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Year and Gender wise Literacy Rate in India

Dataset Overview

This dataset contains year and gender wise literacy rate in India Note: This data is available decade wise only from 1951

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Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Sectors

Demographics

Update Frequency

Decennial

Granularity

Country

Time Saved

2.5 hours

Number of rows

16

Number of Columns

6

Sources

MoSPI Women and Men report in India 2021

Archive Link

Link 1

Time Period

1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011, 2017

Units

Value in percentage

Last Updated

September, 2022

Related Datasets

Distribution of Population by Literates and Literacy Rates: By Gender (Census 2011)

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2011

State, Year and Gender-wise Literacy in India from Census

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

1991, 2001, 2011

All India, Year and Gender-wise Literacy rate in India from National Sample Survey Office Reports

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014

Data Preview

yearstateliteracy_ratevalueunitnote
1951All IndiaMale27.2value in percentage
1951All IndiaFemale8.9value in percentage
1961All IndiaMale40.4value in percentage
1961All IndiaFemale15.4value in percentage
1971All IndiaMale46value in percentage

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
year80Number16
state10Text16
literacy_rate20Text16
value1616Number16
unit10Text16
note00Unsupported0

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Distribution of Population by Literates and Literacy Rates: By Gender (Census 2011)

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2011

State, Year and Gender-wise Literacy in India from Census

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

1991, 2001, 2011

All India, Year and Gender-wise Literacy rate in India from National Sample Survey Office Reports

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014

Tags

Literacy
education levels
illiteracy
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Citation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Year and Gender wise Literacy Rate in India [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/1134