Children Data Bank
For India

Distribution of literates and Illiterates among population
aged 7 year and above by sex and area, 1981-1991
(in millions)


                                              Literates                                                 Illiterates
                                   -----------------------------------------                -----------------------------------------
Year/Area
Persons
 Males
Females 
 Persons
Males 
 Females
 1981*
 
 
 
 
 
 
 All Areas 
234.15 
(43.6)
 157.08
(56.5)
 77.07
(29.8)
 302.06
(56.4)
 120.96
(43.5)
181.10
(70.2)
 Rural Areas
 146.60
(36.1)
 103.51
(49.7)
 43.09
(21.8)
 259.59
(63.9)
 104.80
(50.3)
154.79
(78.2)
 Urban Areas
 87.55
(67.3)
 53.57
(76.8)
 33.98
(56.4)
 42.47
(32.7)
 16.16
(23.2)
 26.31
(43.6)
 1991**
 
 
 
 
 
 
 All Areas
 349.76
(52.2)
 223.70
(64.2)
 126.06
(39.2)
 320.41
(47.8)
124.77 
(35.8)
195.64
(60.8)
 Rural Areas 
 218.32
(44.5)
 146.38
(57.8)
 71.94
(30.3)
 271.81
(55.5)
106.69
(42.2)
165.12
(69.7)
 Urban Areas
 131.44
(73.1)
 77.32
(81.0)
 54.12
(63.9)
 48.60
(26.9)
18.08
(19.0)
30.52
(36.1)
*    Excludes Assam where 1981 census was not held
**  Excludes Jammu and Kashmir where 1991 census was not held. Literacy rates and number of    illiterates for 1991 are based on estimated population aged 7 years and above.
Note:    Figures in parenthesis indicate percentage to the corresponding population.
SOURCE: Annual Report, 1996-97, Part-I, Govt. of India, Department of Education, 1997, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi, p.251.
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