List of tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan by literacy rate

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.

List TehsilTotal(2023)MaleFemaleRuralUrbanDistrictsDivisionsBahawalnagar53.51%61.49%44.83%45.86%71.1%Bahawalnagar DistrictBahawalpur DivisionChishtian60.49%66.19%54.36%55.25%73.77%Fort Abbas61.36%66.89%55.33%57.54%71.89%Haroonabad66.28%71.13%61.12%62.61%73.11%Minchinabad44.05%52.2%35.16%40.27%58.95%Ahmadpur East39.68%46.83%32.27%32.04%59.94%Bahawalpur DistrictBahawalpur City71.67%75.53%67.62% ... 71.67%Bahawalpur Saddar52.56%59.77%44.94%49.75%62.83%Hasilpur59.64%65.16%54.1%55.24%66.52%Khairpur Tamewali45.82%54.69%36.7%42.56%61.83%Yazman53.55%58.41%48.52%51.57%73.24%Khanpur50.08%57.02%42.66%44.39%64.38%Rahim Yar Khan DistrictLiaqatpur38.35% ... ... ... ...Rahim Yar Khan53.66%60.38%46.43%42.64%74.37%Sadiqabad47.04%54.88%38.46%38.5%72.87%Dera Ghazi Khan47.25%54.65%39.77%34.64%66.9%Dera Ghazi Khan DistrictDera Ghazi Khan DivisionDe-Excluded Area D.G. Khan... ... ... ... ...Kot Chutta38.61% ... ... ... ...Muhammadpur... ... ... ... ...Jampur DistrictJampur38.07%46.11%29.86%29.63%56.53%Dajal... ... ... ... ...Tribal Area... ... ... ... ...Chowk Sarwar Shaheed55.5%65.25%45.63%52.27%72.45%Kot Addu DistrictKot Addu58.19%66.6%49.58%53.83%74.11%Karor Lal Esan62.43%71.61%52.73%59.86%78.43%Layyah DistrictChaubara... ... ... ... ...Layyah62.34%71.24%52.92%57.77%78.18%Jatoi40.67%48.85%32.19%38.61%46.62%Muzaffargarh DistrictAlipur39.15%47.23%30.69%32.65%58.97%Muzaffargarh46.84%54.07%39.23%42.83%69.86%Rojhan20.98%28.18%13.04%19.63%50.21%Rajanpur DistrictRajanpur41.38%49.09%33.4%30.85%58.63%De-Excluded Area Rajanpur... ... ... ... ...Koh-e-Suleman36.04%51.53%19.45%36.04%...Tonsa DistrictTonsa57.96%68.38%46.94%53.67%74.33%Wahova... ... ... ... ...Bhowana... ... ... ... ...Chiniot DistrictFaisalabad DivisionChiniot57.31%65.35%48.92%47.16%67.03%Lalian57.26%66.4%48.04%49.66%76.66%Chak Jhumra70.56%76.02%64.41%68.92%79.35%Faisalabad DistrictFaisalabad City81.59%83.39%79.61% ... 81.59%Faisalabad Sadar71.25%75.09%67.05%71.15%72.93%Jaranwala66.32%72.08%59.97%63.77%79.81%Samundri... ... ... ... ...Tandlianwala... ... ... ... ...Shorkot58.12%68.04%47.53%55.61%77.01%Jhang DistrictJhang60.96%69.53%51.76%51.74%75.22%Ahmadpur Sial56.87%67.97%45.01%54.76%67.18%Athara Hazari... ... ... ... ...Mandi Shah Jeewna... ... ... ... ...Kamalia63.55%71.02%55.68%55.87%75%Toba Tek Singh DistrictGojra74.22%77.74%70.51%70.78%82.76%Pirmahal68.39%74.6%61.81%65.8%86.7%Toba Tek Singh74.45%78.83%69.85%72.24%86.91%Gujrat82.48%85.26%79.7%80.18%84.47%Gujrat DistrictGujrat DivisionKharian79.69%83.81%75.58%78.42%83.09%Sarai Alamgir81.55%86.09%77.05%80.24%85.51%Jalalpur Jattan... ... ... ... ...Kunjah... ... ... ... ...Pindi Bhattian58.7%65.62%51.45%55.11%67.38%Hafizabad DistrictHafizabad70.89%74.41%67.25%66.79%75.88%Mandi Bahauddin72.69%76.31%69.13%68.99%81.18%Mandi Bahauddin DistrictMalakwal66.28%72.31%60.26%64.04%82.48%Phalia70.11%74.99%65.31%68.98%80.37%Wazirabad77.39%79.18%75.62%75.11%81.26%Wazirabad DistrictAli Pur Chatta... ... ... ... ...Gujranwala City79.39%79.88%78.88% ... 79.39%Gujranwala DistrictGujranwala DivisionGujranwala Saddar75.71%77.14%74.24%73.28%81.06%Kamoke73.04%75.07%70.96%71.74%74.72%Nowshera Virkan71.36%74.63%68%70.55%78.98%Shakargarh76.28%81.38%70.95%75.6%79.65%Narowal DistrictNarowal76.78%80.61%72.78%74.65%83.01%Zafarwal71.72%76.59%66.69%70.4%82.91%Pasrur74.52%77.28%71.76%73.46%81.11%Sialkot DistrictDaska79.19%81.32%77.02%77.12%84.83%Sambrial79.89%81.84%77.95%78.7%82.57%Sialkot79.42%80.72%78.14%76.21%83.31%Chunian60.64%66.58%54.43%58.23%69.65%Kasur DistrictLahore DivisionKasur63.63%68.19%58.82%60.96%66.89%Kot Radha Kishan64.66%69.73%59.2%61.59%74.07%Pattoki62.98%68.19%57.44%60.91%70.47%Lahore Cantonment81.01% ... ... ... ...Lahore DistrictLahore City80.36%81.64%78.92% ... 