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List three interesting features of India's literacy as per 2001 census report.

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The three interesting features of India.s literacy as per 2001 census report are :
(i) Overall literacy in Intia is approximately 65.4 percent (2001). While female literacy is 54.16 per cent.
(ii) Total literacy as well as female literacy is higher than the national average in most of the states from south India.
(iii) There are wide regional disparities in literacy rate across the states of India. There is a state like Bihar which has very low (47.53 per cent) literacy and there are states like Kerala and Mizoram which have literacy rates of 90.92 and 88.49 per cent respectively.
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