Column 13: Literacy
93. Literacy is the ability to read and write with understanding in any language. A person is a literate when he/she can both read and write a simple message in any language or dialect. A person who cannot both read and write a simple message is considered illiterate. Also to be considered as illiterate is that person who is capable of reading only his/her own name or numbers, as well as persons who can read but not write, or vice versa.
93.1 A person who knows how to read and write but at the time of the census he/she can no longer read and write due to some physical defects or illness is still considered literate. An example of this is an aged person who knows how to read and write but can no longer perform these activities due to poor eyesight.
93.2 Disabled persons who can read and write through any means such as Braille system for the blind, are considered literate.
93.3 Enter 1 for those persons who answer ' Yes ' to this question and 2, for those persons who answer ' No '. All children of the age of 6 years or less should be treated as illiterate even if the child is going to a school and may have picked up reading and writing a few odd words.