Data on Population
Literacy rates (%age)
Census year
Persons
Males
Females
Male-Female gap in literacy rate
1951
18.33
27.16
8.86
18.30
1961
28.30
40.40
15.35
25.05
1971
34.45
45.96
21.97
23.98
1981
43.57
56.38
29.76
26.62
1991
52.21
64.13
39.29
24.84
2001
65.38
75.85
54.16
21.70
