The data below is aggregated from 756 Districts/Cities covering all 28 States and 8 Union Territories of India. Please click on a state to view rank data.
| Sr No | States/UT | Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd | Assamese Script | Bengali Script | Devnagri Script (Hindi) | Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi) | Kannada Script | Malayalam Script | Marathi Script | Gujarati Script | Odia Script | Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu) | Tamil Script | Telugu Script | Latin Script (English) | Other Scripts | English Multilingual Population | Script Pools # < 30, 000 |
| Metric Type | Literacy % | #People | #People | #People | #People | #People | #People | #People | #People | #People | #People | #People | #People | #People | #People | #People | #People | |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 74 | 1,054 | 9,335 | 123,771 | 3,075 | 12,079 | 13,344 | 17,919 | 7,051 | 32,867 | 1,002,624 | 109,280 | 7,830,747 | 2,802 | 2,538 | 1,794,236 | 48 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 80 | 16,710 | 86,241 | 73,109 | 1,756 | 192 | 1,957 | 680 | 81 | 2,057 | 611 | 370 | 538 | 56,905 | 16,713 | 89,406 | 1 |
| 3 | Assam | 77 | 1,442,139 | 894,049 | 502,481 | 10,559 | 1,007 | 2,077 | 1,784 | 991 | 6,501 | 2,383 | 1,822 | 7,557 | 67,920 | 7,528 | 355,836 | 21 |
| 4 | Bihar | 71 | 492 | 66,163 | 6,532,822 | 6,655 | 209 | 930 | 674 | 1,309 | 9,246 | 1,210,357 | 525 | 655 | 2,054 | 2,160 | 319,581 | 43 |
| 5 | Chattisgarh | 74 | 433 | 78,713 | 3,752,750 | 53,264 | 1,277 | 19,602 | 90,264 | 30,947 | 142,179 | 58,477 | 7,695 | 106,647 | 1,248 | 1,056 | 148,638 | 19 |
| 6 | Goa | 94 | 336 | 1,895 | 162,835 | 430 | 14,269 | 3,330 | 16,793 | 2,495 | 1,253 | 9,509 | 1,870 | 2,767 | 2,979 | 482 | 33,648 | 0 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 82 | 2,563 | 57,966 | 3,566,798 | 50,505 | 13,141 | 48,662 | 768,445 | 14,138,587 | 158,750 | 419,666 | 32,146 | 56,066 | 3,775 | 7,595 | 3,603,345 | 52 |
| 8 | Haryana | 80 | 2,477 | 51,511 | 5,717,632 | 476,860 | 2,560 | 12,339 | 9,238 | 5,433 | 10,377 | 37,270 | 10,610 | 7,762 | 2,934 | 1,939 | 1,483,387 | 46 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 84 | 79 | 940 | 338,806 | 33,903 | 65 | 227 | 514 | 275 | 293 | 1,112 | 194 | 191 | 302 | 12,061 | 62,019 | 5 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | 70 | 738 | 537,507 | 4,124,990 | 66,358 | 836 | 5,116 | 3,765 | 11,916 | 209,163 | 660,805 | 7,111 | 26,304 | 1,821 | 2,376 | 436,507 | 25 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 81 | 10,176 | 62,108 | 1,049,179 | 24,145 | 8,025,619 | 356,317 | 573,395 | 90,269 | 43,893 | 2,924,600 | 1,538,977 | 1,558,514 | 22,656 | 120,845 | 2,901,614 | 68 |
| 12 | Kerala | 98 | 2,827 | 14,446 | 83,730 | 1,188 | 40,904 | 13,003,149 | 6,604 | 4,291 | 6,286 | 4,742 | 127,574 | 14,468 | 3,301 | 1,873 | 4,021,469 | 19 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | 73 | 1,879 | 49,299 | 11,585,146 | 80,504 | 1,742 | 30,002 | 313,818 | 87,058 | 8,072 | 593,422 | 16,079 | 23,835 | 1,845 | 3,651 | 1,042,033 | 56 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 85 | 10,857 | 305,915 | 9,255,200 | 242,421 | 483,529 | 302,675 | 18,707,976 | 1,978,717 | 103,715 | 3,603,686 | 459,206 | 713,456 | 97,967 | 47,111 | 7,748,262 | 97 |
| 15 | Manipur | 81 | 502,746 | 5,378 | 21,356 | 626 | 163 | 555 | 225 | 56 | 253 | 67 | 256 | 332 | 97,687 | 2,739 | 295,113 | 2 |
| 16 | Meghalaya | 79 | 135,408 | 78,879 | 101,309 | 5,402 | 217 | 1,176 | 4,093 | 193 | 845 | 2,501 | 434 | 548 | 327,592 | 4,219 | 155,191 | 6 |
