According to NSSO data, which group of youth experienced the highest unemployment rate among rural females in 2011-12?

Graduates in rural areas.

The correct answer is Option 3: Graduates in rural areas.

As per NSSO data, in the year 2011-12, the rate of unemployment among youth males who studied graduation and above in rural areas was 19 per cent. Their urban counterparts had relatively less level of unemployment at 16 per cent. The most severely affected ones were young rural female graduates as nearly 30 per cent of them are unemployed. In contrast to this, only about 3-6 per cent of primary level educated youth in rural and urban areas were unemployed.