Maldives, Population and Housing Census 2006                                
TABLE ED 1 : POPULATION 6 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY LITERACY, AGE GROUP, SEX AND ISLAND
 Age group and locality   Total Literate IIliterate Not stated  Percent literate Percent illiterate
  Both sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female
(1)   (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)
Meemu Meemu
Total Total 4255 2177 2078 4147 2105 2042 62 25 37 46 35 11 97.46 96.69 98.27 1.46 1.15 1.78
6-9 6-Sep 399 192 207 381 179 202 11 2 9 7 4 3 95.49 93.23 97.58 2.76 1.04 4.35
10-14 Oct-14 615 313 302 605 309 296 8 4 4 2 0 2 98.37 98.72 98.01 1.30 1.28 1.32
15-19 15 - 19 549 276 273 541 271 270 3 1 2 5 3 2 98.54 98.19 98.90 0.55 0.36 0.73
20-24 20 - 24 394 206 188 389 203 186 4 2 2 1 1 0 98.73 98.54 98.94 1.02 0.97 1.06
25-29 25 - 29 367 182 185 366 181 185 0 0 0 1 1 0 99.73 99.45 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 305 142 163 300 139 161 3 2 1 2 2 0 98.36 97.89 98.77 0.98 1.41 0.61
35-39 35 - 39 344 159 185 342 157 185 1 0 1 1 1 0 99.42 98.74 100.00 0.29 0.00 0.54
40-44 40 - 44 314 161 153 306 157 149 2 2 0 6 4 2 97.45 97.52 97.39 0.64 1.24 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 270 149 121 262 143 119 3 1 2 5 4 1 97.04 95.97 98.35 1.11 0.67 1.65
50-54 50 - 54 161 93 68 154 89 65 6 3 3 1 1 0 95.65 95.70 95.59 3.73 3.23 4.41
55-59 55 - 59 95 57 38 92 55 37 1 1 0 2 2 0 96.84 96.49 97.37 1.05 1.75 0.00
60-64 60 - 64 106 58 48 102 56 46 3 2 1 1 1 0 96.23 96.55 95.83 2.83 3.45 2.08
65+ 65 and over 326 179 147 307 166 141 17 5 12 2 1 1 94.17 92.74 95.92 5.21 2.79 8.16
Age not stated Not stated 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 0.00 0.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
Raimandhoo Raimandhoo
Total Total 145 76 69 140 75 65 5 4 1 0 0 0 96.55 98.68 94.20 3.45 5.26 1.45
6-9 6-Sep 14 7 7 13 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 92.86 100.00 85.71 7.14 14.29 0.00
10-14 Oct-14 15 8 7 15 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
15-19 15 - 19 7 2 5 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
20-24 20 - 24 12 6 6 11 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 91.67 100.00 83.33 8.33 16.67 0.00
25-29 25 - 29 13 3 10 13 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 14 10 4 14 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
35-39 35 - 39 15 9 6 15 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
40-44 40 - 44 12 7 5 11 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 91.67 100.00 80.00 8.33 14.29 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 10 4 6 10 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
50-54 50 - 54 7 3 4 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
55-59 55 - 59 7 5 2 6 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 85.71 100.00 50.00 14.29 20.00 0.00
60-64 60 - 64 6 3 3 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
65+ 65 and over 13 9 4 12 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 92.31 88.89 100.00 7.69 0.00 25.00
Age not stated Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Veyvah Veyvah
Total Total 150 75 75 146 74 72 4 3 1 0 0 0 97.33 98.67 96.00 2.67 4.00 1.33
6-9 6-Sep 20 9 11 20 9 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
10-14 Oct-14 9 5 4 8 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 88.89 80.00 100.00 11.11 0.00 25.00
15-19 15 - 19 12 6 6 12 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
20-24 20 - 24 24 14 10 24 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
25-29 25 - 29 17 9 8 17 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 13 5 8 13 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
35-39 35 - 39 10 5 5 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
40-44 40 - 44 8 4 4 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 15 7 8 15 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
50-54 50 - 54 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
55-59 55 - 59 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
60-64 60 - 64 3 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
65+ 65 and over 14 5 9 11 5 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 78.57 100.00 66.67 21.43 60.00 0.00
Age not stated Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Mulah Mulah
Total Total 1012 493 519 988 481 507 23 11 12 1 0 1 97.63 97.57 97.69 2.27 2.23 2.31
6-9 6-Sep 116 53 63 113 51 62 2 0 2 1 0 1 97.41 96.23 98.41 1.72 0.00 3.17
10-14 Oct-14 167 82 85 163 80 83 4 2 2 0 0 0 97.60 97.56 97.65 2.40 2.44 2.35
15-19 15 - 19 138 70 68 136 69 67 2 1 1 0 0 0 98.55 98.57 98.53 1.45 1.43 1.47
20-24 20 - 24 98 36 62 97 36 61 1 1 0 0 0 0 98.98 100.00 98.39 1.02 2.78 0.00
25-29 25 - 29 84 42 42 84 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 69 28 41 68 28 40 1 1 0 0 0 0 98.55 100.00 97.56 1.45 3.57 0.00
