This is a list of districts in the Indian state of West Bengal ranked by literacy rate as per provisional data of 2011 census. With a literacy rate of 76.26% (male 81.69% and female 70.54%) , above the national average of 74.04%, as per the 2011 Census, West Bengal ranks 20th amongst the 36 states and union territories in India in terms of literacy rate .
Rank District
1 Purba Medinipur
2 Kolkata
3 North 24 Parganas
4 Howrah
5 Hooghly
6 Darjeeling
7 Paschim Medinipur
8 South 24 Parganas
9 Bardhaman
10 Nadia
11 Cooch Behar
12 Dakshin Dinajpur
13 Jalpaiguri
14 Bankura
15 Birbhum
16 Murshidabad
17 Purulia
18 Maldah
19 Uttar Dinajpur
