List of tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan by literacy rate

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The literacy rate across Punjab, Pakistan, exhibits significant variation among its tehsils, reflecting disparities in educational development. According to the 2023 census data, urban tehsils such as Gujrat (82.48%), Faisalabad City (81.59%), and Lahore Cantonment (81.01%) boast some of the highest literacy rates in the province. Conversely, rural tehsils like Koh-e-Suleman (36.04%) and Liaqatpur (38.35%) lag considerably behind, highlighting the urban-rural divide in educational access. In the Sargodha District, literacy rates vary from 56.33% in Kot Momin to 69.31% in Bhalwal, indicating intra-district disparities. Similarly, Toba Tek Singh District shows a range from 63.55% in Kamalia to 74.45% in Toba Tek Singh Tehsil. These statistics underscore the need for targeted educational policies to bridge the literacy gap across different regions of Punjab. [1]

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TehsilTotal
(2023) [1] 		MaleFemaleRuralUrbanDistrictsDivisions
Bahawalnagar 53.51%61.49%44.83%45.86%71.1% Bahawalnagar District Bahawalpur Division
Chishtian 60.49%66.19%54.36%55.25%73.77%
Fort Abbas 61.36%66.89%55.33%57.54%71.89%
Haroonabad 66.28%71.13%61.12%62.61%73.11%
Minchinabad 44.05%52.2%35.16%40.27%58.95%
Ahmadpur East 39.68%46.83%32.27%32.04%59.94% Bahawalpur District
Bahawalpur City 71.67%75.53%67.62%...71.67%
Bahawalpur Saddar 52.56%59.77%44.94%49.75%62.83%
Hasilpur 59.64%65.16%54.1%55.24%66.52%
Khairpur Tamewali 45.82%54.69%36.7%42.56%61.83%
Yazman 53.55%58.41%48.52%51.57%73.24%
Khanpur 50.08%57.02%42.66%44.39%64.38% Rahim Yar Khan District
Liaqatpur 38.35%............
Rahim Yar Khan 53.66%60.38%46.43%42.64%74.37%
Sadiqabad 47.04%54.88%38.46%38.5%72.87%
Dera Ghazi Khan 47.25%54.65%39.77%34.64%66.9% Dera Ghazi Khan District Dera Ghazi Khan Division
De-Excluded Area D.G. Khan...............
Kot Chutta 38.61%............
Muhammadpur ............... Jampur District
Jampur 38.07%46.11%29.86%29.63%56.53%
Dajal ...............
Tribal Area ...............
Chowk Sarwar Shaheed 55.5%65.25%45.63%52.27%72.45% Kot Addu District
Kot Addu 58.19%66.6%49.58%53.83%74.11%
Karor Lal Esan 62.43%71.61%52.73%59.86%78.43% Layyah District
Chaubara ...............
Layyah 62.34%71.24%52.92%57.77%78.18%
Jatoi 40.67%48.85%32.19%38.61%46.62% Muzaffargarh District
Alipur 39.15%47.23%30.69%32.65%58.97%
Muzaffargarh 46.84%54.07%39.23%42.83%69.86%
Rojhan 20.98%28.18%13.04%19.63%50.21% Rajanpur District
Rajanpur 41.38%49.09%33.4%30.85%58.63%
De-Excluded Area Rajanpur...............
Koh-e-Suleman 36.04%51.53%19.45%36.04%... Taunsa District
Taunsa 57.96%68.38%46.94%53.67%74.33%
Vehowa ...............
Bhowana ............... Chiniot District Faisalabad Division
Chiniot 57.31%65.35%48.92%47.16%67.03%
Lalian 57.26%66.4%48.04%49.66%76.66%
Chak Jhumra 70.56%76.02%64.41%68.92%79.35% Faisalabad District
Faisalabad City 81.59%83.39%79.61%...81.59%
Faisalabad Sadar 71.25%75.09%67.05%71.15%72.93%
Jaranwala 66.32%72.08%59.97%63.77%79.81%
Samundri ...............
Tandlianwala ...............
