|
Literacy Rate District Wise |
Present
Literacy Status of the State.
As
per Census 2001, Punjab's population is 24.29 million,
and the literacy rate is 69.95%.
| Literacy
Rate |
Male |
Female |
| General |
75.63% |
63.55% |
| SC
/ ST / OBC |
49.82% |
31.03% |
District wise
figures of literacy rate are depicted below :-
| Districts
wise figures of literacy rate |
State/
District |
Literacy
Percentage 2001* |
Literacy
Percentage 2001* |
Total
Population |
Rural |
Urban |
Total
|
Males |
Females |
Punjab |
148,53,810 |
65.16 |
79.13 |
69.95 |
75.63 |
63.55 |
Gurdaspur |
13,54,830 |
70.96 |
83.43 |
74.19 |
80.44 |
67.31 |
Amritsar |
18,08,811 |
60.65 |
78.37 |
67.85 |
73.58 |
61.41 |
Fatehgarh
Sahib |
3,51,446 |
71.71 |
80.22 |
74.70 |
78.85 |
68.60 |
Firozpur |
9,16,309 |
55.75 |
77.22 |
61.42 |
69.55 |
52.33 |
Ludhiana |
20,42,846 |
72.88 |
79.42 |
76.54 |
80.19 |
72.11 |
Jalandhar |
13,51,440 |
74.41 |
81.74 |
77.91 |
82.37 |
72.93 |
Kapurthala |
4,86,659 |
70.57 |
79.63 |
73.56 |
78.66 |
67.90 |
Hoshiarpur |
10,56,804 |
80.09 |
86.66 |
81.40 |
86.97 |
75.56 |
Mansa |
3,11,895 |
47.56 |
71.23 |
52.50 |
59.12 |
45.07 |
Moga |
4,96,338 |
61.18 |
74.84 |
63.94 |
68.40 |
58.96 |
Muktsar |
3,96,030 |
54.10 |
71.63 |
50.67 |
65.94 |
50.57 |
Nawanshar |
3,97,843 |
75.99 |
82.26 |
76.86 |
83.67 |
69.52 |
Rupnagar |
7,63,330 |
74.51 |
86.60 |
78.49 |
84.43 |
71.74 |
Patiala |
11,28,575 |
63.34 |
81.99 |
69.96 |
76.13 |
62.94 |
Sangrur |
10,46,356 |
55.86 |
70.12 |
60.04 |
65.97 |
53.29 |
Bathinda |
6,37,048 |
55.30 |
75.96 |
61.51 |
68.31 |
53.76 |
Faridkot |
3,07,250 |
58.58 |
72.71 |
63.34 |
68.92 |
57.09 |
Note :- Exclude
children in the age group 0-6 who were treated as illiterates
in the 2001 Census.
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