Education and Literacy
- Definition: Entire population of all ages who can read and write in any language
- Total population: 78.6%
- Male: 84.35%
- Female: 72.65% (all: National Bureau of Statistics, 2010 National Literacy Survey)
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“Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.”
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