Year		Male	Female	Total
1951	(a)Rural	19.02	4.87	12.1
	Urban	45.06	22.33	34.59
	Total*	27.26	8.86	18.33
1981	(d)Rural	49.69	21.77	36.09
	Urban	76.83	56.37	67.34
	Total	56.5	29.85	43.67
1991	(e)Rural	57.87	30.62	44.69
	Urban	81.09	64.05	73.08
	Total	64.13	39.29	52.21
1997	(f)Rural	68	43	56
	Urban	88	72	80
	Total	73	50	62
2001	(g)Rural	NA	NA	NA
	Urban	NA	NA	NA
	Total	75.85	54.16	65.38

Notes:  *          For Totals : Paper 1 of 1981 Provisional Population Totals.
            (a)         For Rural/Urban : Census of India, 1951, C-IV Table.
            (d) & (e) Census of India, 1991, Paper 2 of 1991 Vol. II excluding J & K.
            (f)         53 rd Round of NSSO.
            (g)        Provisional Results of Census of India, 2001.
            NA :     Not Available.
Source :  Education for All Development since Dakar India Country Paper.