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The overall literacy rate in India is fifty-five percent. A. True B. False

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This is false if you are talking about the present day. The overall literacy rate for Indians aged fiften and older in 2018 (latest figures) was seventy-four percent.

It is important to note, however, that literacy is very unevenly spread in India. There are differences in:

  • gender (men are substantially more literate then women),
  • geography (Kerala is the most literate state in India, with close to ninety-five percent, while Bihar is the least literate one, with around sixty-five percent),
  • urban development (the literacy rate is lower in rural areas than in cities).
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