Which of the following statements regarding literacy in India are correct ?
1. A person who can only read but cannot write is not defined literate.
2. Children below 5 years of age are not taken into consideration even if they are able to read and write.
3. For the purpose of census, a person is deemed literate if he or she can read and write with understanding in any of the 22 languages mentioned in the Constitution
4. The fact that a district has attained hundred percent literacy does not mean that the entire population in the district is literate.

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