What was India's literacy rate according to the Census 2011 data?
74.04%
According to the Census of India 2011, the overall literacy rate of India was 74.04%.
This marked a significant rise from the 64.83% recorded in Census 2001, an increase of about 9 percentage points.
Within this figure, male literacy stood at 82.14% and female literacy at 65.46%, showing a narrowing gender gap.
Hence, India's literacy rate as per Census 2011 was 74.04%.
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Important Questions from Indian Economic and Human Geography
Deendayal Port was earlier known as:
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :
List-I
(Railway zone)
List-II
(Headquarters)
A.
East Central
1.
Gorakhpur
B.
North Eastern
2.
Jaipur
C.
Northeast Frontier
3.
Hajipur
D.
North Western
4.
Maligaon
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. India has one of the longest navigable inland water networks in the world.
2. Inland waterways presently help in transporting about 25 percent of the total cargo movement.
3. About 111 inland waterways have been declared as National Waterways under the National Waterways Act, 2016.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Consider the following statements on computation of density :
1. Physiological density can be computed by dividing the total population by the net cultivable area.
2. Agricultural density can be computed by dividing the total agricultural population by the net cultivable area.
3. Population density can be computed by dividing the total population by the total area.
How many of the above statements is/are correct?
Consider the following statements :
1. Maharashtra State has the maximum share of national highways (length in kilometres).
2. The nature of terrain and the level of economic development is one of the reasons for the maximum share of national highways in Maharashtra.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
