| LITERACY RATES BY SEX FOR STATE AND DISTRICTS | |||||||
| Sl. No. | State/District | Persons 1991 | Persons 2001 | Males 1991 | Males 2001 | Females 1991 | Females 2001 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | 40.71 | 57.36 | 54.82 | 70.23 | 24.37 | 42.98 | |
| 1 | SAHARANPUR | 42.11 | 62.61 | 53.85 | 72.26 | 28.10 | 51.42 |
| 2 | MUZAFFARNAGAR | 44.00 | 61.68 | 56.63 | 73.11 | 29.12 | 48.63 |
| 3 | BIJNOR | 40.55 | 59.37 | 52.57 | 70.18 | 26.50 | 47.28 |
| 4 | MORADABAD | 30.67 | 45.74 | 40.35 | 56.66 | 19.03 | 33.32 |
| 5 | RAMPUR | 25.37 | 38.95 | 33.79 | 48.62 | 15.31 | 27.87 |
| 6 | JYOTIBA PHULE NAGAR | 31.96 | 50.21 | 44.98 | 63.49 | 16.58 | 35.07 |
| 7 | MEERUT | 52.41 | 65.96 | 64.88 | 76.31 | 37.67 | 54.12 |
| 8 | BAGHPAT | 48.69 | 65.65 | 63.52 | 78.60 | 30.75 | 50.38 |
| 9 | GHAZIABAD | 54.43 | 70.89 | 67.15 | 81.04 | 39.08 | 59.12 |
| 10 | GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR | 51.66 | 69.78 | 69.12 | 82.56 | 29.82 | 54.56 |
| 11 | BULANDSHAHR | 46.00 | 60.19 | 63.51 | 75.55 | 25.33 | 42.82 |
| 12 | ALIGARH | 44.94 | 59.70 | 59.96 | 73.22 | 26.89 | 43.88 |
| 13 | HATHRAS | 46.32 | 63.38 | 62.36 | 77.17 | 26.63 | 47.16 |
| 14 | MATHURA | 44.85 | 62.21 | 61.95 | 77.60 | 23.43 | 43.77 |
| 15 | AGRA | 48.58 | 64.97 | 63.09 | 79.32 | 30.83 | 48.15 |
| 16 | FIROZABAD | 46.30 | 66.53 | 59.76 | 77.81 | 29.85 | 53.02 |
| 17 | ETAH | 40.15 | 56.15 | 54.09 | 69.13 | 22.91 | 40.65 |
| 18 | MAINPURI | 50.29 | 66.51 | 64.34 | 78.27 | 33.12 | 52.67 |
| 19 | BUDAUN | 24.64 | 38.83 | 33.96 | 49.85 | 12.82 | 25.53 |
| 20 | BAREILLY | 32.88 | 47.99 | 43.44 | 59.12 | 19.93 | 35.13 |
| 21 | PILIBHIT | 32.10 | 50.87 | 44.37 | 63.82 | 17.22 | 35.84 |
| 22 | SHAHJAHANPUR | 32.07 | 48.79 | 42.68 | 60.53 | 18.59 | 34.68 |
| 23 | KHERI | 29.71 | 49.39 | 40.58 | 61.03 | 16.35 | 35.89 |
| 24 | SITAPUR | 31.41 | 49.12 | 43.10 | 61.02 | 16.90 | 35.08 |
| 25 | HARDOI | 36.30 | 52.64 | 49.45 | 65.08 | 19.75 | 37.62 |
| 26 | UNNAO | 38.70 | 55.72 | 51.63 | 67.62 | 23.62 | 42.40 |
| 27 | LUCKNOW | 57.49 | 69.39 | 66.51 | 76.63 | 46.88 | 61.22 |
| 28 | RAE BARELI | 37.78 | 55.09 | 53.30 | 69.03 | 21.01 | 40.44 |
| 29 | FARRUKHABAD | 47.23 | 62.27 | 59.37 | 72.40 | 32.30 | 50.35 |
| 30 | KANNAUJ | 47.90 | 62.57 | 59.29 | 73.38 | 33.88 | 49.99 |
| 31 | ETAWAH | 53.80 | 70.75 | 66.24 | 81.15 | 38.67 | 58.49 |
| 32 | AURAIYA | 52.90 | 71.50 | 65.76 | 81.18 | 37.04 | 60.08 |
| 33 | KANPUR DEHAT | 51.86 | 66.59 | 64.56 | 76.84 | 36.32 | 54.49 |
| 34 | KANPUR NAGAR | 63.95 | 77.63 | 72.92 | 82.08 | 52.91 | 72.50 |