Shorkot 58.12%68.04%47.53%55.61%77.01% Jhang District
Jhang 60.96%69.53%51.76%51.74%75.22%
Ahmadpur Sial 56.87%67.97%45.01%54.76%67.18%
Athara Hazari ...............
Mandi Shah Jeewna ...............
Kamalia 63.55%71.02%55.68%55.87%75% Toba Tek Singh District
Gojra 74.22%77.74%70.51%70.78%82.76%
Pirmahal 68.39%74.6%61.81%65.8%86.7%
Toba Tek Singh 74.45%78.83%69.85%72.24%86.91%
Gujrat 82.48%85.26%79.7%80.18%84.47% Gujrat District Gujrat Division
Kharian 79.69%83.81%75.58%78.42%83.09%
Sarai Alamgir 81.55%86.09%77.05%80.24%85.51%
Jalalpur Jattan ...............
Kunjah ...............
Pindi Bhattian 58.7%65.62%51.45%55.11%67.38% Hafizabad District
Hafizabad 70.89%74.41%67.25%66.79%75.88%
Mandi Bahauddin 72.69%76.31%69.13%68.99%81.18% Mandi Bahauddin District
Malakwal 66.28%72.31%60.26%64.04%82.48%
Phalia 70.11%74.99%65.31%68.98%80.37%
Wazirabad 77.39%79.18%75.62%75.11%81.26% Wazirabad District
Ali Pur Chatta ...............
Gujranwala City 79.39%79.88%78.88%...79.39% Gujranwala District Gujranwala Division
Gujranwala Saddar 75.71%77.14%74.24%73.28%81.06%
Kamoke 73.04%75.07%70.96%71.74%74.72%
Nowshera Virkan 71.36%74.63%68%70.55%78.98%
Shakargarh 76.28%81.38%70.95%75.6%79.65% Narowal District
Narowal 76.78%80.61%72.78%74.65%83.01%
Zafarwal 71.72%76.59%66.69%70.4%82.91%
Pasrur 74.52%77.28%71.76%73.46%81.11% Sialkot District
Daska 79.19%81.32%77.02%77.12%84.83%
Sambrial 79.89%81.84%77.95%78.7%82.57%
Sialkot 79.42%80.72%78.14%76.21%83.31%
Chunian 60.64%66.58%54.43%58.23%69.65% Kasur District Lahore Division
Kasur 63.63%68.19%58.82%60.96%66.89%
Kot Radha Kishan 64.66%69.73%59.2%61.59%74.07%
Pattoki 62.98%68.19%57.44%60.91%70.47%
Lahore Cantonment 81.01%............ Lahore District
Lahore City 80.36%81.64%78.92%...80.36%
Model Town 78.94%81.06%76.6%...78.94%
Raiwind 72.35%75.66%68.45%...72.35%
Shalimar 81.21%82.62%79.65%...81.21%
Nishtar ...............
Wagah ...............
Iqbal Town ...............
Ravi ...............
Saddar ...............
Sangla Hill 72.08%75.26%68.91%69.62%76.04% Nankana Sahib District
Nankana Sahib 59.02%65.42%52.22%56.1%78.74%
Shah Kot 69.28%72.74%65.76%68.38%71.37%
Muridke 69.1%71.93%66.13%64.01%75.21% Sheikhupura District
Ferozewala 66.55%69.2%63.67%66.19%67.26%
Safdarabad 67.55%72.25%62.81%67.45%67.82%
Sheikhupura 70.72%74.13%67.04%65.42%77.88%
Sharak Pur 65.05%68.06%61.96%60.67%80.82%
Jahanian 65.65%73.34%57.73%63.06%82.26% Khanewal District Multan Division
Kabirwala 54.13%63.66%43.81%50.53%72.05%
Khanewal 63.6%71.07%55.61%56.71%78.05%
Mian Channu 64.39%72.49%56.04%60.06%80.8%
Dunyapur 55.66%64.52%46.34%54.29%68.95% Lodhran District
Kahror Pacca 49.81%59.15%39.74%45.77%62.85%
Lodhran 50.1%58.87%40.68%45.37%70.75%
Jalalpur Pirwala 38.5%48.39%28.6%34.8%58.92% Multan District
Multan City 73.65%76.73%70.38%61.87%75.69%
Multan Saddar 52.01%59.93%43.74%50.73%74.1%
Shujabad 53.87%62%45.47%50%66.96%
Jallah jeem ............... Vehari District
Burewala 63.98%69.85%57.98%58.84%75.8%
Mailsi 54.63%63.33%45.67%51.81%66.77%
Vehari 58.21%65.8%50.39%53.75%76.66%
Attock 74.8%81.81%67.64%66.08%82.49% Attock District Rawalpindi Division
Fateh Jang 66.94%76.7%56.97%65.12%73.63%
Hassan Abdal 70.22%............
