Project 2 - Gender Bias in Science and Technical field
Literacy Rate In TamilNadu
As per details from the census 2011, Tamil Nadu has a population of 7.21 crores, an increase from the figure of 6.24 crore in the 2001 census. Total population of Tamil Nadu as per the 2011 census is72,147,030 of which males and females are 36,137,975 and 36,009,055 respectively.In 2001, total population was 62,405,679 in which males were 31,400,909 while females were 31,004,770. The total population growth in this decade was 15.61 percent while in the previous decade it was 11.19 percent. The population of Tamil Nadu forms 5.96 percent of India in 2011.
The literacy rate in Tamil Nadu has seen an upward trend and is 80.09 percent as per the 2011 population census. Of that, male literacy stands at 86.77 percent while female literacy is at 73.44 percent. In 2001, the literacy rate in Tamil Nadu stood at 73.45 percent of which males and females were 82.42 percent and 64.43 percent literate respectively. In actual numbers, the total literature in Tamil Nadu stands at 51,837,507of which males were 28,040,491 and females were 23,797,016.
