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