LITERACY BY SEX, URBAN RURAL
 CLASSIFICATION (POPULATION AGED 7
 YEARS & ABOVE)-1991 INDIA
 

TABLE NO. - 4

                
                
                                                                                                                             (IN 000's)
                                                                                          

                                                                         PERONS                          MALE               FEMALE
                                                                                          

                
                
                                 POPULATION
                
                                 ALL AREAS                               688163                        357894               330269
                
                                 RURAL AREAS                             505984                        261316               244668
                
                                 URBAN AREAS                             182179                         96578                85601
                
                                 ILLITERATES
                
                                 ALL AREAS                               328879                        128362               200517
                
                                 RURAL AREAS                             279840                        110099               169741
                
                                 URBAN AREAS                              49039                         18263                30776
                
                                 LITERATES
                
                                 ALL AREAS                               359284                        229532               129752
                
                                 RURAL AREAS                             226144                        151217                74927
                
                                 URBAN AREAS                             133140                         78315                54825
                
                                 LITERACY RATES
                
                                 ALL AREAS                                52.21                         64.13                39.29
                
                                 RURAL AREAS                              44.69                         57.87                 3062
                
                                 URBAN AREAS                              73-08                         81.09                64.05
                
                                                                                          

            
                
                                 *  Excludes Jammu & Kashmir where 1991 census was not held.
                
                                                                                          

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