| POPULATION AGED 10 OR MORE YEARS, BY AGE, LITERACY AND SEX, | |||||||||||
| ACCORDING TO CENSUSES | |||||||||||
| Total | Illite- rates |
10 - 19 | 20 - 34 | 35 - 64 | Over 65
years or unknown |
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| total | illite- rates |
total | illite- rates |
total | illite- rates |
total | illite- rates |
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| 1981 | Total | 3383159 | 491044 | 826328 | 7859 | 1057026 | 32244 | 1239532 | 293397 | 260273 | 157544 |
| males | 1672135 | 92694 | 423719 | 2707 | 546008 | 5434 | 591602 | 40402 | 110806 | 44151 | |
| females | 1711024 | 398350 | 402609 | 5152 | 511018 | 26810 | 647930 | 252995 | 149467 | 113393 | |
| 1991 | Total | 3697232 | 367733 | 707598 | 5722 | 1093621 | 12538 | 1509186 | 196135 | 386827 | 153338 |
| males | 1835272 | 62659 | 363224 | 2728 | 569408 | 3868 | 745673 | 27083 | 156967 | 28980 | |
| females | 1861960 | 305074 | 344374 | 2994 | 524213 | 8670 | 763513 | 169052 | 229860 | 124358 | |
| SHARE ILLITERATES (in %) | |||||||||||
| 1981 | Total | 100,0 | 14,5 | 100,0 | 1,0 | 100,0 | 3,1 | 100,0 | 23,7 | 100,0 | 60,5 |
| males | 100,0 | 5,5 | 100,0 | 0,6 | 100,0 | 1,0 | 100,0 | 6,8 | 100,0 | 39,8 | |
| females | 100,0 | 23,3 | 100,0 | 1,3 | 100,0 | 5,2 | 100,0 | 39,0 | 100,0 | 75,9 | |
| 1991 | Total | 100,0 | 9,9 | 100,0 | 0,8 | 100,0 | 1,1 | 100,0 | 13,0 | 100,0 | 39,6 |
| males | 100,0 | 3,4 | 100,0 | 0,7 | 100,0 | 0,7 | 100,0 | 3,6 | 100,0 | 18,5 | |
| females | 100,0 | 16,4 | 100,0 | 0,9 | 100,0 | 1,7 | 100,0 | 22,1 | 100,0 | 54,1 | |