Of the total disabled population of 2.68 crore in Census 2011, 1.46 crore or 54.5 per cent were literates. Express photo by: Ganesh Shirsekar, Mumbai Of the total disabled population of 2.68 crore in Census 2011, 1.46 crore or 54.5 per cent were literates. However, only 8.5 per cent of literate disabled people were graduates or had attained even higher levels of education. Of the literate disabled population during 2001-2011, 24.3 per cent had been educated till the ‘primary but below middle stage’, down from 26.4 in the previous decade. Between 2001 and 2011, the remaining 1.22 crore or 45.5 per cent of the disabled population were illiterate, according to Census 2011 data on disabled population by type of disability, educational level and sex.

Source: Indian Express July 16, 2016 00:44 UTC