Facts & Figures

Literacy Rates Comparison

Literacy Rate	Male	Female
General	75.63%	63.55%
SC / ST / OBC	49.82%	31.03%

¦Top¦

District 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 weretreated as illiterates in the 2001 Census.

¦Top¦

Number of Schools in Punjab in 2003-2004

Level of Schools	State Govt.	Non Government (Recognised ) including aided school	Total No. of Schools
Primary schools	12972	422	12606
Middle schools	2353	157	2544
High schools	1739	410	2150
Sr. Secondary schools	1382	262	1092
Total			18924
Senior Secondary Schools having Academic and Vocational Streams out of Sr. No. 4	345	Nil	345

¦Top¦

Total Enrolment as on 2002 (In Govt. & Non Govt. (Recognised Schools only)

Grand Total	Boys	Girls	Total
Pre-Primary Dept.	17837	12781	30618
Primary Dept . . (I-V)	1000055	889958	1890013
Middle Dept. (VI-VII)	530196	477190	1007386
High Dept. (IX-X)	262578	239815	502393
Sr. Sec. Dept. (XI-XII)	156749	129922	286671
Grand Total	1967415	1749666	3717081

¦Top¦

Infrastructure

Primary Schools
Number of Govt. And Non Govt. (Recognized) school and enrollment during the year 2002

District	No. of full-fledged Primary schools	Enrollment in full-fledged Pry (Govt. & non Govt.School)
Amritsar	1417	238584
Bathinda	0429	98228
Faridkot	0238	47358
Fatehgarh Sahib	0450	44119
Ferozepur	1104	150382
Gurdaspur	1552	192017
Hoshiarpur	1263	117710
Jalandhar	0938	131481
Kapurthala	0536	49906
Ludhiana	1019	175693
Mansa	0291	60780
Moga	0368	75624
Mukatsar	0357	64057
Nawanshahar	0438	46630
Patiala	1147	130537
Ropar	0859	78217
Sangrur	0834	148964
TOTAL	14280	1850287

¦Top¦

Middle Schools
Number of Govt. And Non Government (Recognized) school and enrollmentduring the year 2002

District	No. of Middle School	Enrollment in Middle School
Amritsar	270	32814
Bathinda	107	16422
Faridkot	093	8475
Fatehgarh Sahib	068	4327
Ferozepur	233	19271
Gurdaspur	255	18908
Hoshiarpur	187	15399
Jalandhar	180	15075
Kapurthala	113	6775
Ludhiana	210	19184
Mansa	86	6504
Moga	90	6151
Mukatsar	87	5786
Nawanshahar	92	5630
Patiala	169	16256
Ropar	117	9513
Sangrur	189	14629
TOTAL	2536	221119

¦Top¦

Higher Secondary
Number of GovernmentAnd Non Government (Recognized) school and enrollment during the year 2003-2004

District	No. of High Schools	Enrollment in High School
Amritsar	244	109679
Bathinda	122	46406
Faridkot	060	17183
Fatehgarh Sahib	044	18267
Ferozepur	122	52868
Gurdaspur	206	79234
Hoshiarpur	175	63819
Jalandhar	193	69332
Kapurthala	082	27631
Ludhiana	218	81723
Mansa	053	14201
Moga	095	26916
Mukatsar	088	1673
Nawanshahar	072	22900
Patiala	159	64230
Ropar	104	43845
Sangrur	195	69832
TOTAL	2242	809739

¦Top¦

Senior Secondary
Number of Government And NonGovernment. (Recognized) school and enrollmentduring the year 2003-2004

District	No of Senior Secondary	Enrolment in Senior Secondary
Amritsar	192	108270
Bathinda	087	38650
Faridkot	033	23904
Fatehgarh Sahib	043	19931
Ferozepur	107	61786
Gurdaspur	167	95026
Hoshiarpur	114	50910
Jalandhar	171	99255
Kapurthala	062	25921
Ludhiana	206	130364
Mansa	045	14729
Moga	084	31397
Mukatsar	070	21461
Nawanshahar	052	16323
Patiala	114	72764
Ropar	080	40054
Sangrur	119	51169
TOTAL	1748	901914

¦Top¦

List of colleges affiliated to Punjab University, Chandigarh as on 6.10.2005

Category	Colleges situated in the state of Punjab		Colleges situated in Chandigarh		Total
	Private	Govt.	Private	Govt.
Arts, Science & Commerce	70	14	6	5	95
Education	39	-	2	1	42
Physical Education	2	-	-	2	2
Engineering & Technology	-	-	-	2	2
Design & fine Arts	-	-	-	2	2
Oriental	1	-	-	-	1
Medical	-	-	2	3	5
Law	1	-	-	-	1
Grand Total	113	14	10	13	150

¦Top¦

Number of Students Admitted for the session 2004–2005

P.U. Campus	Boys	Girls	Total
Arts	838	1309	2147
Science	625	1064	1689
Commerce	232	135	367
Professional	1346	794	2140
Deptt. of Corr. Studies	9554	4735	14289
Evening Studies	971	106	1077
Regional Centre, Muktsar	273	111	384
Regional Centre, Ludhiana	44	22	66
V.V.B.I.S. & I.S. Hoshiarpur	38	20	58

¦Top¦

Affiliated Colleges

Courses	Boys	Girls	Total
Under-Graduate Courses	41243	54347	95590
Post Graduate Courses	2368	5110	7478
Grand Total	57532	67753	125285