Re: [Indic-computing-users] % of population that know English - correction

[<al...@ya...>]

> 
> 1991 data.
> %age of people whose mother tongue is English - 0.021%, 1,78,598.
> 
> English as second and third language among speakers of scheduled languages - 
> 3.15% - 2,54,40,188
The 3.15% is for people for whom English is the third language.
Total population = 807441612
Mother tongue  English = 178598
English as second language = 64602299 ie 8% of total pop
English as third langauge = 25440188 = 3.15% of total pop

% of people knowing English(mother tongue, second and third lang) = 11.17 %


> 
> Note:
> 1. This is 1991 data, couldn't find 2001 data.
> 2. The percentages are for people who can _speak_ English, so, they may not
> even know "abcd".
> 3. The literacy figures are available statewise and for the nation, but they
> don't tell you which languages the people are literate in.
> 
> alok
> 
> 


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