List of districts of Pakistan by literacy rate

Pakistan shows significant variation in literacy rates across its districts. Islamabad leads with a literacy rate of over 88%, followed closely by districts like Karachi Central (85%) and Lahore (77%). In contrast, many rural and remote districts, particularly in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, lag behind, with some areas like Torghar reporting rates below 20%. Quetta, a major urban center in Balochistan, stands at approximately 66%, reflecting a sharp urban-rural divide. These disparities underline the need for targeted education policies and investment in underdeveloped regions.

List

District 2023

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2017 1998 1981 1972
Total Male Female Rural Urban Total Male Female Rural Urban Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Muzaffarabad 88.22% 93.39% 84.65% 78.53% 86.42%
Hattian Bala 81.24% 83.09% 78.00% 71.50% 82.01%
Neelum 72.00% 76.49% 68.60% 78.53% 76.40%
Mirpur 90.00% 92.30% 84.65% 88.53% 93.44%
Bhimber 82.52% 92.30% 81.65% 72.53% 86.42%
Kotli 79.50% 83.35% 74.60% 68.53% 86.40%
Poonch 87.00% 89.20% 84.90% 78.53% 89.00%
Bagh 74.00% 79.20% 69.90% 73.00% 83.00%
Haveli 68.10% 71.00% 60.40% 69.08% 83.00%
Sudhnati 73.30% 77.00% 64.40% 67.08% 85.00%
Ghanche 87.00% 92.00% 80.00% 79.08% 88.00%
Skardu 89.00% 94.40% 80.60% 69.40% 94.00%
Roundu ...
Kharmang ...
Shigar ...
Astore ...
Diamer ...
Darel ...
Tangir ...
Ghizer ...
Gilgit ...
Hunza ...
Nagar ...
Gupis-Yasin District ...
Abbottabad 77.34% 86.20% 68.42% 75.15% 84.81%
Allai ... ... ... ... ...
Bajaur 26.26% 39.89% 12.29% 26.26% ...
Bannu 41.75% 58.47% 23.84% 40.14% 80.40%
Battagram 39.09% 54.69% 23.34% 39.09% ...
Buner 43.75% 60.61% 27.40% 43.75% ...
Charsadda 53.94% 66.55% 40.36% 52.73% 60.07%
Central Dir District ... ... ... ... ...
Dera Ismail Khan 46.58% 58.14% 33.71% 40.01% 69.80%
Hangu 43.15% 66.04% 22.02% 39.73% 60.70%
Haripur 74.88% 84.13% 65.61% 73.31% 85.39%
Karak 65.36% 84.12% 45.60% 64.88% 71.51%
Khyber 38.45% 58.08% 17.16% 36.37% 60.44%
Kohat 58.55% 76.38% 40.28% 54.38% 72.33%
Kolai Palas 18.80% 24.24% 13.14% 18.80% ...
Kurram 35.22% 49.39% 20.65% 34.53% 46.42%
Lakki Marwat 48.47% 67.36% 28.95% 46.91% 61.77%
Lower Chitral 66.10% 76.81% 54.77% 63.64% 77.17%
Lower Dir 57.36% 72.57% 43.16% 56.92% 71.35%
Lower Kohistan 22.05% 33.32% 10.32% 22.05% ...
Malakand ... ... ... ... ...
Mansehra 63.79% 75.33% 52.02% 62.17% 80.12%
Mardan 55.79% 68.31% 42.66% 54.19% 63.59%
Mohmand 31.28% 46.85% 15.10% 31.28% ...
North Waziristan 32.82% 46.94% 18.03% 32.65% 64.44%
Nowshera 56.78% 68.53% 44.49% 53.90% 68.23%
Orakzai 33.57% 50.70% 14.97% 33.57% ...
Peshawar 53.28% 64.91% 41.09% 47.20% 61.82%
Shangla 33.74% 48.82% 17.82% 33.74% ...
Upper South Waziristan ... ... ... ... ...
Lower South Waziristan ... ... ... ... ...
