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Year, Gender, Region, and Age group wise Literacy Rates in India as reported in Census, PLFS, NSS, NFHS, and MoSPI

Dataset Overview

This dataset presents national-level literacy rates, compiled from multiple official sources, including the National Sample Survey (NSS), Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), Population Census, National Family Health Survey (NFHS), and data published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). It provides literacy rates disaggregated by gender, region (urban and rural), an...

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Sectors

Education

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Year, Region

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of rows

315

Number of Columns

8

Sources

Women and Men in India Report

PLFS Reports

NSS Report

MoSPI Statistical Yearbook 2018

NSS Reports

NFHS

+3

Time Period

1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004 to 2007, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010, 2011, 2011-12, 2014, 2015-16, 2019-21, 2017-18 to 2023-24

Units

literacy_rate in percentage

Related Datasets

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

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

1991, 2001, 2011

NSS Round Nos. 61, 66 and 68 - Education and Employment: Year- and Region- wise All India Distribution of Persons of age group 5 years and above by Literacy Rate and by Gender and Social Group

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2005, 2010, 2012

NSS Round Nos. 55, 61, 66 and 68 - Education and Employment: Year-, Region-, Social-group- and Gender-wise All India Distribution of Persons by Level of Education

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2000, 2005, 2010, 2012

Data Preview

yearsource_organizationage_groupregiongenderliteracy_rateunitnote
2023-24Periodic Labour Force Survey7 years and aboveRuralMale84.7literacy_rate in percentage
2023-24Periodic Labour Force Survey7 years and aboveRuralFemale70.4literacy_rate in percentage
2023-24Periodic Labour Force Survey7 years and aboveRuralPerson77.5literacy_rate in percentage
2023-24Periodic Labour Force Survey5 years and aboveRuralMale83.1literacy_rate in percentage
2023-24Periodic Labour Force Survey5 years and aboveRuralFemale69.6literacy_rate in percentage
2023-24Periodic Labour Force Survey5 years and aboveRuralPerson76.4literacy_rate in percentage
2023-24Periodic Labour Force Survey7 years and aboveUrbanMale92.9literacy_rate in percentage
2023-24Periodic Labour Force Survey7 years and aboveUrbanFemale84.9literacy_rate in percentage
2023-24Periodic Labour Force Survey7 years and aboveUrbanPerson88.9literacy_rate in percentage
2023-24Periodic Labour Force Survey5 years and aboveUrbanMale91.4literacy_rate in percentage

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
year260Text315
source_organization50Text315
age_group30Text315
region30Text315
gender30Text315
literacy_rate211142Number315
unit10Text315
note100Text96

Related Datasets

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

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

1991, 2001, 2011

NSS Round Nos. 61, 66 and 68 - Education and Employment: Year- and Region- wise All India Distribution of Persons of age group 5 years and above by Literacy Rate and by Gender and Social Group

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2005, 2010, 2012

NSS Round Nos. 55, 61, 66 and 68 - Education and Employment: Year-, Region-, Social-group- and Gender-wise All India Distribution of Persons by Level of Education

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2000, 2005, 2010, 2012

Tags

Literacy Rate
Education
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Citation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Year, Gender, Region, and Age group wise Literacy Rates in India as reported in Census, PLFS, NSS, NFHS, and MoSPI [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/21442