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What is the rank of Punjab in literacy rate in India?
What is the rank of Punjab in literacy rate in India?
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The correct option is B 14th
The working definition of literacy in the Indian census since 1991 is as follows:
Literacy rate, also called the “effective literacy rate”; the total percentage of the
population of an area at a particular time aged seven years or above who can read
and write with understanding. There is a wide gender disparity in the literacy rate in India: effective literacy
rates (age 7 and above) in 2011 were 82.14% for men and 65.46% for women. Punjab is at number 14th in literacy rate with 75.8%.
The working definition of literacy in the Indian census since 1991 is as follows: Literacy rate, also called the “effective literacy rate”; the total percentage of the population of an area at a particular time aged seven years or above who can read and write with understanding. There is a wide gender disparity in the literacy rate in India: effective literacy rates (age 7 and above) in 2011 were 82.14% for men and 65.46% for women. Punjab is at number 14th in literacy rate with 75.8%.
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