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)
Dhaalu Dhaalu
Total Total 4406 2289 2117 4279 2212 2067 85 36 49 42 28 14 97.12 96.64 97.64 1.93 1.57 2.31
6-9 6-Sep 453 233 220 422 216 206 21 7 14 10 3 7 93.16 92.70 93.64 4.64 3.00 6.36
10-14 Oct-14 658 351 307 654 349 305 4 2 2 0 0 0 99.39 99.43 99.35 0.61 0.57 0.65
15-19 15 - 19 619 344 275 615 341 274 4 1 3 0 0 0 99.35 99.13 99.64 0.65 0.29 1.09
20-24 20 - 24 476 228 248 472 226 246 4 2 2 0 0 0 99.16 99.12 99.19 0.84 0.88 0.81
25-29 25 - 29 358 175 183 354 172 182 4 1 3 0 0 0 98.88 98.29 99.45 1.12 0.57 1.64
30-34 30 - 34 306 132 174 302 131 171 4 3 1 0 0 0 98.69 99.24 98.28 1.31 2.27 0.57
35-39 35 - 39 346 186 160 343 183 160 2 0 2 1 1 0 99.13 98.39 100.00 0.58 0.00 1.25
40-44 40 - 44 310 155 155 304 151 153 3 2 1 3 3 0 98.06 97.42 98.71 0.97 1.29 0.65
45-49 45 - 49 267 136 131 258 132 126 6 4 2 3 2 1 96.63 97.06 96.18 2.25 2.94 1.53
50-54 50 - 54 115 65 50 113 65 48 2 2 0 0 0 0 98.26 100.00 96.00 1.74 3.08 0.00
55-59 55 - 59 107 69 38 105 68 37 2 1 1 0 0 0 98.13 98.55 97.37 1.87 1.45 2.63
60-64 60 - 64 92 33 59 88 32 56 4 3 1 0 0 0 95.65 96.97 94.92 4.35 9.09 1.69
65+ 65 and over 275 164 111 249 146 103 25 8 17 1 1 0 90.55 89.02 92.79 9.09 4.88 15.32
Age not stated Not stated 24 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 18 6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Meedhoo Meedhoo
Total Total 811 456 355 789 441 348 16 5 11 6 4 2 97.29 96.71 98.03 1.97 1.10 3.10
6-9 6-Sep 98 63 35 93 59 34 3 0 3 2 1 1 94.90 93.65 97.14 3.06 0.00 8.57
10-14 Oct-14 143 82 61 140 81 59 3 2 1 0 0 0 97.90 98.78 96.72 2.10 2.44 1.64
15-19 15 - 19 118 71 47 118 71 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
20-24 20 - 24 74 40 34 74 40 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
25-29 25 - 29 65 33 32 64 33 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 98.46 100.00 96.88 1.54 3.03 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 51 22 29 51 22 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
35-39 35 - 39 63 39 24 63 39 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
40-44 40 - 44 50 24 26 49 24 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 98.00 100.00 96.15 2.00 4.17 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 56 32 24 56 32 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
50-54 50 - 54 17 8 9 17 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
55-59 55 - 59 13 10 3 12 9 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 92.31 90.00 100.00 7.69 0.00 33.33
60-64 60 - 64 12 2 10 12 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
65+ 65 and over 47 27 20 40 21 19 7 1 6 0 0 0 85.11 77.78 95.00 14.89 3.70 30.00
Age not stated Not stated 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Badidhoo Badidhoo
Total Total 511 258 253 495 252 243 11 6 5 5 1 4 96.87 97.67 96.05 2.15 2.33 1.98
6-9 6-Sep 80 43 37 72 41 31 5 3 2 3 0 3 90.00 95.35 83.78 6.25 6.98 5.41
10-14 Oct-14 104 58 46 104 58 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
15-19 15 - 19 65 33 32 65 33 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
20-24 20 - 24 49 24 25 49 24 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
25-29 25 - 29 37 19 18 37 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 30 9 21 30 9 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
35-39 35 - 39 38 18 20 38 18 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
40-44 40 - 44 30 19 11 28 17 11 1 0 1 1 1 0 93.33 89.47 100.00 3.33 0.00 9.09
45-49 45 - 49 28 7 21 27 7 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 96.43 100.00 95.24 3.57 14.29 0.00
50-54 50 - 54 7 4 3 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 85.71 100.00 66.67 14.29 25.00 0.00
55-59 55 - 59 10 8 2 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
60-64 60 - 64 14 5 9 14 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
65+ 65 and over 18 11 7 15 9 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 83.33 81.82 85.71 16.67 9.09 28.57
Age not stated Not stated 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA 0.00
Ribudhoo Ribudhoo
Total Total 186 86 100 179 82 97 7 3 4 0 0 0 96.24 95.35 97.00 3.76 3.49 4.00
6-9 6-Sep 18 10 8 17 9 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 94.44 90.00 100.00 5.56 0.00 12.50
10-14 Oct-14 31 15 16 30 14 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 96.77 93.33 100.00 3.23 0.00 6.25
