MORANG: Literacy rate in Morang district has increased by 16.87 per cent in the four years since the national census was held in 2011.

The literacy rate in the district was 70.13 per cent as per the national census carried out in 2011.

The increase in the literacy rate in the district is attributed to the literacy campaign being run by the government. Only 23, 549 people are illiterate in the district now, according to the District Education Office, Morang.

Assistant district education officer Phanindra Khatri said the district education office has set the target of making the remaining illiterate people literate by May 13 this year.