| 35 | JALAUN | 50.72 | 66.14 | 66.21 | 79.14 | 31.60 | 50.66 |
| 36 | JHANSI | 51.99 | 66.69 | 67.32 | 80.11 | 33.95 | 51.21 |
| 37 | LALITPUR | 32.12 | 49.93 | 45.23 | 64.45 | 16.62 | 33.25 |
| 38 | HAMIRPUR | 41.71 | 58.10 | 57.86 | 72.76 | 22.07 | 40.65 |
| 39 | MAHOBA | 36.49 | 54.23 | 50.98 | 66.83 | 19.09 | 39.57 |
| 40 | BANDA | 37.33 | 54.84 | 53.06 | 69.89 | 17.90 | 37.10 |
| 41 | CHITRAKOOT | 32.19 | 66.06 | 48.06 | 78.75 | 13.37 | 51.28 |
| 42 | FATEHPUR | 44.69 | 59.74 | 59.87 | 73.07 | 27.24 | 44.62 |
| 43 | PRATAPGARH | 40.40 | 58.67 | 60.29 | 74.61 | 20.48 | 42.63 |
| 44 | KAUSHAMBI | 29.56 | 48.18 | 45.18 | 63.49 | 11.53 | 30.80 |
| 45 | ALLAHABAD | 45.17 | 62.89 | 61.85 | 77.13 | 25.72 | 46.61 |
| 46 | BARA BANKI | 31.11 | 48.71 | 43.71 | 60.12 | 15.99 | 35.64 |
| 47 | FAIZABAD | 37.44 | 57.48 | 52.42 | 70.73 | 20.56 | 43.35 |
| 48 | AMBEDAKER NAGAR | 39.67 | 59.06 | 55.17 | 71.93 | 23.30 | 45.98 |
| 49 | SULTANPUR | 38.49 | 56.90 | 55.08 | 71.85 | 20.74 | 41.81 |
| 50 | BAHRAICH | 22.67 | 35.79 | 32.27 | 46.32 | 11.01 | 23.27 |
| 51 | SHRAWASTI | 29.55 | 34.25 | 44.91 | 47.27 | 10.57 | 18.75 |
| 52 | BALRAMPUR | 23.75 | 34.71 | 34.43 | 46.28 | 11.22 | 21.58 |
| 53 | GONDA | 29.56 | 42.99 | 43.48 | 56.93 | 13.42 | 27.29 |
| 54 | SIDDHARTHNAGAR | 27.16 | 43.97 | 40.92 | 58.68 | 11.95 | 28.35 |
| 55 | BASTI | 35.36 | 54.28 | 50.93 | 68.16 | 18.08 | 39.00 |
| 56 | SANT KABIR NAGAR | 34.95 | 51.71 | 51.83 | 67.85 | 16.76 | 35.45 |
| 57 | MAHARAJGANJ | 28.90 | 47.72 | 45.67 | 65.40 | 10.28 | 28.64 |
| 58 | GORAKHPUR | 43.30 | 60.96 | 60.61 | 76.70 | 24.49 | 44.48 |
| 59 | KUSHINAGAR | 32.30 | 48.43 | 49.57 | 65.35 | 13.86 | 30.85 |
| 60 | DEORIA | 42.42 | 59.84 | 61.48 | 76.31 | 23.58 | 43.56 |
| 61 | AZAMGARH | 39.19 | 56.15 | 56.11 | 70.50 | 22.64 | 42.44 |
| 62 | MAU | 43.80 | 64.86 | 59.44 | 78.97 | 27.86 | 50.86 |
| 63 | BALLIA | 43.89 | 58.88 | 60.76 | 73.15 | 26.13 | 43.92 |
| 64 | JAUNPUR | 42.22 | 59.98 | 62.24 | 77.16 | 22.39 | 43.53 |
| 65 | GHAZIPUR | 43.27 | 60.06 | 61.48 | 75.45 | 24.38 | 44.39 |
| 66 | CHANDAULI | 44.81 | 61.11 | 61.43 | 75.55 | 26.28 | 45.45 |
| 67 | VARANASI | 51.88 | 67.09 | 66.66 | 83.66 | 35.00 | 48.59 |
| 68 | SANT RAVIDAS NAGAR BHADOHI | 40.02 | 59.14 | 60.77 | 77.99 | 16.80 | 38.72 |
| 69 | MIRZAPUR | 39.68 | 56.10 | 54.75 | 70.51 | 22.32 | 39.89 |
| 70 | SONBHADRA | 34.40 | 49.96 | 47.56 | 63.79 | 18.65 | 34.26 |
| Note - * Literacy rate is the percentage of literates to population aged 7 years and above. | |||||||