15-19 15 - 19 18 9 9 18 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
20-24 20 - 24 21 7 14 20 7 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 95.24 100.00 92.86 4.76 14.29 0.00
25-29 25 - 29 17 4 13 17 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 7 4 3 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 85.71 75.00 100.00 14.29 0.00 33.33
35-39 35 - 39 11 4 7 11 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
40-44 40 - 44 14 6 8 13 6 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 92.86 100.00 87.50 7.14 16.67 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 14 5 9 12 4 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 85.71 80.00 88.89 14.29 20.00 11.11
50-54 50 - 54 6 3 3 6 3 3 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 4 3 1 4 3 1 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 13 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 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
Hulhudheli Hulhudheli
Total Total 488 223 265 461 207 254 12 7 5 15 11 4 94.47 92.83 95.85 2.46 3.14 1.89
6-9 6-Sep 56 29 27 48 26 22 5 2 3 3 0 3 85.71 89.66 81.48 8.93 6.90 11.11
10-14 Oct-14 76 40 36 76 40 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
15-19 15 - 19 59 36 23 58 35 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 98.31 97.22 100.00 1.69 0.00 4.35
20-24 20 - 24 55 16 39 55 16 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
25-29 25 - 29 34 8 26 34 8 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 38 10 28 38 10 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
35-39 35 - 39 36 17 19 35 16 19 0 0 0 1 1 0 97.22 94.12 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
40-44 40 - 44 31 10 21 29 8 21 0 0 0 2 2 0 93.55 80.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 19 8 11 15 6 9 1 1 0 3 2 1 78.95 75.00 81.82 5.26 12.50 0.00
50-54 50 - 54 13 6 7 13 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
55-59 55 - 59 9 7 2 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
60-64 60 - 64 20 6 14 18 6 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 90.00 100.00 85.71 10.00 33.33 0.00
65+ 65 and over 36 24 12 33 23 10 3 2 1 0 0 0 91.67 95.83 83.33 8.33 8.33 8.33
Age not stated Not stated 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0.00 0.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
Vaanee Vaanee
Total Total 172 78 94 169 76 93 3 1 2 0 0 0 98.26 97.44 98.94 1.74 1.28 2.13
6-9 6-Sep 13 5 8 12 5 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 92.31 100.00 87.50 7.69 20.00 0.00
10-14 Oct-14 23 12 11 23 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
15-19 15 - 19 18 7 11 18 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
20-24 20 - 24 25 10 15 25 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
25-29 25 - 29 17 7 10 17 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 10 4 6 10 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
35-39 35 - 39 13 6 7 13 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
40-44 40 - 44 11 7 4 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 10 2 8 9 1 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 90.00 50.00 100.00 10.00 0.00 12.50
50-54 50 - 54 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
55-59 55 - 59 5 3 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
60-64 60 - 64 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 NA 100.00 0.00 NA 0.00
65+ 65 and over 21 13 8 20 12 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 95.24 92.31 100.00 4.76 0.00 12.50
Age not stated Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Maaeboodhoo Maaeboodhoo
Total Total 535 260 275 524 249 275 8 0 8 3 3 0 97.94 95.77 100.00 1.50 0.00 2.91
6-9 6-Sep 67 32 35 62 27 35 4 0 4 1 1 0 92.54 84.38 100.00 5.97 0.00 11.43
10-14 Oct-14 77 40 37 77 40 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
15-19 15 - 19 83 44 39 82 43 39 1 0 1 0 0 0 98.80 97.73 100.00 1.20 0.00 2.56
20-24 20 - 24 53 15 38 53 15 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
25-29 25 - 29 32 13 19 30 11 19 2 0 2 0 0 0 93.75 84.62 100.00 6.25 0.00 10.53
30-34 30 - 34 35 13 22 35 13 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
35-39 35 - 39 45 18 27 44 17 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 97.78 94.44 100.00 2.22 0.00 3.70
40-44 40 - 44 29 18 11 29 18 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 37 22 15 37 22 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
