4-2c   Illiterate population aged 15 and over in rural areas by age and sex
	Unit:person,%
Age	Population Aged 15 and Over			Illiterate Population			Proportion of Illiterate Population to Population Aged 15 and Over
	Total	Male	Female	Sub-total	Male	Female	Sub-total	Male	Female
Total	535792357	270489242	265303115	38884409	10600149	28284260	7.26	3.92	10.66
Age 15-19	46299122	24301053	21998069	238032	109452	128580	0.51	0.45	0.58
15	9477359	5038471	4438888	44837	21606	23231	0.47	0.43	0.52
16	8748627	4618142	4130485	44650	20833	23817	0.51	0.45	0.58
17	9196439	4833071	4363368	47170	21668	25502	0.51	0.45	0.58
18	9268124	4842152	4425972	49519	22257	27262	0.53	0.46	0.62
19	9608573	4969217	4639356	51856	23088	28768	0.54	0.46	0.62
Age 20-24	56354000	27966789	28387211	391398	156546	234852	0.69	0.56	0.83
20	12336988	6235158	6101830	71463	30483	40980	0.58	0.49	0.67
21	11495531	5704418	5791113	74193	30433	43760	0.65	0.53	0.76
22	10800034	5316818	5483216	76513	30197	46316	0.71	0.57	0.84
23	11560558	5707882	5852676	84503	33035	51468	0.73	0.58	0.88
24	10160889	5002513	5158376	84726	32398	52328	0.83	0.65	1.01
Age 25-29	43333896	21863522	21470374	477476	174405	303071	1.10	0.80	1.41
25	8898294	4414937	4483357	87006	32241	54765	0.98	0.73	1.22
26	8645629	4325959	4319670	88559	32437	56122	1.02	0.75	1.30
27	8245725	4166297	4079428	91795	33688	58107	1.11	0.81	1.42
28	9289599	4737346	4552253	106185	38470	67715	1.14	0.81	1.49
29	8254649	4218983	4035666	103931	37569	66362	1.26	0.89	1.64
Age 30-34	41127246	21089749	20037497	666382	229831	436551	1.62	1.09	2.18
30	8066114	4106881	3959233	118751	41277	77474	1.47	1.01	1.96
31	8285002	4267436	4017566	122340	43513	78827	1.48	1.02	1.96
32	8182704	4187732	3994972	134797	46528	88269	1.65	1.11	2.21
33	7681139	3957092	3724047	131300	45369	85931	1.71	1.15	2.31
34	8912287	4570608	4341679	159194	53144	106050	1.79	1.16	2.44
Age 35-39	53000594	27041824	25958770	1074010	344316	729694	2.03	1.27	2.81
35	9244306	4730739	4513567	174524	57767	116757	1.89	1.22	2.59
36	10224997	5215135	5009862	197149	64351	132798	1.93	1.23	2.65
37	10717608	5473112	5244496	217555	69843	147712	2.03	1.28	2.82
38	11224784	5708976	5515808	237261	74665	162596	2.11	1.31	2.95
39	11588899	5913862	5675037	247521	77690	169831	2.14	1.31	2.99
Age 40-44	60967468	30762909	30204559	1580022	446456	1133566	2.59	1.45	3.75
40	12821218	6482323	6338895	300495	89124	211371	2.34	1.37	3.33
41	11874828	6000945	5873883	296841	86870	209971	2.50	1.45	3.57
42	13151318	6629223	6522095	340577	95743	244834	2.59	1.44	3.75
43	10877956	5462387	5415569	299773	82241	217532	2.76	1.51	4.02
44	12242148	6188031	6054117	342336	92478	249858	2.80	1.49	4.13
Age 45-49	51965012	26053286	25911726	1724707	410798	1313909	3.32	1.58	5.07
45	11952902	6031951	5920951	352956	92808	260148	2.95	1.54	4.39
46	11420748	5704121	5716627	360418	90323	270095	3.16	1.58	4.72
47	13001092	6565805	6435287	406753	96424	310329	3.13	1.47	4.82
48	10091893	5051331	5040562	368337	80087	288250	3.65	1.59	5.72