Swabi 58.48% 72.34% 44.50% 57.56% 62.63%
Swat 48.13% 61.83% 33.95% 43.55% 58.72%
Tank 40.67% 56.89% 23.18% 37.56% 64.87%
Torghar 29.74% 46.58% 12.46% 29.74% ...
Upper Chitral 73.83% 84.87% 62.11% 73.83% ...
Upper Dir 46.77% 62.76% 31.67% 46.04% 61.92%
Upper Kohistan 19.05% 27.46% 10.28% 19.05% ...
Badin 36.65% 46.46% 26.00% 31.52% 53.67%
Dadu 47.13% 55.26% 38.70% 39.84% 67.69%
Ghotki 41.38% 55.32% 26.27% 36.53% 57.69%
Hyderabad 67.21% 70.86% 63.08% 37.10% 72.91%
Jacobabad 42.34% 51.77% 32.65% 33.00% 62.31%
Jamshoro 49.63% 57.01% 41.63% 38.70% 61.41%
Karachi Central 83.55% 83.82% 83.27% ... 83.55%
Karachi East 80.07% 81.31% 78.65% ... 80.07%
Karachi South 78.57% 80.76% 76.05% ... 78.57%
Karachi West 67.43% 69.75% 64.79% 52.22% 68.98%
Kashmore 35.59% 45.08% 25.72% 29.58% 54.97%
Keamari 62.07% 66.86% 56.51% ... 62.07%
Khairpur 50.14% 61.84% 38.10% 44.68% 60.78%
Korangi 79.86% 81.27% 78.29% ... 79.86%
Larkana 55.58% 65.34% 44.96% 47.10% 65.46%
Malir 63.14% 67.74% 57.84% 56.48% 70.26%
Matiari 45.88% 56.34% 35.12% 40.61% 62.03%
Mirpur Khas 45.37% 55.04% 34.75% 34.81% 68.82%
Naushahro Feroze 57.15% 67.58% 46.36% 53.20% 66.43%
Qambar Shahdadkot 40.02% 48.94% 30.35% 35.65% 50.85%
Sanghar 43.66% 53.11% 33.85% 34.84% 65.13%
Shaheed Benazirabad 50.86% 61.07% 40.29% 43.87% 64.91%
Shikarpur 43.70% 52.59% 34.65% 35.13% 69.36%
Sujawal 27.02% 33.70% 19.66% 22.00% 65.40%
Sukkur 58.26% 68.10% 47.20% 45.24% 70.55%
Tando Allahyar 39.80% 47.82% 31.48% 32.39% 54.90%
Tando Muhammad Khan 34.02% 42.34% 25.02% 28.22% 53.05%
Tharparkar 36.39% 48.50% 23.49% 33.73% 63.00%
Thatta ... ... ... ... ...
Umerkot[6] 38.69% 51.17% 25.11% 32.35% 58.31%
Awaran 36.34% 44.28% 27.95% 33.23% 44.93%
Barkhan 33.62% 41.63% 24.93% 31.63% 57.93%
Chagai 33.15% 41.90% 23.57% 30.97% 57.88%
Chaman 39.97% 47.73% 30.60% 35.18% 51.36%
Dera Bugti 24.07% 34.40% 11.88% 15.89% 41.70%
Duki 44.18% 53.91% 33.43% 43.01% 63.51%
Gwadar 50.30% 57.62% 42.19% 42.48% 57.12%
Harnai 39.83% 48.91% 29.71% 34.06% 56.21%
Hub ... ... ... ... ...
Jafarabad 35.53% 44.43% 26.37% 29.68% 49.84%
Jhal Magsi 30.14% 37.89% 22.09% 27.15% 50.50%
Kachhi 30.20% 36.47% 23.29% 25.21% 52.27%
Kalat 39.70% 49.54% 29.41% 33.94% 68.49%
Kech 49.65% 55.23% 43.46% 43.77% 60.22%
Kharan 41.07% 51.78% 29.36% 36.21% 51.18%
Khuzdar 38.59% 44.91% 31.42% 29.76% 53.74%
Kohlu 28.53% 32.65% 23.93% 25.62% 65.11%
Lasbela 36.47% 45.86% 26.48% 27.03% 45.94%
Loralai 43.16% 54.27% 30.81% 36.93% 64.54%
Mastung 45.97% 57.26% 33.27% 42.46% 68.28%
Musakhel 36.60% 47.50% 24.72% 34.35% 60.61%
Nasirabad 28.96% 36.43% 21.18% 24.36% 48.34%
Nushki 57.12% 69.24% 44.16% 54.16% 66.33%
Panjgur 42.07% 45.80% 37.80% 44.81% 36.43%
Pishin 51.07% 65.85% 36.05% 48.94% 56.10%
Quetta 56.29% 65.06% 46.96% 47.10% 62.95%
Qila Abdullah 36.40% 47.28% 24.70% 36.59% 34.72%
