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Sociology of Kinship

Notes Population in India: Language based
Language Users percentage
Hindi 39.85
Bangla / Bangali 8.22
Telgu 7.80
Marathi 7.38
Tamil 6.26
Urdu 5.13
Gujrati 4.81
Kannda 3.87
Malyalam 3.59
Udiya 3.32
Punjabi 2.76
Assami 1.55
Sindhi 0.25
Nepalese 0.25
Koikani 0.21
Manipuri 0.15
Kashmiri 0.01
Sanskrit 0.01
Others 4.58

Literacy

Any nation will economically much faster if literacy rate increases fast. Literacy related facts are
not satisfactory in India. Though the literacy rate is increasing continuously.

Year Literacy per cent
1951 16.7
1961 24.0
1971 29.5
1981 36.2
1991 52.21
2001 64.8
2011 74.04

Its clear now, that in last 50 years, India’s literacy rate increased much. In 1991 22.42 cr male
and 12.77 cr female were literate. 33.65 cr males and 22.41 cr females were literate in 2001. Male
literacy was 82.14% and female literacy was 65.46% in 2011.
India’s most literate state is Kerala with 93.91% Literacy rate. In Mizoram it is 91.58%, in Tripura
its is 87.75%, in Goa it is 87.40% and in Himachal Pradesh it is 83.78%. Literacy rate is lowest in
Bihar. Literacy rate in 1951 was 16.7 per cent, in 1961 it was 24, in 1971 it was 29.5, in 1981 it was
36.2, in 1991 it was 52.21, in 2001 it was 64.8 and in 2011 it is 74.04. There is percentage difference
between urban and rural areas and into male/female population also.

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