Question
Download Solution PDFAccording to census 2011, the male literacy rate in India is .
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 82.14 percent.
Key Point
- The literacy rate at all Indian levels was 74.04%.
- The literacy rate for females is 65.46 % and for males is 82.14%.
- The literacy rate of females in rural areas has observed an improvement in literacy rate of about 24%.
- The male and female literacy rate was higher in Kerala and lower in Bihar.
- The gap in literacy rates between females and males was low in Meghalaya, Kerala, and Mizoram.
- The gap was higher in Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, and Chattisgarh.
Additional Information
- A census is official data on the population.
- Indian census includes demographic, social, and economic data.
- It is held periodically after every tenth year.
- The first census took place in 1872.
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