| 17 | Mizoram | 96 | 2,856 | 8,425 | 24,897 | 230 | 146 | 590 | 195 | 37 | 855 | 94 | 201 | 208 | 470,423 | 3,086 | 119,025 | 1 |
| 18 | Nagaland | 84 | 13,101 | 44,004 | 60,996 | 662 | 75 | 1,478 | 1,064 | 90 | 1,618 | 777 | 427 | 563 | 300,851 | 40,479 | 228,121 | 8 |
| 19 | Odisha | 76 | 460 | 75,081 | 230,027 | 6,929 | 614 | 2,355 | 1,756 | 9,017 | 2,952,330 | 171,390 | 2,050 | 142,499 | 744 | 8,369 | 931,325 | 28 |
| 20 | Punjab | 80 | 998 | 11,438 | 1,168,895 | 5,071,712 | 907 | 3,859 | 6,154 | 7,491 | 3,797 | 11,283 | 3,880 | 2,598 | 852 | 1,708 | 2,836,821 | 47 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | 76 | 2,367 | 43,984 | 9,778,696 | 221,940 | 3,095 | 14,854 | 11,788 | 25,632 | 8,894 | 415,705 | 5,007 | 4,483 | 3,842 | 2,759 | 716,718 | 38 |
| 22 | Sikkim | 86 | 547 | 4,203 | 124,997 | 314 | 118 | 479 | 630 | 123 | 527 | 1,076 | 261 | 373 | 194 | 24,525 | 65,866 | 2 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | 85 | 1,974 | 17,493 | 328,298 | 5,934 | 317,138 | 410,239 | 51,657 | 207,934 | 11,626 | 627,998 | 16,871,568 | 1,543,137 | 20,939 | 4,413 | 5,652,254 | 66 |
| 24 | Telangana | 73 | 2,062 | 22,346 | 629,743 | 17,882 | 78,416 | 33,725 | 169,256 | 41,556 | 27,413 | 2,849,180 | 104,077 | 7,314,895 | 8,049 | 5,763 | 2,212,217 | 39 |
| 25 | Tripura | 90 | 6,214 | 528,907 | 13,477 | 131 | 57 | 237 | 147 | 53 | 613 | 218 | 143 | 203 | 20,879 | 375 | 64,530 | 5 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | 72 | 7,290 | 91,182 | 25,533,276 | 155,146 | 4,251 | 19,981 | 19,626 | 7,092 | 14,709 | 3,310,360 | 12,512 | 11,885 | 7,117 | 1,903 | 2,808,396 | 86 |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | 85 | 735 | 27,092 | 1,277,546 | 49,579 | 496 | 1,140 | 2,239 | 1,420 | 1,236 | 47,440 | 980 | 1,103 | 615 | 2,965 | 177,140 | 8 |
| 28 | West Bengal | 81 | 2,596 | 12,874,245 | 3,590,037 | 40,950 | 632 | 7,056 | 5,484 | 33,871 | 159,027 | 1,262,461 | 9,867 | 34,687 | 12,242 | 13,271 | 1,808,334 | 29 |
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar | 92 | 129 | 15,199 | 33,782 | 880 | 185 | 11,552 | 365 | 162 | 672 | 1,113 | 29,894 | 32,591 | 2,041 | 146 | 42,339 | 3 |
| 2 | Chandigarh | 91 | 826 | 5,638 | 722,788 | 216,268 | 423 | 1,903 | 1,178 | 1,557 | 1,863 | 9,862 | 5,510 | 1,305 | 510 | 971 | 605,337 | 3 |
| 3 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 88 | 149 | 1,761 | 60,876 | 390 | 953 | 2,516 | 17,449 | 75,253 | 2,182 | 1,124 | 720 | 666 | 372 | 2,127 | 30,854 | 4 |
| 4 | Jammu and Kashmir | 70 | 4,670 | 8,620 | 2,392,403 | 110,910 | 2,546 | 4,783 | 9,385 | 6,943 | 4,967 | 11,735 | 5,831 | 5,818 | 979 | 4,788 | 616,901 | 11 |
| 5 | Ladakh | 79 | 227 | 571 | 11,711 | 1,399 | 198 | 369 | 1,286 | 235 | 294 | 1,496 | 405 | 429 | 23 | 28,565 | 11,312 | 0 |
| 6 | Lakshadweep | 97 | 1 | 101 | 85 | 3 | 7 | 10,703 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 100 | 7 | 2 | 166 | 3,245 | 0 |
| 7 | National Capital Territory of Delhi | 93 | 12,500 | 212,106 | 14,054,287 | 872,697 | 10,261 | 88,504 | 26,850 | 40,526 | 37,886 | 867,059 | 82,613 | 25,975 | 9,744 | 8,823 | 7,771,006 | 4 |
| 8 | Puducherry | 92 | 95 | 1,436 | 5,997 | 116 | 1,728 | 47,612 | 839 | 1,407 | 1,395 | 8,062 | 700,145 | 71,758 | 521 | 378 | 354,195 | 7 |
| India Total | 78 | 2,190,711 | 16,294,177 | 107,034,728 | 7,831,723 | 9,020,055 | 14,465,393 | 20,843,548 | 16,820,079 | 3,967,660 | 20,130,270 | 20,150,340 | 19,545,570 | 1,554,727 | 390,466 | 51,546,221 | 897 |