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  "dossier": "gender",
  "product": "gender",
  "source": "National Sample Survey, National Statistics Office, MoSPI (75th round, 2017-18), as reprinted in MoSPI's Women and Men in India 2025 (table 3.3)",
  "agency": "National Sample Survey, National Statistics Office, MoSPI (75th round, 2017-18)",
  "compendiumTable": "3.3",
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  "releaseDate": "2026-04-29",
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   "geo": "All India"
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   "geo": "All India"
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   "group": "Rural",
   "geo": "Andhra Pradesh"
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   "label": "Urban, Andhra Pradesh",
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   "group": "Urban",
   "geo": "Andhra Pradesh"
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   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Andhra Pradesh"
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   "label": "Rural, Assam",
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   "geo": "Assam"
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   "geo": "Assam"
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   "geo": "Bihar"
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   "geo": "Chhattisgarh"
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   "geo": "Chhattisgarh"
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   "geo": "Delhi"
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   "geo": "Delhi"
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   "geo": "Delhi"
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   "geo": "Gujarat"
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   "geo": "Gujarat"
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   "geo": "Haryana"
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   "geo": "Haryana"
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   "geo": "Himachal Pradesh"
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   "geo": "Himachal Pradesh"
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