Question

Literacy rate of male population is _______________ population.

• A. higher than female
• B. lower than female
• C. same as female
• D. none of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A higher than female

Literacy ratio means number of literates as percentage of total population. Literacy rate of India in 2011 is 74.4%. Literates refers to the people who can read or write in any language. Literacy rate of male population is higher than female population.
As per the census of 2011, an effective literacy rate for men was 82.14% whereas for women it was 65.46%.