35-39 35 - 39 80 41 39 80 41 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
40-44 40 - 44 62 31 31 62 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 51 29 22 50 28 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 98.04 96.55 100.00 1.96 0.00 4.55
50-54 50 - 54 36 22 14 34 22 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 94.44 100.00 85.71 5.56 9.09 0.00
55-59 55 - 59 16 9 7 16 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
60-64 60 - 64 27 15 12 24 14 10 3 2 1 0 0 0 88.89 93.33 83.33 11.11 13.33 8.33
65+ 65 and over 68 35 33 61 30 31 7 2 5 0 0 0 89.71 85.71 93.94 10.29 5.71 15.15
Age not stated Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Muli Muli
Total Total 678 352 326 666 341 325 7 1 6 5 5 0 98.23 96.88 99.69 1.03 0.28 1.84
6-9 6-Sep 64 35 29 61 33 28 2 1 1 1 1 0 95.31 94.29 96.55 3.13 2.86 3.45
10-14 Oct-14 106 44 62 106 44 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
15-19 15 - 19 89 41 48 89 41 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
20-24 20 - 24 66 41 25 66 41 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
25-29 25 - 29 65 37 28 65 37 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 54 25 29 53 24 29 0 0 0 1 1 0 98.15 96.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
35-39 35 - 39 53 26 27 52 25 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 98.11 96.15 100.00 1.89 0.00 3.70
40-44 40 - 44 47 29 18 47 29 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 39 22 17 38 21 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 97.44 95.45 100.00 2.56 0.00 5.88
50-54 50 - 54 27 13 14 27 13 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
55-59 55 - 59 12 7 5 12 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
60-64 60 - 64 8 4 4 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
65+ 65 and over 45 25 20 42 22 20 3 0 3 0 0 0 93.33 88.00 100.00 6.67 0.00 15.00
Age not stated Not stated 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0.00 0.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
Naalaafushi Naalaafushi
Total Total 287 146 141 276 136 140 9 1 8 2 2 0 96.17 93.15 99.29 3.14 0.68 5.67
6-9 6-Sep 27 12 15 23 8 15 4 0 4 0 0 0 85.19 66.67 100.00 14.81 0.00 26.67
10-14 Oct-14 12 4 8 12 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
15-19 15 - 19 16 7 9 16 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
20-24 20 - 24 33 22 11 32 21 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 96.97 95.45 100.00 3.03 0.00 9.09
25-29 25 - 29 32 11 21 32 11 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 32 18 14 32 18 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
35-39 35 - 39 29 12 17 28 11 17 0 0 0 1 1 0 96.55 91.67 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
40-44 40 - 44 27 16 11 26 15 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 96.30 93.75 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 16 10 6 16 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
50-54 50 - 54 13 8 5 11 7 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 84.62 87.50 80.00 15.38 12.50 20.00
55-59 55 - 59 10 5 5 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
60-64 60 - 64 13 6 7 13 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
65+ 65 and over 27 15 12 25 13 12 2 0 2 0 0 0 92.59 86.67 100.00 7.41 0.00 16.67
Age not stated Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Kolhufushi Kolhufushi
Total Total 714 355 359 698 343 355 13 4 9 3 3 0 97.76 96.62 98.89 1.82 1.13 2.51
6-9 6-Sep 66 31 35 62 27 35 2 0 2 2 2 0 93.94 87.10 100.00 3.03 0.00 5.71
10-14 Oct-14 113 62 51 110 61 49 3 2 1 0 0 0 97.35 98.39 96.08 2.65 3.23 1.96
15-19 15 - 19 118 56 62 117 55 62 1 0 1 0 0 0 99.15 98.21 100.00 0.85 0.00 1.61
20-24 20 - 24 62 28 34 61 27 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 98.39 96.43 100.00 1.61 0.00 2.94
25-29 25 - 29 61 26 35 61 26 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 46 20 26 45 19 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 97.83 95.00 100.00 2.17 0.00 3.85
35-39 35 - 39 47 21 26 47 21 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
40-44 40 - 44 54 25 29 53 25 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 98.15 100.00 96.55 1.85 4.00 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 42 18 24 41 18 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 97.62 100.00 95.83 2.38 5.56 0.00
50-54 50 - 54 27 16 11 25 14 11 2 0 2 0 0 0 92.59 87.50 100.00 7.41 0.00 18.18
55-59 55 - 59 23 15 8 23 15 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
60-64 60 - 64 17 11 6 17 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
65+ 65 and over 37 25 12 36 24 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 97.30 96.00 100.00 2.70 0.00 8.33
Age not stated Not stated 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 0.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