50-54 50 - 54 19 12 7 19 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
55-59 55 - 59 19 11 8 19 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
60-64 60 - 64 11 7 4 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
65+ 65 and over 27 14 13 26 13 13 0 0 0 1 1 0 96.30 92.86 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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
Kudahuvadhoo Kudahuvadhoo
Total Total 1456 686 770 1418 666 752 28 14 14 10 6 4 97.39 97.08 97.66 1.92 2.04 1.82
6-9 6-Sep 121 51 70 118 49 69 2 1 1 1 1 0 97.52 96.08 98.57 1.65 1.96 1.43
10-14 Oct-14 204 104 100 204 104 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
15-19 15 - 19 228 114 114 226 113 113 2 1 1 0 0 0 99.12 99.12 99.12 0.88 0.88 0.88
20-24 20 - 24 144 64 80 141 62 79 3 1 2 0 0 0 97.92 96.88 98.75 2.08 1.56 2.50
25-29 25 - 29 118 54 64 117 53 64 1 0 1 0 0 0 99.15 98.15 100.00 0.85 0.00 1.56
30-34 30 - 34 96 32 64 93 32 61 3 3 0 0 0 0 96.88 100.00 95.31 3.13 9.38 0.00
35-39 35 - 39 111 55 56 110 54 56 1 0 1 0 0 0 99.10 98.18 100.00 0.90 0.00 1.79
40-44 40 - 44 118 44 74 118 44 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
45-49 45 - 49 90 47 43 89 47 42 1 1 0 0 0 0 98.89 100.00 97.67 1.11 2.13 0.00
50-54 50 - 54 47 27 20 46 27 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 97.87 100.00 95.00 2.13 3.70 0.00
55-59 55 - 59 34 18 16 33 18 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 97.06 100.00 93.75 2.94 5.56 0.00
60-64 60 - 64 27 9 18 25 8 17 2 1 1 0 0 0 92.59 88.89 94.44 7.41 11.11 5.56
65+ 65 and over 109 62 47 98 55 43 11 4 7 0 0 0 89.91 88.71 91.49 10.09 6.45 14.89
Age not stated Not stated 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Velavaru Island Resort Velavaru Island Resort
Total Total 75 75 0 72 72 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 96.00 96.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
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 12 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
20-24 20 - 24 16 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
25-29 25 - 29 12 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
30-34 30 - 34 12 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
35-39 35 - 39 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
40-44 40 - 44 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
45-49 45 - 49 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
50-54 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 55 - 59 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 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
Vilu Reef Resort Vilu Reef Resort
Total Total 126 121 5 126 121 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 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 13 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
20-24 20 - 24 34 31 3 34 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
25-29 25 - 29 23 22 1 23 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-34 30 - 34 16 15 1 16 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
35-39 35 - 39 13 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
40-44 40 - 44 17 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
45-49 45 - 49 7 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
50-54 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 55 - 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
60-64 60 - 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
65+ 65 and over 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
Age not stated Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Industrial and other islands
Total 46 46 0 46 46 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 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
20-24 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
25-29 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
30-34 11 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
35-39 7 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
40-44 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
45-49 3 3 0 3 3 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 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.00 100.00 NA 0.00 0.00 NA
60-64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
65+ 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
                                       
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