List of districts of Pakistan by literacy rate

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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.

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List

District2023

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2017199819811972
TotalMaleFemaleRuralUrbanTotalMaleFemaleRuralUrbanTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale
Muzaffarabad ...
Hattian Bala ...
Neelum ...
Mirpur ...
Bhimber ...
Kotli ...
Poonch ...
Bagh ...
Haveli ...
Sudhnati ...
Ghanche ...
Skardu ...
Roundu ...
Kharmang ...
Shigar ...
Astore ...
Diamer ...
Darel ...
Tangir ...
Ghizer ...
Gilgit ...
Hunza ...
Nagar ...
Gupis-Yasin District ...
Abbottabad 88.34%96.20%70.42%87.15%94.81%
Allai ...............
Bajaur 37.26%49.89%24.29%37.26%...
Bannu 52.75%68.47%35.84%52.14%90.40%
Battagram 50.09%64.69%35.34%50.09%...
Buner 54.75%70.61%39.40%54.75%...
Charsadda 64.94%76.55%52.36%64.73%70.07%
Central Dir District ...............
Dera Ismail Khan 57.58%68.14%45.71%52.01%79.80%
Hangu 54.15%76.04%34.02%51.73%70.70%
Haripur 85.88%94.13%77.61%85.31%95.39%
Karak 76.36%94.12%57.60%75.88%81.51%
Khyber 49.45%68.08%29.16%48.37%70.44%
Kohat 69.55%86.38%52.28%66.38%82.33%
Kolai Palas 29.80%34.24%25.14%29.80%...
Kurram 46.22%59.39%32.65%45.53%56.42%
Lakki Marwat 59.47%77.36%40.95%58.91%71.77%
Lower Chitral 77.10%86.81%66.77%75.64%87.17%
Lower Dir 68.36%82.57%55.16%67.92%81.35%
Lower Kohistan 33.05%43.32%22.32%33.05%...
Malakand ...............
Mansehra 74.79%85.33%64.02%74.17%90.12%
Mardan 66.79%78.31%54.66%66.19%73.59%
Mohmand 42.28%56.85%27.10%42.28%...
North Waziristan 43.82%56.94%30.03%43.65%74.44%
Nowshera 67.78%78.53%56.49%65.90%78.23%
Orakzai 44.57%60.70%26.97%44.57%...
Peshawar 64.28%74.91%53.09%59.20%71.82%
Shangla 44.74%58.82%29.82%44.74%...
Upper South Waziristan ...............
Lower South Waziristan ...............
Swabi 69.48%82.34%55.50%67.56%72.63%
Swat 59.13%71.83%45.95%55.55%68.72%
Tank 51.67%66.89%35.18%49.56%74.87%
Torghar 40.74%56.58%24.46%40.74%...
Upper Chitral 84.83%94.87%74.11%84.83%...
Upper Dir 57.77%72.76%43.67%57.04%71.92%
Upper Kohistan 30.05%37.46%22.28%30.05%...
Badin 47.65%56.46%38.00%43.52%63.67%
Dadu 58.13%65.26%50.70%51.84%77.69%
Ghotki 52.38%65.32%38.27%48.53%67.69%
Hyderabad 78.21%80.86%75.08%49.10%82.91%
Jacobabad 53.34%61.77%44.65%45.00%72.31%
Jamshoro 60.63%67.01%53.63%50.70%71.41%
Karachi Central 94.55%94.62%94.47%...94.55%
Karachi East 91.07%91.31%90.65%...91.07%
Karachi South 89.57%90.76%88.05%...89.57%
Karachi West 78.43%79.75%76.79%64.22%78.98%
Kashmore 46.59%55.08%37.72%40.58%64.97%
Keamari 73.07%76.86%68.51%...73.07%
Khairpur 61.14%71.84%50.10%56.68%70.78%
Korangi 90.86%91.27%90.29%...91.86%
Larkana 66.58%75.34%56.96%59.10%75.46%
Malir 74.14%77.74%69.84%68.48%80.26%
Matiari 56.88%66.34%47.12%52.61%72.03%
Mirpur Khas 56.37%65.04%46.75%46.81%78.82%
Naushahro Feroze 68.15%77.58%58.36%65.20%76.43%
Qambar Shahdadkot 51.02%58.94%42.35%47.65%60.85%
Sanghar 54.66%63.11%45.85%46.84%75.13%
Shaheed Benazirabad 61.86%71.07%52.29%55.87%74.91%
Shikarpur 54.70%62.59%46.65%47.13%79.36%
Sujawal 38.02%43.70%30.66%34.00%75.40%
Sukkur 69.26%78.10%59.20%57.24%80.55%
Tando Allahyar 50.80%57.82%43.48%44.39%64.90%
Tando Muhammad Khan 45.02%52.34%37.02%40.22%63.05%
