Question

What is the illiterate adult rate in india

Answer 1

Literacy in India is a key for socio-economic progress,[2] and the Indian literacy rate has grown to 74.04% (2011 figure) from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947.[3][4] Although this was a greater than sixfold improvement, the level is below the world average literacy rate of 84%,[5] and of all nations, India currently has the largest illiterate population.[6] Despite government programmes, India's literacy rate increased only "sluggishly",[7] and a 1990 study estimated that it would take until 2060 for India to achieve universal literacy at then-current rate of progress.[8] The 2011 census, however, indicated a 2001–2011 decadal literacy growth of 9.2%, which is slower than the growth seen during the previous decade.