manipur / 46.77 / 56.79 / 51.58 / 56.27 / 62.69 / 59.51 / 71.50 / 71.27 / 71.40
Meghalaya / 45.66 / 41.07 / 43.39 / 68.86 / 65.08 / 66.98 / 81.65 / 80.57 / 81.11
Mizoram / 35.45 / 36.57 / 36.00 / 65.78 / 62.27 / 64.12 / 75.63 / 71.65 / 73.75
Nagaland / 37.65 / 37.16 / 37.42 / 34.28 / 29.45 / 32.03 / 64.17 / 64.25 / 64.21
Orissa / 71.01 / 70.92 / 70.97 / 81.86 / 78.96 / 80.74 / 82.44 / 81.71 / 82.15
Punjab / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Rajasthan / 52.52 / 56.42 / 54.23 / 55.73 / 65.18 / 59.51 / 78.65 / 87.03 / 81.91
Sikkim / 3.28 / 3.55 / 3.42 / 36.93 / 13.75 / 25.90 / 71.72 / 62.91 / 67.52
Tamil Nadu / 25.47 / 39.52 / 32.34 / 52.50 / 50.32 / 51.51 / 75.90 / 64.30 / 71.78
Tripura / 37.76 / 44.88 / 41.13 / 68.88 / 71.53 / 70.13 / 83.80 / 84.28 / 84.03
Uttar Pradesh / 68.05 / 72.03 / 69.62 / 28.77 / 30.83 / 29.65 / 49.77 / 60.35 / 54.18
Uttarakhand / 26.63 / 32.12 / 29.47 / - / - / - / - / - / -
West Bengal / 57.75 / 55.76 / 56.91 / 80.91 / 74.61 / 78.83 / 87.90 / 83.63 / 86.64
Andaman & Nicobar Islands / 18.38 / 25.79 / 22.24 / 34.20 / 34.81 / 34.47 / 29.35 / 27.75 / 28.57
Chandigarh / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
Dadra & Nagar Haveli / 23.58 / 35.30 / 29.03 / 38.64 / 60.75 / 48.80 / 59.93 / 75.13 / 66.81
Daman & Diu / -8.77 / 0.00 / -4.60 / 30.27 / 38.50 / 33.97 / 58.11 / 68.13 / 62.71
Delhi / - / - / - / 1.74 / 22.69 / 11.52 / 29.02 / 34.10 / 31.48
Lakshadweep / 7.18 / 1 1.35 / 9.15 / 5.82 / 8.86 / 7.26 / 17.60 / 15.36 / 16.49
Puducherry / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / - / -
India / 41.10 / 40.03 / 40.61 / 62.71 / 62.74 / 62.72 / 76.90 / 77.49 / 77.14
Note : * : Dropout rates are shown combined with the respective parent state.
: Zero indicates that there is no Drop-Out.
Source : Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.