Question

How would u calculate literacy rate in india

Answer 1

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has defined literacy as the "ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts.''

In India Literacy rate in India is defined as the total percentage of population of an area aged seven (7) years and over who can read and write and also understand a short simple statement on his/her everyday life. It is calculated as:

$\frac{number of literate person aged 7 and above}{total population}$

Answer 2

Answer:

from the census and number of literate persons divided by total population and multiply by 100.

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