Dhiggaru Dhiggaru
Total Total 841 418 423 816 403 413 0 0 0 25 15 10 97.03 96.41 97.64 0.00 0.00 0.00
6-9 6-Sep 58 27 31 56 27 29 0 0 0 2 0 2 96.55 100.00 93.55 0.00 0.00 0.00
10-14 Oct-14 133 72 61 131 72 59 0 0 0 2 0 2 98.50 100.00 96.72 0.00 0.00 0.00
15-19 15 - 19 122 70 52 117 67 50 0 0 0 5 3 2 95.90 95.71 96.15 0.00 0.00 0.00
20-24 20 - 24 58 28 30 57 27 30 0 0 0 1 1 0 98.28 96.43 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
25-29 25 - 29 59 27 32 58 26 32 0 0 0 1 1 0 98.31 96.30 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 43 17 26 43 17 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
35-39 35 - 39 80 30 50 80 30 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
40-44 40 - 44 63 26 37 59 24 35 0 0 0 4 2 2 93.65 92.31 94.59 0.00 0.00 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 67 40 27 62 36 26 0 0 0 5 4 1 92.54 90.00 96.30 0.00 0.00 0.00
50-54 50 - 54 39 23 16 38 22 16 0 0 0 1 1 0 97.44 95.65 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
55-59 55 - 59 19 10 9 17 8 9 0 0 0 2 2 0 89.47 80.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
60-64 60 - 64 13 7 6 13 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
65+ 65 and over 87 41 46 85 40 45 0 0 0 2 1 1 97.70 97.56 97.83 0.00 0.00 0.00
Age not stated Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Maduvvari Maduvvari
Total Total 372 207 165 365 201 164 1 1 0 6 6 0 98.12 97.10 99.39 0.27 0.48 0.00
6-9 6-Sep 34 18 16 33 17 16 0 0 0 1 1 0 97.06 94.44 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
10-14 Oct-14 60 36 24 60 36 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
15-19 15 - 19 43 20 23 43 20 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
20-24 20 - 24 28 18 10 28 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
25-29 25 - 29 23 14 9 23 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 27 12 15 26 12 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 96.30 100.00 93.33 3.70 8.33 0.00
35-39 35 - 39 23 8 15 23 8 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
40-44 40 - 44 37 20 17 36 19 17 0 0 0 1 1 0 97.30 95.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 28 17 11 28 17 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
50-54 50 - 54 8 4 4 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
55-59 55 - 59 6 4 2 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
60-64 60 - 64 18 10 8 17 9 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 94.44 90.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
65+ 65 and over 34 23 11 34 23 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Age not stated Not stated 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0.00 0.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
Hakura Huraa Hakura Huraa
Total Total 46 45 1 42 41 1 0 0 0 4 4 0 91.30 91.11 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6-9 6-Sep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
10-14 Oct-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
15-19 15 - 19 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
20-24 20 - 24 13 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
25-29 25 - 29 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
30-34 30 - 34 6 6 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 83.33 83.33 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
35-39 35 - 39 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
40-44 40 - 44 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
50-54 50 - 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
55-59 55 - 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
60-64 60 - 64 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
65+ 65 and over 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
Age not stated Not stated 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0.00 0.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
Industrial and other islands
Total 10 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
6-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
15-19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
20-24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
25-29 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
30-34 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
35-39 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
40-44 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
45-49 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
50-54 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
55-59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
60-64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
65+ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Age not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
                                       
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