Table 6 : DISTRIBUTION (%) OF HOUSEHOLDS BY LITERACY STATUS OF MALE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD

n

Literacy Status

State

Illiterate

Read & Write

1-4 std.

5-8 std.

9-12 std.

College

Kerala

2400

7.2

0.5

25.3

20.1

41.5

5.5

Tamil Nadu

2400

21.4

2.3

8.8

35.5

25.8

6.2

Karnataka

2399

37.4

2.8

12.5

18.3

23.1

5.8

Andhra Pradesh

2400

54.0

1.7

8.4

13.2

18.8

3.9

Maharashtra

2400

22.0

0.9

17.3

20.3

32.6

7.0

Gujarat

2390

28.6

0.1

14.4

23.1

26.9

6.8

Madhya Pradesh

2402

29.1

3.4

8.5

35.1

13.3

10.6

Orissa

2405

33.2

1.0

10.4

25.7

21.2

8.5

West Bengal

2293

41.7

4.4

13.2

17.1

21.2

2.4

Uttar Pradesh

2400

35.3

2.1

4.5

23.3

27.1

7.6

Pooled

23889

30.9

1.9

12.3

23.2

25.2

6.4

Table 7 : DISTRIBUTION (%) OF HOUSEHOLDS BY LITERACY STATUS OF ADULT WOMEN

n

Literacy Status

State

Illiterate

Read & Write

1-4 std.

5-8 std.

9-12 std.

College

Kerala

2400

8.8

0.3

20.1

17.0

45.6

8.2

Tamil Nadu

2400

29.9

1.5

8.5

33.1

22.3

4.8

Karnataka

2399

47.9

2.5

10.2

18.8

18.4

2.3

Andhra Pradesh

2400

66.4

0.7

6.8

12.9

11.4

1.8

Maharashtra

2400

41.3

0.6

14.1

20.1

21.6

2.2

Gujarat

2390

57.6

0.1

10.3

16.5

12.9

2.7

Madhya Pradesh

2402

58.7

2.2

6.6

24.1

5.3

3.0

Orissa

2405

50.0

0.9

8.1

21.9

15.1

4.0

West Bengal

2293

49.1

4.8

11.2

16.8

17.1

1.1

Uttar Pradesh

2400

67.3

2.0

3.1

17.2

7.7

2.7

Pooled

23889

47.7

1.5

9.9

19.9

17.8

3.3

NNMB 75 Rural-Third Repeat Survey 2011-12