Out of 2.68 crore total disabled population in India, 54.5% are literates
The Registrar General of India (RGI) releases Census 2011 data on disabled population by type of disability, educational level and sex here today.
Out of the total disabled population of 2.68 crores in Census 2011, 1.46 crores (54.5%) are literates and the remaining 1.22 crores (45.5%) are illiterates. One decade ago, the percentage of literates among disabled population was 49.3% and the remaining 50.7% were illiterates. The comparative position of disabled population by literacy status, educational level among literates and sex for Census 2001 & 2011, as given below, shows that not only the percentage of literates has increased for both males and females during the decade 2001-2011 but also their attainment in higher educational levels has improved.
| Percentage distribution of Disabled Population by Literacy status, Educational level among Literates and Sex, 2001-2011 | ||||||
| Literacy status/Educational level | 2001 | 2011 | ||||
| Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | |
| Percentage to disabled population | ||||||
| Illiterate | 50.7 | 41.9 | 62.7 | 45.5 | 37.6 | 55.4 |
| Literate | 49.3 | 58.1 | 37.3 | 54.5 | 62.4 | 44.6 |
| Percentage to Total Literates | ||||||
| Literate but below primary | 26.5 | 25.0 | 29.9 | 19.4 | 18.3 | 21.5 |
| Primary but below middle | 26.4 | 25.6 | 28.1 | 24.3 | 23.5 | 25.8 |
| Middle but below matric/secondary | 16.0 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 15.8 |
| Matric/Secondary but below graduate | 20.0 | 21.5 | 16.9 | 23.6 | 24.9 | 21.2 |
| Graduate and above | 6.0 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 7.7 |
| Note: ‘Literate’ includes figures for ‘literates without educational level’ and ‘educational levels not classified’. | ||||||
The relative position of literacy status and educational levels among literates by various types of disability of Census 2011 are presented below:
| Literacy Status & Educational Levels among Literate Disabled Population by type of Disability, 2011 | ||||||||
| Literacy status/Educational level | In seeing | In hearing | In speech | In movement | Mental retardation | Mental illness | Any other | Multiple disability |
| Percentage to disabled population | ||||||||
| Illiterate | 47.2 | 43.1 | 41.7 | 39.8 | 58.7 | 51.2 | 40.0 | 66.7 |
| Literate | 52.8 | 56.9 | 58.3 | 60.2 | 41.3 | 48.8 | 60.0 | 33.3 |
| Percentage to total Literates | ||||||||
| Literate but below primary | 20.8 | 18.9 | 20.8 | 16.3 | 28.1 | 19.0 | 17.9 | 27.4 |
| Primary but below middle | 24.6 | 23.7 | 23.6 | 24.6 | 26.9 | 25.6 | 23.3 | 26.7 |
| Middle but belowmatric/secondary | 16.3 | 16.2 | 15.1 | 18.8 | 14.7 | 18.9 | 16.9 | 14.5 |
| Matric/Secondary but below graduate | 23.1 | 24.5 | 23.6 | 25.6 | 15.6 | 21.8 | 24.6 | 16.4 |
| Graduate and above | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 9.3 | 4.1 |
| Note: ‘Literate’ includes figures for ‘literates without educational level’ and ‘educational levels not classified’. | ||||||||
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