What was India's female literacy rate in the provisional results of the 2011 Census, rounded to one decimal place?
Question and options
What was India's female literacy rate in the provisional results of the 2011 Census, rounded to one decimal place?
73.9%
66.8%
52.7%
65.5%
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D - 65.5%
The provisional results of the 2011 Census put the female literacy rate at 65.46%, which rounds to 65.5%. The male rate was 82.14% and the overall effective rate 74.04%.
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