Qilla Saifullah 32.96% 43.93% 21.24% 29.07% 50.90%
Sherani 23.86% 31.53% 15.02% 23.86% ...
Sibi 47.41% 55.72% 38.63% 36.61% 68.33%
Sohbatpur 41.02% 53.26% 28.42% 40.27% 52.11%
Surab 37.44% 45.16% 29.58% 35.97% 47.40%
Washuk 21.58% 26.76% 15.76% 21.86% 19.65%
Zhob 36.62% 45.24% 26.81% 31.33% 70.18%
Ziarat 43.37% 53.06% 33.49% 41.83% 47.60%
Usta Muhammad ... ... ... ... ...
Attock 70.22% 79.69% 60.66% 67.22% 78.18%
Bahawalnagar 57.01% 63.55% 49.95% 51.51% 70.84%
Bahawalpur 53.35% 59.40% 47.09% 44.21% 67.69%
Bhakkar 55.68% 66.81% 43.87% 52.04% 71.67%
Chakwal 77.79% 86.12% 69.52% 76.92% 80.43%
Chiniot 55.05% 64.64% 45.19% 48.37% 68.91%
Dera Ghazi Khan 46.78% 56.17% 37.20% 40.56% 65.05%
Faisalabad 73.41% 77.34% 69.11% 66.02% 81.03%
Gujranwala 76.77% 78.14% 75.36% 72.84% 79.35%
Gujrat 81.37% 84.81% 77.95% 79.39% 84.19%
Hafizabad 65.77% 70.70% 60.65% 61.15% 73.16%
Jhang 59.45% 69.09% 49.14% 54.05% 73.98%
Jhelum 80.65% 86.55% 74.53% 78.27% 84.41%
Kasur 62.85% 67.97% 57.44% 60.27% 68.60%
Khanewal 60.97% 69.26% 52.18% 56.27% 77.56%
Khushab 62.52% 75.59% 49.03% 58.60% 72.70%
Lahore 79.62% 81.41% 77.59% ... 79.62%
Layyah 61.83% 70.91% 52.21% 58.67% 75.13%
Lodhran 51.68% 60.63% 42.12% 48.40% 67.34%
Mandi Bahauddin 70.27% 74.89% 65.70% 67.71% 81.23%
Mianwali 62.87% 77.58% 47.63% 60.44% 72.18%
Multan 61.41% 67.28% 55.27% 49.35% 74.55%
Muzaffargarh 47.99% 55.95% 39.72% 44.05% 64.06%
Nankana Sahib[7] 63.12% 68.38% 57.63% 59.86% 75.86%
Narowal 75.28% 79.89% 70.49% 73.83% 81.77%
Okara 60.25% 66.52% 53.71% 53.88% 72.36%
Pakpattan 57.13% 64.70% 49.27% 53.00% 71.12%
Rahim Yar Khan 47.94% 55.14% 40.15% 40.22% 70.70%
Rajanpur 36.09% 43.68% 28.18% 27.39% 57.42%
Rawalpindi 83.22% 87.90% 78.36% 80.66% 84.41%
Sahiwal 64.77% 71.06% 58.29% 59.69% 78.60%
Sargodha 66.73% 73.63% 59.62% 60.61% 76.82%
Sheikhupura 68.88% 72.09% 65.46% 65.24% 74.65%
Sialkot 78.37% 80.24% 76.50% 75.94% 83.31%
Toba Tek Singh 71.38% 76.37% 66.13% 68.30% 81.82%
Vehari 59.10% 66.43% 51.57% 54.73% 73.61%
Talagang ... ... ... ... ...
Murree ... ... ... ... ...
Taunsa ... ... ... ... ...
Kot Addu ... ... ... ... ...
Wazirabad ... ... ... ... ...
Islamabad Capital Territory 83.97% 88.23% 79.13% 84.88% 82.91%

See also

References

  1. ^ "TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, KPK" (PDF).
  2. ^ "TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, SINDH" (PDF).
  3. ^ "TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, ISLAMABAD" (PDF).
  4. ^ "TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
  5. ^ "TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Historically & Geographically". District Government Umerkot. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Nankana becomes district". Dawn. Pakistan. 10 May 2005. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
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