6.4. Divyang composition

The 2011 census shows 207.8 lakh households having disabled persons in the country constituting 8.3 percent of the total households. Total households having disabled persons show an increase of 20.5 lakhs from last census.

Out of the total disabled population of 2.68 crores in Census 2011, 1.46 crores (54.5%) are literates and the remaining 1.22 crores (45.5%) are illiterates. One decade ago, the percentage of literates among disabled population was 49.3% and the remaining 50.7% were illiterates.