| Literacy rate (1997) | 57.7% |
| Illiterate population | 252.2 millions |
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| 1. Literacy rate (15 years and above) |
| 1991 | 1997 | Percentage points change | |
| Total | 48.5 | 57.7 | 9.2 |
| Female |
34.1 |
43.9 | 9.8 |
| Male | 61.9 | 70.5 | 8.6 |
| Rural | 40.3 | 49.4 | 9.1 |
| Urban | 71.4 | 80.4 | 9.0 |
| 2. Illiterate population (15 years and above, in thousands) |
| 1991 | 1997 | Change | |
| Total | 270,783 | 252,164 | -18,619 |
| Female |
166,566 |
160,833 | -5,733 |
| Male | 104,217 | 91,331 | -12,886 |
| Rural | 229,090 | 220,880 | -8,210 |
| Urban | 40,257 | 31,284 | -8,973 |
| 3. Literacy rate (15-24 age group) |
| 1991 | 1997 | Percentage points change | |
| Total | 61.9 | 73.6 | 11.7 |
| Female |
49.3 |
63.6 | 14.3 |
| Male | 73.5 | 82.7 | 9.2 |
| Rural | 54.7 | 67.4 | 12.7 |
| Urban | 80.2 | 89.1 | 8.9 |
| 4. Illiterate population (15-24 age group, in thousands) |
| 1991 | 1997 | Change | |
| Total | 58,486 | 46,774 | -11,712 |
| Female |
37,361 |
30,744 | -6,617 |
| Male | 21,125 | 16,030 | -5,095 |
| Rural | 49,859 | 41,300 | -8,559 |
| Urban | 8,627 | 5,474 | -3,153 |
| 5. Definition of literacy |
| A person is literate if he or she can read and write with understanding in any language. |
| 6. Literacy target |
| Complete eradication of illiteracy in age-group 15-35. |
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