^TABLE 6: STATE-WISE LITERACY RATES (PDF) (Report). Office of Registrar General India. 2011.
^NSO 2018, pp. 43, 252.
^NSO 2018, p. 252.
Notes
^Figures from Census 2011 includes those from Telangana state as well which separated from Andhra only in 2014
^Literacy rates for 1951, 1961 and 1971 Censuses relate to population aged five years and above. The rates for the 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011 Censuses relate to the population aged seven years and above. The literacy rate for 1951 in case of West Bengal relates to Total Population including 0-4 age group. Literacy rate for 1951 in respect of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Manipur are based on sample population.
^India and Manipur figures exclude those of the three sub-divisions viz., Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul of Senapati district of Manipur as census results of 2001 in these three sub-divisions were cancelled due to technical and administrative reasons.
Sources
Census (2011), Chapter 6: State of Literacy (PDF), Government of India
NSO (2018). Household Social Consumption on Education in India (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
Further reading
Figures at a glance - Provisional Population Totals, Census of India, 2011 (PDF) (Report). 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
"People in Andhra Pradesh surprised at lowest literacy rate of 64%". Business Standard.