Digital Education & Digital Divide

Rural households have substantially less internet and device access than urban households, and the current size of the gap is not reliably established

Every source reviewed agrees that rural household internet and computer access lags urban access substantially, and that the device gap is wider than the connectivity gap — households are more likely to have some form of internet than to have a computer. The size of the gap cannot be stated with confidence: cited figures range widely across survey rounds, and several secondary sources cite 'NSSO data' without naming the round or year. Resolving this to a single dated official source is a prerequisite before any figure is published. Evidence confidence: High that a substantial gap exists; Low on its current magnitude, which is why no percentage is recorded here.