{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "gender",
  "product": "gender",
  "source": "National Sample Survey, National Statistics Office, MoSPI (79th round, 2022-23), as reprinted in MoSPI's Women and Men in India 2025 (table 3.12.2)",
  "agency": "National Sample Survey, National Statistics Office, MoSPI (79th round, 2022-23)",
  "compendiumTable": "3.12.2",
  "indicatorCode": 69,
  "base": "as published",
  "frequency": "cross-sectional",
  "unit": "years",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "geo": "IND",
  "latestPeriod": "2022-23 (July to June)",
  "releaseDate": "2026-04-29",
  "revisionPolicy": "Each indicator is final as its underlying source publishes; the compendium is a curated cross-source portrait, never a single survey.",
  "coverage": "Mean years of schooling in formal education (including pre-primary level of education)",
  "periodLabels": {
   "2022-07-01": "2022-23"
  },
  "cut": "Rural or urban, sex and age",
  "note": "MoSPI's compendium reprints this table from National Sample Survey, National Statistics Office, MoSPI (79th round, 2022-23); the figures are that agency's. Values printed as \"-\" (no observation) or \"NR\" (not reported) are not baked; meta.omitted counts them.",
  "omitted": {}
 },
 "dates": [
  "2022-07-01"
 ],
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   "name": "gender_t69_rural__male__15_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Rural, Male, 15 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    8.5
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   "group": "Rural",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "rural__male__25_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_rural__male__25_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Rural, Male, 25 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    7.6
   ],
   "group": "Rural",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "rural__female__15_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_rural__female__15_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Rural, Female, 15 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    6.4
   ],
   "group": "Rural",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "rural__female__25_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_rural__female__25_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Rural, Female, 25 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    5.1
   ],
   "group": "Rural",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "rural__person__15_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_rural__person__15_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Rural, Person, 15 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    7.5
   ],
   "group": "Rural",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "rural__person__25_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_rural__person__25_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Rural, Person, 25 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    6.4
   ],
   "group": "Rural",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "urban__male__15_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_urban__male__15_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Urban, Male, 15 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    11.2
   ],
   "group": "Urban",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "urban__male__25_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_urban__male__25_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Urban, Male, 25 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    10.8
   ],
   "group": "Urban",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "urban__female__15_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_urban__female__15_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Urban, Female, 15 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    9.7
   ],
   "group": "Urban",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "urban__female__25_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_urban__female__25_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Urban, Female, 25 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    9
   ],
   "group": "Urban",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "urban__person__15_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_urban__person__15_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Urban, Person, 15 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    10.5
   ],
   "group": "Urban",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "urban__person__25_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_urban__person__25_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Urban, Person, 25 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    9.9
   ],
   "group": "Urban",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "total__male__15_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_total__male__15_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Total, Male, 15 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    9.3
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   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "total__male__25_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_total__male__25_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Total, Male, 25 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    8.6
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "total__female__15_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_total__female__15_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Total, Female, 15 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    7.4
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "total__female__25_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_total__female__25_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Total, Female, 25 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    6.3
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "total__person__15_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_total__person__15_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Total, Person, 15 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    8.4
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "total__person__25_years_and_above__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t69_total__person__25_years_and_above__all_india",
   "label": "Total, Person, 25 years and above, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "years",
   "data": [
    7.5
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "All India"
  }
 }
}