| 2.05 POPULATION (10 YEARS AND ABOVE) BY NUMBER OF LITERATE BY DISTRICT | |||||||||
| AND LITERACY RATIO IN SINDH, 1972 & 1981 | |||||||||
| 1972 | 1981 | 1998 | |||||||
| PROVINCE | TOTAL | LITERATE | TOTAL | LITERATE | TOTAL | LITERATE | |||
| /DISTRICT | POPULATION | POPULATION | LITERACY | POPULATION | POPULATION | LITERACY | POPULATION | POPULATION | LITERACY |
| (10 YEARS | (10 YEARS | RATIO | (10 YEARS | (10 YEARS | RATIO | (10 YEARS | (10 YEARS | RATIO | |
| & ABOVE) | & ABOVE) | & ABOVE) | & ABOVE) | & ABOVE) | & ABOVE) | ||||
| S I N D H |
9589444
|
2893512
|
30.20
|
12832648
|
4028306
|
31.45
|
6487024
|
1802061
|
27.78
|
| Khairpur |
470398
|
99271
|
21.10
|
634011
|
137353
|
21.66
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Jacobabad |
464356
|
75888
|
16.34
|
654161
|
71630
|
10.94
|
923696
|
21854
|
23.66
|
| Sukkur * |
929939
|
241922
|
26.01
|
724590
|
190869
|
26.34
|
619342
|
288749
|
46.62
|
| Shikarpur |
-
|
-
|
-
|
410401
|
94018
|
22.90
|
577920
|
184566
|
31.94
|
| Larkana |
600652
|
130382
|
27.71
|
740179
|
163758
|
22.12
|
1252652
|
437763
|
34.95
|
| Sanghar |
467392
|
91092
|
19.50
|
612878
|
117947
|
19.24
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Tharparkar |
718932
|
111034
|
15.44
|
1020671
|
167436
|
16.40
|
581435
|
106527
|
18.32
|
| Mirpurkhas |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
614648
|
221113
|
35.97
|
| Dadu |
528709
|
128078
|
24.22
|
704856
|
151822
|
21.53
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Hyderabad |
1520068
|
410436
|
27.00
|
1376081
|
394492
|
28.66
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Thatta |
458243
|
93084
|
20.31
|
497586
|
88512
|
17.78
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Umerkot |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
437684
|
108672
|
24.83
|
| Badin ** |
-
|
-
|
-
|
515006
|
76401
|
14.83
|
759932
|
187190
|
24.63
|
| Nawabshah |
854312
|
193728
|
22.70
|
1056076
|
242978
|
23.00
|
719715
|
245627
|
34.13
|
| Karachi |
2576443
|
1318597
|
51.20
|
3886152
|
2131090
|
55.04
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Total Number of Literate
|
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|
Literacy Ratio =
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|
Total Population
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| NOTES :- | |||||||||
| i) Literacy is defined as the ability to read with understanding short statements of every day of Life in any Language. | |||||||||
| ii) Shikarpur District included in Sukkur District in 1972 Census. | |||||||||
| iii) Badin District included in Hyderabad District in 1972 Census. | |||||||||
| Note: Deputs of Sanghar, Khairpur, Dadu, Hyderabad, Thatta and Karachi not yet received. | Source:- District Census Report, Population Census Organization. | ||||||||