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Literacy is defined as the ability of a person to read and write with certain understanding of any one language. The term literacy is related to schooling, formal or non-formal education. Following are the features of literacy rates : (a) India lags behind in literacy rate though the percentage of literates has increased since 1951, but we are still not 100% literate. (b) In 1951, literacy rate in India increased from 5% in 1901 to 18% in 1951 and 65% in 2001. Nearly 3/4th of males and little more than half of the females are literate at present. (c) There is a close relationship between illiteracy and growth of population. High literacy rate, is related to low rate of population growth as well as low infant mortality and maternal mortality rate. It indicates improved standards of living.
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