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In Sindh, town literacy is nearly double village literacy

72.3% of people aged 10 and over in Sindh's towns and cities could read and write, compared with 38.1% in its villages.

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That 34.1-point gap is the widest of any province. Across Pakistan the gap is 22.5 points.

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In Sindh, town literacy is nearly double village literacy. Literacy for people aged 10 and over in Sindh was 72.3% in towns and cities and 38.1% in villages. Visual by PakStats.

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Population and Housing Census 2023 Table 12: literacy and out-of-school population · Updated 15 September 2026

Rural and urban status follows the administrative classification used in the 2023 census.

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