Literacy rates among female scheduled caste population 1961-2011

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Manya Rathore,
Jul 10, 2023
The literacy rate of the female population in the country was about 65 percent in 2011, in comparison to about 57 percent among the females in the scheduled caste population.

Literacy rates in the female scheduled caste population and total population in India between 1961 and 2011

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June 2021

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India

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1961 to 2011

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In India, scheduled caste and scheduled tribe (SC/ST) and OBCs are officially recognized by the constitution as groups of disadvantaged indigenous people. They are the primary beneficiaries of reservation policies under the constitution. The colloquial terms for SCs and STs are Dalits and Adivasis respectively.

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