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People As Resource
Question
Describe peculiarities of literacy in India.
Solution
The peculiarities of literacy in India are:
(i)The literacy rates have increased from about 18 percent in 1951 to around 65 percent in 2001.
(ii)A vast difference is noticed across different sections of the population.
(iii)Literacy among males is nearly 50 percent higher than females, and it is about 50 percent higher in urban areas as compared to the rural areas.
(iv)According to the census of 2001, a person aged 7 years and above, who can read and write with understanding in any language is treated as literate.
(iv)Literacy rates vary from 96 percent in some districts of Kerala to a below 30 percent in some parts of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.
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