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# Literacy in India : Some stats
- URL: https://kudithipudi.org/literacy-in-india-some-stats/
- Published: 2008-06-15T18:42:25.000Z
- Updated: 2008-06-15T18:42:25.000Z
- Description: The official meaning of a literate person per UNESCO is A literate person is one who can with understanding both read and write a short simple...
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The official meaning of a literate person per UNESCO is

> **A literate person is one who can with understanding both read and write a short simple statement relevant to his everyday life.**

Such a simple sentence, but think what it means to be an illiterate person and how much impact an illiterate person has on the progress (or lack of progress) of a country and the world in general.

Here are some stats about the literacy rates in India

- Only 61.3% percent of the adult population are literate. That means more than 296 million people!!! are illiterate. For comparison, China has a literacy rate of 90.9%.
- India is the 12th largest economy in the world and growing at a blistering pace of 9% a year (for the last few years). Imagine what would have happened if there were more literate people in the country?
- The largest number of illiterates in the world are in India

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