Census 2011 records rise in literacy among disabled
New numbers released from Census 2011 show that literacy among
disabled has increased in the country.
Highlights:
- More than half of the total disabled population in India are now literate. The literacy rate among the disabled has increased from 49.3% in 2001 to 54.5% in 2011. However, this is significantly lower than the overall literacy level of India which stands at 74%.
- Both rural and urban areas saw an increase of around four percentage points in literacy rate of the disabled.
- Among the urban disabled, 68% are literate while the number stands at 49% for disabled in the rural areas.
- The difference between literacy rate of males and females is wider in rural areas — 72% of disabled males and 61% of disabled females in urban areas are literate, a difference of nine percentage points.
But in rural areas, the difference stands at 20 percentage points, as
58% of disabled males and only 38% of disabled females are literate.