Tharparkar 47.39%58.50%35.49%45.73%73.00%
Thatta ...............
Umerkot [6] 49.69%61.17%37.11%44.35%68.31%
Awaran 47.34%54.28%39.95%45.23%54.93%
Barkhan 44.62%51.63%36.93%43.63%67.93%
Chagai 44.15%51.90%35.57%42.97%67.88%
Chaman 50.97%57.73%42.60%47.18%61.36%
Dera Bugti 35.07%44.40%23.88%27.89%51.70%
Duki 55.18%63.91%45.43%55.01%73.51%
Gwadar 61.30%67.62%54.19%54.48%67.12%
Harnai 50.83%58.91%40.71%46.06%66.21%
Hub ...............
Jafarabad 46.53%54.43%38.37%40.68%59.84%
Jhal Magsi 41.14%47.89%34.09%39.15%60.50%
Kachhi 41.20%46.47%35.29%37.21%62.27%
Kalat 50.70%59.54%41.41%45.94%78.49%
Kech 60.65%65.23%55.46%55.77%70.22%
Kharan 52.07%61.78%40.36%48.21%61.18%
Khuzdar 49.59%54.91%43.42%40.76%63.74%
Kohlu 39.53%42.65%35.93%37.62%75.11%
Lasbela 47.47%55.86%38.48%39.03%55.94%
Loralai 54.16%64.27%42.81%48.93%74.54%
Mastung 56.97%67.26%45.27%54.46%78.28%
Musakhel 47.60%57.50%36.72%46.35%70.61%
Nasirabad 39.96%46.43%33.18%36.36%58.34%
Nushki 68.12%79.24%56.16%66.16%76.33%
Panjgur 53.07%55.80%49.80%52.81%46.43%
Pishin 62.07%75.85%48.05%60.94%66.10%
Quetta 67.29%75.06%58.96%59.10%72.95%
Qila Abdullah 47.40%57.28%36.70%48.59%46.72%
Qilla Saifullah 43.96%53.93%33.24%40.07%60.90%
Sherani 34.86%41.53%27.02%34.86%...
Sibi 58.41%65.72%50.63%48.61%78.33%
Sohbatpur 52.02%63.26%40.42%51.27%62.11%
Surab 48.44%54.16%40.58%47.97%57.40%
Washuk 32.58%36.76%27.76%32.86%30.65%
Zhob 47.62%55.24%38.81%43.33%80.18%
Ziarat 54.37%63.06%44.49%53.83%57.60%
Usta Muhammad ...............
Attock 81.22%89.69%72.66%79.22%88.18%
Bahawalnagar 68.01%73.55%60.95%63.51%80.84%
Bahawalpur 64.35%69.40%59.09%56.21%77.69%
Bhakkar 66.68%76.81%55.87%64.04%81.67%
Chakwal 88.79%96.12%81.52%86.92%90.43%
Chiniot 66.05%74.64%57.19%60.37%78.91%
Dera Ghazi Khan 57.78%66.17%49.20%52.56%75.05%
Faisalabad 84.41%87.34%81.11%78.02%91.03%
Gujranwala 87.77%88.14%87.36%84.84%89.35%
Gujrat 92.37%94.81%89.95%91.39%94.19%
Hafizabad 76.77%80.70%72.65%73.15%83.16%
Jhang 70.45%79.09%61.14%66.05%83.98%
Jhelum 91.65%96.55%86.53%90.27%94.41%
Kasur 73.85%77.97%69.44%72.27%78.60%
Khanewal 71.97%79.26%64.18%68.27%87.56%
Khushab 73.52%85.59%61.03%70.60%82.70%
Lahore 90.62%91.41%89.59%...90.62%
Layyah 72.83%80.91%64.21%70.67%85.13%
Lodhran 62.68%70.63%54.12%60.40%77.34%
Mandi Bahauddin 81.27%84.89%77.70%79.71%91.23%
Mianwali 73.87%87.58%59.63%72.44%82.18%
Multan 72.41%77.28%66.27%61.35%84.55%
Muzaffargarh 58.99%65.95%51.72%56.05%74.06%
Nankana Sahib 74.12%78.38%69.63%71.86%85.86%
Narowal 86.28%89.89%82.49%85.83%91.77%
Okara 71.25%76.52%65.71%65.88%82.36%
Pakpattan 68.13%74.70%60.27%65.00%81.12%
Rahim Yar Khan 58.94%65.14%52.15%52.22%80.70%
Rajanpur 47.09%53.68%40.18%39.39%67.42%
Rawalpindi 94.22%97.90%90.36%92.66%94.41%
Sahiwal 75.77%81.06%70.29%71.69%88.60%
Sargodha 77.73%73.63%71.62%72.61%86.82%
Sheikhupura 79.88%82.09%77.46%77.24%84.65%
Sialkot 89.37%90.24%88.50%87.94%93.31%
Toba Tek Singh 82.38%86.37%78.13%80.30%91.82%
Vehari 70.10%76.43%63.57%65.73%83.61%
Talagang ...............
Murree ...............
Tonsa ...............
Kot Addu ...............
Wazirabad ...............
Islamabad Capital Territory 94.97%98.23%91.13%92.88%94.91%

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.
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