Literacy Rate* | |||||||
Persons | Males | Females | |||||
SL | State/District | 1991 | 2001 | 1991 | 2001 | 1991 | 2001 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
37.49 | 47.53 | 51.37 | 60.32 | 21.99 | 33.57 | ||
1. | 27.99 | 39.63 | 39.62 | 51.91 | 14.41 | 25.85 | |
2. | 27.59 | 38.14 | 39.65 | 50.14 | 13.69 | 24.65 | |
3. | Sheohar | 26.18 | 37.01 | 36.36 | 45.54 | 14.34 | 27.43 |
4. | Sitamarhi | 28.49 | 39.38 | 39.86 | 51.02 | 15.49 | 26.35 |
5. | Madhubani | 33.22 | 42.35 | 48.49 | 57.26 | 16.75 | 26.56 |
6. | Supaul | 28.11 | 37.80 | 40.96 | 53.23 | 13.74 | 21.02 |
7. | Araria | 26.19 | 34.94 | 36.99 | 46.50 | 14.01 | 22.14 |
8. | Kishanganj | 22.22 | 31.02 | 33.12 | 42.80 | 10.38 | 18.49 |
9. | Purnia | 28.52 | 35.51 | 38.92 | 46.16 | 16.80 | 23.72 |
10. | Katihar | 28.70 | 35.29 | 39.24 | 45.51 | 16.88 | 24.03 |
11. | Madhepura | 27.72 | 36.19 | 39.31 | 48.87 | 14.41 | 22.31 |
12. | Saharsa | 29.98 | 39.28 | 42.37 | 52.04 | 15.83 | 25.31 |
13. | Darbhanga | 34.94 | 44.32 | 48.31 | 57.18 | 20.09 | 30.35 |
14. | Muzaffarpur | 36.11 | 48.15 | 48.44 | 60.19 | 22.33 | 35.20 |
15. | Gopalganj | 34.96 | 48.19 | 51.62 | 63.81 | 17.75 | 32.81 |
16. | Siwan | 39.13 | 52.01 | 57.51 | 67.67 | 21.33 | 37.26 |
17. | Saran | 41.79 | 52.01 | 60.18 | 67.81 | 22.71 | 35.74 |
18. | Vaishali | 40.56 | 51.63 | 55.62 | 64.00 | 24.08 | 38.14 |
19. | Samastipur | 36.37 | 45.76 | 50.39 | 57.83 | 21.17 | 32.69 |
20. | Begusarai | 36.88 | 48.55 | 48.66 | 59.71 | 23.52 | 36.21 |
21. | Khagaria | 32.33 | 41.56 | 42.97 | 52.02 | 19.79 | 29.62 |
22. | 41.84 | 50.28 | 53.41 | 60.11 | 28.11 | 38.83 | |
23. | 34.55 | 43.40 | 48.17 | 56.28 | 18.99 | 29.10 | |
24. | Munger | 52.25 | 60.11 | 64.95 | 70.68 | 37.07 | 47.97 |
25. | Lakhisarai | 39.40 | 48.21 | 53.12 | 60.97 | 23.48 | 34.26 |
26. | Sheikhpura | 40.92 | 49.01 | 55.43 | 62.56 | 24.41 | 34.13 |
27. | Nalanda | 46.95 | 53.64 | 61.95 | 66.94 | 29.97 | 39.03 |
28. | 56.33 | 63.82 | 69.07 | 73.81 | 41.35 | 52.17 | |
29. | Bhojpur | 48.18 | 59.71 | 66.35 | 74.78 | 27.95 | 42.81 |
30. | Buxar | 33.49 | 57.49 | 62.94 | 72.82 | 25.74 | 40.36 |
31. | Kaimur | 39.35 | 55.57 | 55.68 | 70.57 | 20.69 | 38.90 |
32. | Rohtas | 48.52 | 62.36 | 64.50 | 76.54 | 30.29 | 46.62 |
33. | Jehanabad | 45.83 | 56.03 | 63.11 | 70.90 | 26.81 | 40.08 |
34. | 45.14 | 57.50 | 61.80 | 71.99 | 26.67 | 42.04 | |
35. | 40.47 | 51.07 | 55.22 | 63.81 | 24.20 | 37.40 | |
36. | Nawada | 38.96 | 47.36 | 54.85 | 61.22 | 21.82 | 32.64 |
37. | Jamui | 33.41 | 42.74 | 48.48 | 57.10 | 16.41 | 26.92 |
* Literacy Rate is the percentage of literates to population of age 7 years and above.