RAS question
Rajasthan's overall literacy rate (Census 2011) is:
Correct answer: (A) 66.11%.
Rajasthan's overall literacy rate in Census 2011 was 66.11%.
Explanation
Census 2011 records Rajasthan's overall literacy rate at 66.11%, with male literacy at 79.19% and female literacy at 52.12%. The Rajasthan Economic Review supports the same figure, noting that the state's literacy rate in 2011 was 66.11 per cent and that literacy had risen from the previous census. The term "overall" refers to the combined state literacy rate, not the male rate, female rate, urban rate, or a national figure. Therefore, Rajasthan's total literacy rate for Census 2011 was 66.11%.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) 72.34% is not Rajasthan's overall Census 2011 literacy rate; the Government of Rajasthan's Economic Review gives Rajasthan's figure as 66.11%.
- (C) 60.41% does not match Rajasthan's 2011 overall literacy rate, and it also differs from Rajasthan's female literacy figure of 52.12%.
- (D) 52.66% cannot be the 2011 overall rate because the official Rajasthan figure for total literacy in Census 2011 is 66.11%.
Concept
Census-based demographic indicators form part of Rajasthan geography. Literacy rates recur in RAS because they link population geography with social development and district-level planning.