| 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 52nd Round 1995-96
# NSSO 54th Round 1998 | |
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