Geography · Demography and Census

Which of the following statements is correct regarding the 2011 population census of India?

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1A person aged 7 years and above, who can read and write with understanding in any language, is treated as literate.✓
2Kerala has a sex ratio of 1046.
3Sex ratio is defined as the number of males per 1000 females in the population.
4The literacy rate in the country as per the Census of 2011 is 78 per cent.

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A person aged 7 years and above, who can read and write with understanding in any language, is treated as literate.

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