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	Table 15 (Education, School, Result)
	Literacy (>10 years old)(Sex)  (1953-2001)
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Year             Item	1953	1963	1971	1981	2001
Population 10 years and over ('000)
Total	5,803	7,523	9,323	11,309	14,006
Male	3,110	3,952	4,839	5,768	6,937
Female	2,693	3,571	4,515	5,541	7,069
Literate population ('000)
Total	4,006	5,789	7,344	9,865	12,745
Male	2,510	3,385	4,143	5,257	6,408
Female	1,496	2,402	3,201	4,608	6,337
Percent literate
Total	69.0%	77.0%	78.5%	87.2%	91.0%
Male	80.7%	85.7%	85.6%	91.1%	92.4%
Female	55.5%	67.3%	70.9%	83.2%	89.7%
© ２００９， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Department of Census and Statistics
Note:
Jaffna, Mannar, Vavuniya, Mullativu, Killinochchi, Batticaola and
Trincomalee districts in which the 2001 census enumeration was
not completed are not included here
Revised:  2009(y)/04(m)/10(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka