PAKISTAN - CENSUS



LITERACY RATIO BY SEX 1981 & 1998

Administrative	1998-Census			1981 Census
Unit	Both Sexes	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Male	Female

Pakistan	43.92	54.81	32.02	26.17	35.05	15.99
Rural	33.64	46.38	20.09	17.33	26.24	7.33
Urban	63.08	70.00	55.16	47.12	55.32	37.27

N W F P	35.41	51.39	18.82	16.7	25.85	6.48
Rural	31.29	47.65	14.69	13.18	21.73	3.82
Urban	54.33	67.48	39.10	35.77	46.96	21.88

F A T A	17.42	29.51	3.00	6.38	10.93	0.79
Rural	16.80	28.59	2.75	6.38	10.93	0.79
Urban	39.27	59.69	12.01	_	_	_

Punjab	46.56	57.20	35.10	27.42	36.82	16.81
Rural	37.95	50.40	24.78	20.01	29.56	9..38
Urban	64.48	70.94	57.23	46.72	55.23	36.72

Sindh	45.29	54.50	34.78	31.45	39.74	21.64
Rural	25.73	37.89	12.23	15.57	24.54	5.21
Urban	63.72	69.75	56.66	50.77	55.77	44.23

Balochistan	24.83	34.03	14.09	10.32	15.20	4.32
Rural	17.47	25.75	7.94	6.18	9.82	1.75
Urban	46.86	58.14	33.08	32.16	42.42	18.54

Islamabad	72.88	80.64	62.39	47.8	59.10	33.50
Rural	62.52	75.09	48.78	32.5	48.10	17.70
Urban	77.25	83.20	69.68	57.60	68.80	46.80

Literate:- A person who can read a newspaper and write a simple letter in any language is treated as literate

Literacy Raio :- It is the percentage of literate persons among the population of 10 years and above.

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