Image: Literacy India 1901 2011 Detail

Description: Graph of the net literacy rate (i.e. age 7-year+) in India in the hundred-year period 1901-2011. The data is based on the decadal census conducted in India in every year ending in 1 (i.e. xxx1). The raw data is - Rural Urban Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 1901 9.8 0.6 5.3 1911 10.6 1 5.9 1921 12.2 1.8 7.2 1931 15.6 2.8 9.5 1941 24.9 7.3 16.1 1951 19.02 4.87 12.1 45.6 22.33 34.59 27.16 8.86 18.33 1961 34.3 10.1 22.5 66 40.5 54.4 40.4 15.35 28.3 1971 48.6 15.5 27.9 69.8 48.8 60.2 45.96 21.97 34.45 1981 49.6 21.7 36.1 76.7 56.3 67.2 56.38 29.76 43.57 1991 57.9 30.6 44.7 81.1 64 73.1 64.13 39.29 52.21 2001 71.4 46.7 59.4 86.7 73.2 80.3 75.85 54.16 65.38 2011 78.57 58.57 68.91 89.67 79.92 84.98 82.14 65.46 74.04
Title: Literacy India 1901 2011 Detail
Credit: Own work from GOI 2002-2003 Budget data. Census India
Author: Sumanch
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