TABLE  7.9 : POPULATION 6 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY LITERACY AGE GROUP AND SEX, CENSUS 2006
	Total				Literate				IIliterate				Percent literate				Percent illiterate
	Both sexes	Male	Female		Both sexes	Male	Female		Both sexes	Male	Female		Both sexes	Male	Female		Both sexes	Male	Female
Total	267,283	135,248	132,035		250,804	125,727	125,077		4,579	2,495	2084		93.83	92.96	94.73		1.71	1.84	1.58
6-9	24,353	12,503	11,850		22,343	11,371	10,972		1,055	659	396		91.75	90.95	92.59		4.33	5.27	3.34
10-14	36,999	19,111	17,888		35,942	18,521	17,421		387	242	145		97.14	96.91	97.39		1.05	1.27	0.81
15-19	39,904	20,155	19,749		38,758	19,549	19,209		286	164	122		97.13	96.99	97.27		0.72	0.81	0.62
20-24	34,809	16,933	17,876		33,552	16,240	17,312		223	110	113		96.39	95.91	96.84		0.64	0.65	0.63
25-29	24,581	11,915	12,666		23,657	11,398	12,259		194	94	100		96.24	95.66	96.79		0.79	0.79	0.79
30-34	20,635	10,022	10,613		19,842	9,598	10,244		195	89	106		96.16	95.77	96.52		0.94	0.89	1.00
35-39	18,174	8,780	9,394		17,503	8,403	9,100		176	87	89		96.31	95.71	96.87		0.97	0.99	0.95
40-44	15,871	7,828	8,043		15,222	7,453	7,769		211	115	96		95.91	95.21	96.59		1.33	1.47	1.19
45-49	13,569	6,872	6,697		12,985	6,558	6,427		226	103	123		95.70	95.43	95.97		1.67	1.50	1.84
50-54	7,936	4,147	3,789		7,580	3,945	3,635		151	82	69		95.51	95.13	95.94		1.90	1.98	1.82
55-59	5,859	3,046	2,813		5,575	2,900	2,675		148	68	80		95.15	95.21	95.09		2.53	2.23	2.84
60-64	5,566	2,852	2,714		5,203	2,681	2,522		234	99	135		93.48	94.00	92.93		4.20	3.47	4.97
65+	13,944	7,790	6,154		12,607	7,094	5,513		1,090	581	509		90.41	91.07	89.58		7.82	7.46	8.27
Age not stated	5,083	3,294	1,789		35	16	19		3	2	1		0.69	0.49	1.06		0.06	0.06	0.06
Source :Department of National  Planning