49	5498377	2700078	2798299	236243	51156	185087	4.30	1.89	6.61
Age 50-54	39566783	20232839	19333944	2435552	591203	1844349	6.16	2.92	9.54
50	6772748	3421871	3350877	314342	74515	239827	4.64	2.18	7.16
51	6277517	3226459	3051058	337575	82784	254791	5.38	2.57	8.35
52	8293337	4263768	4029569	509166	128508	380658	6.14	3.01	9.45
53	9449980	4865267	4584713	629697	152535	477162	6.66	3.14	10.41
54	8773201	4455474	4317727	644772	152861	491911	7.35	3.43	11.39
Age 55-59	43874939	22320051	21554888	4159436	1016105	3143331	9.48	4.55	14.58
55	9313781	4774246	4539535	735413	176477	558936	7.90	3.70	12.31
56	9417420	4794803	4622617	821485	196146	625339	8.72	4.09	13.53
57	8737472	4431043	4306429	842989	204219	638770	9.65	4.61	14.83
58	8891021	4521349	4369672	928141	230846	697295	10.44	5.11	15.96
59	7515245	3798610	3716635	831408	208417	622991	11.06	5.49	16.76
Age 60-64	32630365	16767381	15862984	4524295	1188692	3335603	13.87	7.09	21.03
60	7450476	3810093	3640383	894111	236794	657317	12.00	6.21	18.06
61	7240193	3772173	3468020	948379	257967	690412	13.10	6.84	19.91
62	6322463	3250976	3071487	897456	236556	660900	14.19	7.28	21.52
63	6040486	3106080	2934406	899115	234596	664519	14.88	7.55	22.65
64	5576747	2828059	2748688	885234	222779	662455	15.87	7.88	24.10
Age 65-69	23202953	11881877	11321076	4702523	1258539	3443984	20.27	10.59	30.42
65	5133347	2608360	2524987	883826	225533	658293	17.22	8.65	26.07
66	4923910	2541992	2381918	919091	241897	677194	18.67	9.52	28.43
67	4511978	2307614	2204364	926858	246777	680081	20.54	10.69	30.85
68	4316685	2215692	2100993	948929	260358	688571	21.98	11.75	32.77
69	4317033	2208219	2108814	1023819	283974	739845	23.72	12.86	35.08
Age 70-74	18195137	9161562	9033575	5492852	1589950	3902902	30.19	17.35	43.20
70	4073624	2083040	1990584	1061534	304792	756742	26.06	14.63	38.02
71	3431600	1736811	1694789	983455	283968	699487	28.66	16.35	41.27
72	3811754	1936186	1875568	1163530	341555	821975	30.52	17.64	43.83
73	3512310	1756513	1755797	1135938	331440	804498	32.34	18.87	45.82
74	3365849	1649012	1716837	1148395	328195	820200	34.12	19.90	47.77
Age 75-79	13320630	6230388	7090242	5300171	1504701	3795470	39.79	24.15	53.53
75	3114498	1491627	1622871	1133481	321979	811502	36.39	21.59	50.00
76	2877252	1360007	1517245	1104539	313811	790728	38.39	23.07	52.12
77	2837681	1334707	1502974	1142205	327356	814849	40.25	24.53	54.22
78	2398128	1098081	1300047	1011046	286201	724845	42.16	26.06	55.76
79	2093071	945966	1147105	908900	255354	653546	43.42	26.99	56.97
Age 80-84	7610370	3252284	4358086	3689169	1008985	2680184	48.48	31.02	61.50
80	2113032	937353	1175679	964090	270916	693174	45.63	28.90	58.96
81	1591793	687411	904382	766648	211595	555053	48.16	30.78	61.37
82	1582770	673889	908881	779800	213860	565940	49.27	31.74	62.27
83	1279203	531724	747479	640894	171547	469347	50.10	32.26	62.79
84	1043572	421907	621665	537737	141067	396670	51.53	33.44	63.81
Age 85+	4343842	1563728	2780114	2428384	570170	1858214	55.90	36.46	66.84