80.36%Model Town78.94%81.06%76.6% ... 78.94%Raiwind72.35%75.66%68.45% ... 72.35%Shalimar81.21%82.62%79.65% ... 81.21%Nishtar... ... ... ... ...Wagah... ... ... ... ...Iqbal Town... ... ... ... ...Ravi... ... ... ... ...Saddar... ... ... ... ...Sangla Hill72.08%75.26%68.91%69.62%76.04%Nankana Sahib DistrictNankana Sahib59.02%65.42%52.22%56.1%78.74%Shah Kot69.28%72.74%65.76%68.38%71.37%Muridke69.1%71.93%66.13%64.01%75.21%Sheikhupura DistrictFerozewala66.55%69.2%63.67%66.19%67.26%Safdarabad67.55%72.25%62.81%67.45%67.82%Sheikhupura70.72%74.13%67.04%65.42%77.88%Sharak Pur65.05%68.06%61.96%60.67%80.82%Jahanian65.65%73.34%57.73%63.06%82.26%Khanewal DistrictMultan DivisionKabirwala54.13%63.66%43.81%50.53%72.05%Khanewal63.6%71.07%55.61%56.71%78.05%Mian Channu64.39%72.49%56.04%60.06%80.8%Dunyapur55.66%64.52%46.34%54.29%68.95%Lodhran DistrictKahror Pacca49.81%59.15%39.74%45.77%62.85%Lodhran50.1%58.87%40.68%45.37%70.75%Jalalpur Pirwala38.5%48.39%28.6%34.8%58.92%Multan DistrictMultan City73.65%76.73%70.38%61.87%75.69%Multan Saddar52.01%59.93%43.74%50.73%74.1%Shujabad53.87%62%45.47%50%66.96%Jallah jeem... ... ... ... ...Vehari DistrictBurewala63.98%69.85%57.98%58.84%75.8%Mailsi54.63%63.33%45.67%51.81%66.77%Vehari58.21%65.8%50.39%53.75%76.66%Attock74.8%81.81%67.64%66.08%82.49%Attock DistrictRawalpindi DivisionFateh Jang66.94%76.7%56.97%65.12%73.63%Hassan Abdal70.22% ... ... ... ...Hazro66.45%76.4%56.26%65.96%68.92%Jand71.59%85.2%58.47%70.39%77.54%Pindi Gheb70.36%80.56%60.26%67.39%81.86%Chakwal79.63%85.91%73.58%79.32%80.31%Chakwal DistrictChoa Saidan Shah79.28%86.21%72.08%79.96%77.18%Kallar Kahar79.23%86.15%71.84%78.67%80.84%Dina84.75%89.52%79.63%84.42%85.34%Jhelum DistrictJhelum83.45%87.32%79.41%80.63%85.22%Pind Dadan Khan73.98%82.18%65.57%72.37%81.55%Sohawa80.41%88.38%72.49%79.9%81.83%Rawalpindi83.97%87.51%80.14%80.25%84.4%Rawalpindi DistrictGujar Khan79.72%86.44%73.29%79.68%79.94%Kahuta84.05%92%76.71%82.02%88.5%Kallar Syedan... ... ... ... ...Taxila81.98%87.19%76.6%73.77%84.98%Daultala... ... ... ... ...Kotli Sattian88.2%94.71%81.49%87.87%89.57%Murree DistrictMurree84.79%90.88%78.59%84.59%86.86%Depalpur55.29%62.22%48.05%50.24%67.28%Okara DistrictSahiwal DivisionOkara63.34%69.01%57.4%53.39%75.11%Renala Khurd66.98%72.86%60.88%64.25%78.56%Arifwala58.24% ... ... ... ...Pakpattan DistrictPakpattan56.11%63.93%47.99%51.32%71.35%Chichawatni65.25%71.77%58.61%63.05%84.61%Sahiwal DistrictSahiwal63.34%73.52%52.97%60.23%73.59%Khushab65.94%76.68%54.74%60.86%72.61%Khushab DistrictSargodha DivisionNoorpur Thal55.58% ... ... ... ...Quaidabad55.11%70.86%38.52%53.45%72.16%Naushera (Wadi-e-Soon)70.43% ... ... ... ...Bhalwal79.31%81.62%63.09%74.96%79.99%Sargodha DistrictBhera67.37%74.83%59.8%62.1%79.95%Kot Momin56.33%64.43%47.82%55.01%66.08%Sahiwal63.34%73.52%52.97%60.23%73.59%Sargodha71.82%76.61%66.86%63.33%77.56%Shahpur61.85%72.19%51.03%59.51%70.22%Sillanwali63.07%71.01%54.94%61.04%76.51%Bhakkar58.56%67.54%49.03%54.4%74.93%Bhakkar DistrictMianwali DivisionDarya Khan51.09%62.18%39.31%46.57%66.36%Kaloorkot... ... ... ... ...Mankera54.83%68.1%40.69%52.52%68.71%Isakhel55.02%72.04%38.41%52.23%64.18%Mianwali DistrictMianwali66.09%80.78%50.7%63.46%77.79%Piplan63.46%76.04%50.05%61.34%70.54%Talagang75.63% ... ... ... ...Talagang DistrictLawa71.37%85.9%56.75%70.25%78.4%Multan Khurd75.63% ... ... ... ...

See also Districts of Pakistan Districts of Punjab Tehsils of Pakistan Tehsils of Punjab

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