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  2. Literacy in India - Wikipedia

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    The table below shows the adult and youth literacy rates for India and some neighboring countries in 2015. Adult literacy rate is based on the 15+ years age group, while the youth literacy rate is for the 15–24 years age group (i.e. youth is a subset of adults).

  3. List of Indian states and union territories by literacy rate

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    The literacy rate for 1951 in case of West Bengal relates to Total Population including 0-4 age group. Literacy rate for 1951 in respect of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Manipur are based on sample population. ^ India and Manipur figures exclude those of the three sub-divisions viz., Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul of Senapati district of ...

  4. Demographics of India - Wikipedia

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    Crude birth rate trends in India (per 1000 people, national average) Infant mortality rate trends in India (per 1000 births, under age 1, national average) India occupies 2.41% of the world's land area but supports over 18% of the world's population.

  5. List of countries by literacy rate - Wikipedia

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    The global literacy rate for all males is 90.0%, and the rate for all females is 82.7%. The rate varies throughout the world, with developed nations having a rate of 99.2% (2013), South and West Asia having 70.2% (2015), and sub-Saharan Africa at 64.0% (2015). [1] Over 75% of the world's 781 million illiterate adults are found in South Asia ...

  6. Education in India - Wikipedia

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    According to this criterion, the 2011 survey holds the national literacy rate to be 74.04%. The youth literacy rate, measured within the age group of 15 to 24, is 81.1% (84.4% among males and 74.4% among females), while 86% of boys and 72% of girls are literate in the 10–19 age group. Within the Indian states, Kerala has the highest literacy ...

  7. 2011 census of India - Wikipedia

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    Census has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected. According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.70%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%.

  8. Human Development Index - Wikipedia

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    Knowledge and education, as measured by the adult literacy rate (with two-thirds weighting) and the combined primary, secondary, and tertiary gross enrollment ratio (with one-third weighting). Standard of living, as indicated by the natural logarithm of gross domestic product per capita at purchasing power parity. HDI trends between 1975 and 2004

  9. Physical Quality of Life Index - Wikipedia

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    The Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) is an attempt to measure the quality of life or well-being of a country. The value is the average of three statistics: basic literacy rate , infant mortality, and life expectancy at age one, all equally weighted on a 1 to 100 scale. It was developed for the Overseas Development Council in the mid-1970s ...