State

Residence

Total

Male

Female

Andhra Pradesh

Total

65.8

63.5

68.2

Rural

64.6

62.2

67.1

Urban

68.9

66.9

70.9

Assam

Total

61.9

61.0

63.2

Rural

61.0

60.2

62.1

Urban

68.8

66.9

71.1

Bihar

Total

65.8

65.5

66.2

Rural

65.6

65.4

66.0

Urban

67.9

67.1

68.9

Gujarat

Total

66.8

64.9

69.0

Rural

65.0

62.8

67.4

Urban

70.2

68.4

72.0

Haryana

Total

67.0

64.9

69.5

Rural

66.1

63.7

68.8

Urban

69.1

67.5

71.0

Himachal Pradesh

Total

70.0

67.7

72.4

Rural

69.7

67.3

72.2

Urban

74.1

72.6

75.7

Jammu & Kashmir

Total

70.1

69.2

71.1

Rural

69.3

68.6

70.2

Urban

73.6

72.2

75.0

Karnataka

Total

67.2

64.9

69.7

Rural

65.5

63.2

68.0

Urban

70.5

68.4

72.8

Kerala

Total

74.2

71.5

76.9

Rural

74.2

71.2

77.2

Urban

74.3

72.3

76.4

Madhya Pradesh

Total

62.4

61.1

63.8

Rural

61.1

59.8

62.6

Urban

68.2

67.3

69.3

Maharashtra

Total

69.9

67.9

71.9

Rural

68.9

66.8

71.1

Urban

71.3

69.6

73.2

Odisha

Total

63.0

62.2

63.9

Rural

62.4

61.7

63.2

Urban

67.1

65.9

68.5

Punjab

Total

69.3

67.4

71.6

Rural

68.3

66.4

70.5

Urban

71.1

69.1

73.5

  State

Residence

Total

Male

Female

Rajasthan

Total

66.5

64.7

68.3

Rural

65.9

64.1

67.8

Urban

68.8

67.2

70.6

Tamil Nadu

Total

68.9

67.1

70.9

Rural

67.7

65.9

69.6

Urban

70.8

69.0

72.8

Uttar Pradesh

Total

62.7

61.8

63.7

Rural

62.0

61.2

62.9

Urban

66.0

64.8

67.4

West Bengal

Total

69.0

67.4

71.0

Rural

68.3

66.6

70.2

Urban

71.1

69.6

72.9

All- India

Total

66.1

64.6

67.7

Rural

64.9

63.5

66.5

Urban

69.6

68.0

71.4