Question

According to the 2011 Census, what is the literacy rate of Punjab?
A) 72.5%
B) 75.8%
C) 82.6%
D) 78.9%

Answer 1

Hint: Punjab is a northern Indian state. The state is bordered to the north and northeast by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana, and to the south and southeast by the Indian states of Punjab.

Complete answer:
In the 2011 population census, Punjab's literacy rate was 75.84 percent, with male literacy at 80.44 percent and female literacy at 70.73 percent, respectively. According to the 2011 census, the total number of literates in Punjab was 18,707,137, with males accounting for 10,436,056 and females accounting for 8,271,081.

Punjab now has a population of 2.77 million people, up from 2.44 million in the 2001 census. Punjab has a total population of 27,743,338 people, with 14,639,465 men and 13,103,873 women, according to the 2011 census. In 2001, the total population was 24,358,999, with males accounting for 12,985,045 and females accounting for 11,373,954.

In this decade, total population growth was 13.89 percent, compared to 19.76 percent in the preceding decade. Punjab had a population of 2.29 percent of India's population in 2011. The figure was 2.37 percent in 2001.

According to the 2011 Census, the literacy rate of Punjab is 75.8%. Therefore the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note: The literacy rate is the percentage of a population that can read and write in a specific age group. The adult literacy rate applies to those aged 15 and up, the adolescent literacy rate to those aged 15 to 24, and the elderly literacy rate to those aged 65 and above.