Hazro 66.45%76.4%56.26%65.96%68.92%
Jand 71.59%85.2%58.47%70.39%77.54%
Pindi Gheb 70.36%80.56%60.26%67.39%81.86%
Chakwal 79.63%85.91%73.58%79.32%80.31% Chakwal District
Choa Saidan Shah 79.28%86.21%72.08%79.96%77.18%
Kallar Kahar 79.23%86.15%71.84%78.67%80.84%
Dina 84.75%89.52%79.63%84.42%85.34% Jhelum District
Jhelum 83.45%87.32%79.41%80.63%85.22%
Pind Dadan Khan 73.98%82.18%65.57%72.37%81.55%
Sohawa 80.41%88.38%72.49%79.9%81.83%
Rawalpindi 83.97%87.51%80.14%80.25%84.4% Rawalpindi District
Gujar Khan 79.72%86.44%73.29%79.68%79.94%
Kahuta 84.05%92%76.71%82.02%88.5%
Kallar Syedan ...............
Taxila 81.98%87.19%76.6%73.77%84.98%
Daultala ...............
Kotli Sattian 88.2%94.71%81.49%87.87%89.57% Murree District
Murree 84.79%90.88%78.59%84.59%86.86%
Depalpur 55.29%62.22%48.05%50.24%67.28% Okara District Sahiwal Division
Okara 63.34%69.01%57.4%53.39%75.11%
Renala Khurd 66.98%72.86%60.88%64.25%78.56%
Arifwala 58.24%............ Pakpattan District
Pakpattan 56.11%63.93%47.99%51.32%71.35%
Chichawatni 65.25%71.77%58.61%63.05%84.61% Sahiwal District
Sahiwal 63.34%73.52%52.97%60.23%73.59%
Khushab 65.94%76.68%54.74%60.86%72.61% Khushab District Sargodha Division
Noorpur Thal 55.58%............
Quaidabad 55.11%70.86%38.52%53.45%72.16%
Naushera (Wadi-e-Soon)70.43%............
Bhalwal 79.31%75.62%63.09%74.96%79.99% Sargodha District
Bhera 67.37%74.83%59.8%62.1%79.95%
Kot Momin 56.33%64.43%47.82%55.01%66.08%
Sahiwal 63.34%73.52%52.97%60.23%73.59%
Sargodha 71.82%76.61%66.86%63.33%77.56%
Shahpur 61.85%72.19%51.03%59.51%70.22%
Sillanwali 63.07%71.01%54.94%61.04%76.51%
Bhakkar 58.56%67.54%49.03%54.4%74.93% Bhakkar District Mianwali Division
Darya Khan 51.09%62.18%39.31%46.57%66.36%
Kaloorkot ...............
Mankera 54.83%68.1%40.69%52.52%68.71%
Isakhel 55.02%72.04%38.41%52.23%64.18% Mianwali District
Mianwali 66.09%80.78%50.7%63.46%77.79%
Piplan 63.46%76.04%50.05%61.34%70.54%
Talagang 75.63%............ Talagang District
Lawa 71.37%85.9%56.75%70.25%78.4%
Multan Khurd 75.63%............

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References

  1. 1 2 "TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
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