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Adult Literacy in India

Year	1961	1971	1981	1991*	1996 @	1998 #
Percent Illiteracy
Male	58.55	52.31	45.09	38.11	32.75	30
Female	86.85	80.64	74.3	65.91	59.33	56
Total	72.24	65.92	59.18	51.46	45.48	43
Percent Literacy
Male	41.45	47.69	54.91	61.89	67.25	70
Female	13.15	19.36	25.7	34.09	40.67	44
Total	27.76	34.08	40.82	48.54	54.32	57
*Excluding J&K

Note: Adult literacy is the percentage of population aged between 15 and above who can both read and write short and simple statement on his/her everyday life.
Source: Census of India, @ NSSO 52^nd Round 1995-96 # NSSO 54^th Round 1998

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Written by Madhurima Gupta, on 26-11-2009 04:53
I think adult literacy is increasing manifold in India nowadays.The statistics show that adult citizens are getting more interested in becoming literate.

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