| Literacy Rate as per 2001 Population Census | |||||
| Name of Districts | Persons | Male | Female | Rural | Urban |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Dhubri | 48.21 | 55.91 | 40.04 | 43.90 | 77.45 |
| Kokrajhar | 51.63 | 60.32 | 42.40 | 48.96 | 83.88 |
| Bongaigaon | 59.33 | 67.67 | 50.44 | 55.31 | 85.86 |
| Goalpara | 58.03 | 64.86 | 50.85 | 56.25 | 76.65 |
| Barpeta | 56.24 | 64.83 | 47.07 | 53.75 | 83.44 |
| Nalbari | 67.23 | 76.56 | 57.26 | 66.73 | 66.73 |
| Kamrup | 74.16 | 81.16 | 66.31 | 66.90 | 86.39 |
| Darrang | 55.44 | 63.91 | 46.40 | 53.77 | 85.02 |
| Sonitpur | 59.00 | 67.54 | 49.73 | 55.15 | 89.58 |
| Lakhimpur | 68.56 | 77.06 | 59.59 | 67.62 | 79.84 |
| Dhemaji | 64.48 | 74.41 | 53.51 | 63.19 | 81.52 |
| Morigaon | 58.53 | 65.15 | 51.51 | 57.09 | 84.21 |
| Nagaon | 61.73 | 68.27 | 54.74 | 58.30 | 84.62 |
| Golaghat | 69.38 | 77.14 | 60.99 | 67.63 | 87.45 |
| Jorhat | 76.33 | 83.62 | 68.49 | 74.07 | 86.92 |
| Sibsagar | 74.47 | 81.53 | 66.81 | 73.02 | 88.08 |
| Dibrugarh | 68.96 | 77.30 | 59.95 | 64.00 | 88.48 |
| Tinsukia | 60.95 | 70.15 | 50.78 | 55.07 | 83.63 |
| Karbi - Anglong | 57.7 | 67.22 | 47.30 | 54.48 | 81.58 |
| N. C. Hills | 67.62 | 75.67 | 58.39 | 57.57 | 88.08 |
| Karimganj | 66.24 | 74.69 | 57.28 | 64.12 | 90.37 |
| Hailakandi | 59.64 | 68.24 | 50.46 | 57.05 | 86.50 |
| Cachar | 67.82 | 75.73 | 59.41 | 64.77 | 85.46 |
| A S S A M | 63.25 | 71.28 | 54.61 | 59.73 | 85.35 |