census_1961_literacy: Census 1961 literacy data

In censusindia: Census of India Data, 1901-2011, with Boundaries and Projections

Census 1961 literacy data

Description

District-level literacy rates from the 1961 Census.

Usage

census_1961_literacy

Format

A tibble with 347 rows and 8 columns:

year

Census year (1961)

state

Name of the state

state_name_harmonized

Harmonized state name for joining across datasets

district

Name of the district

state_district_code

Combined state-district code

literacy_total

Total literacy rate (percent)

literacy_male

Male literacy rate (percent)

literacy_female

Female literacy rate (percent)

Source

Jolad, Shivakumar and Singh, Madhav (2026). "Indian Census Data Collection, 1901-2026: Digitised Subnational Population and Administrative Datasets." Harvard Dataverse. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.7910/DVN/ON8CP8")}.

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