 TABLE:
1. PROGRESS IN LITERACY RATE (PER CENT)

                                          
 
        Year                        Total      Male       Female
                                          
        1951                         18.33       27.16    8.86
        1961                         28.31       40.40    15.34
        1971                         34.45       45.95    21.97
        1981                         43.67       56.50    29.85
        1991                         52.19       64.20    39.19

Note: 1. Literacy rate for 1951 to 1971 relate to population aged 5 years and above and subsequently to 7 years and above.

2. The 1981 rates exclude Assam and 1991 rates exclude J&k Source: Census of India, 1991 - Paper No.2 of 1992.

45 (1)

TABLE: 1. PROGRESS IN LITERACY RATE (PER CENT)