2.05 URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION, RELIGION, MARITAL STATUS, LITERACY, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND RACE (1983 POPULATION CENSUS) (Percentage) S.N Description Union Urban Rural I. POPULATION             Total Population 100.0 - - Bamar 69.0 - - Indigenous Races 25.7 - - Indians and Pakistanis 1.3 - - Chinese 0.7 - - European and Other Races 3.3 - - II. RELIGION Total Population 100.0 - - Buddhist 89.4 - - Animist 1.2 - - Hindu 0.5 - - Muslim 3.9 - - Christian 4.9 - - Others 0.1 - - III. MARITAL STATUS Total Population 100.0 100.0 100.0 Ten years and over 74.0 77.0 73.0 Single 31.1 35.1 29.9 Married 36.5 35.3 36.9 Widowed 4.7 4.4 4.7 Divorced 1.1 1.2 1.0 Renounced 0.6 1.0 0.5 IV. LITERACY Total Population covered by Census 100.0 - - Five years and over 86.8 - - Literate 66.5 - - Illiterate 20.3 - - V. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE Total covered by Census 100.0 100.0 100.0 5-29 years 54.1 13.7 40.3 Attending School 19.1 6.4 12.7 Not attending 35.0 7.3 27.6 VI. RACE Total Population covered by Census 100.0 - - Kachin 1.4 - - Kayah 0.4 - - Kayin 6.2 - - Chin 2.2 - - Bamar 69.0 - - Mon 2.4 - - Rakhine 4.5 - - Shan 8.5 - - Other Indigenous 0.1 - - Foreign Race (Including Mixed 5.3 - - Bamar and Foreign) Note : Exclude estimated population of 1183005 persons residing in some areas which are not accessible during 1983 census. Source : Department of Population Top << Back