District Name  

Literacy Rate

Deviation from State Average

Person

Male

Female

Person

Male

Female

STATE Average

73.47

82.33

64.55

0.00

0.00

0.00

1

Kanniyakumari

88.11

90.88

85.38

14.64

8.55

20.83

2

Thoothukudi

81.96

88.66

75.64

8.49

6.33

11.09

3

Chennai

80.14

84.71

75.32

6.67

2.38

10.77

4

The Nilgiris

81.44

89.63

73.39

7.97

7.30

8.84

5

Tiruchirapalli

79.16

87.16

71.19

5.69

4.83

6.64

6

Kancheepuram

77.61

84.82

70.21

4.14

2.49

5.66

7

Madurai

78.65

87.24

69.93

5.18

4.91

5.38

8

Coimbatore

76.95

83.82

69.80

3.48

1.49

5.25

9

Tirunelveli

76.97

85.89

68.50

3.50

3.56

3.95

10

Thiruvarur

76.90

85.59

68.36

3.43

3.26

3.81

11

Nagapattinam

76.89

85.61

68.35

3.42

3.28

3.80

12

Thiruvallur

76.54

84.62

68.23

3.07

2.29

3.68

13

Thanjavur

76.07

85.45

66.95

2.60

3.12

2.40

14

Virudhunagar

74.23

84.56

64.09

0.76

2.23

-0.46

15

Ramanathapuram

73.05

82.96

63.55

-0.42

0.63

-1.00

16

Vellore

73.07

82.67

63.53

-0.40

0.34

-1.02

17

Sivagangai

72.66

83.70

62.12

-0.81

1.37

-2.43

18

Theni

72.01

82.50

61.41

-1.46

0.17

-3.14

19

Pudukkottai

71.96

83.22

60.94

-1.51

0.89

-3.61

20

Cuddalore

71.85

82.76

60.85

-1.62

0.43

-3.70

21

Dindigul

69.83

80.29

59.30

-3.64

-2.04

-5.25

22

Karur

68.74

80.42

57.30

-4.73

-1.91

-7.25

23

Nammakkal

67.66

78.02

57.04

-5.81

-4.31

-7.51

24

Tiruvannamalai

68.22

80.14

56.31

-5.25

-2.19

-8.24

25

Salem

65.72

75.25

55.61

-7.75

-7.08

-8.94

26

Erode

65.51

75.49

55.26

-7.96

-6.84

-9.29

27

Perambalur

65.88

77.68

54.26

-7.59

-4.65

-10.29

28

Villupuram

64.68

76.02

53.16

-8.79

-6.31

-11.39

29

Dharmapuri

59.23

68.82

49.10

-14.24

-13.51

-15.45