From: Youth development in India: does poverty matter?
Census year
Total
Male
Female
Rural
Urban
1981
47.1
65.1
27.8
53.5
30
1991
44.6
58.2
29.8
51.3
27.7
2001
42.4
53.6
49.3
26.9
2011
36.9
47.5
25.4
41.6
27.1