Question

Which district has the highest literacy rate in Punjab as per the 2011 census?
A. Mansa
B. Ludhiana
C. Amritsar
D. Hoshiarpur

Answer 1

Hint: Education Is one of the most important sectors for generating employment, human resource, development and change. A literate person is one who is able to read and write and has an understanding of any language. Punjab has a literacy rate of 75%.


Complete Step by Step answer: The district which has the highest literacy rate in Punjab is Hoshiarpur with 84.6 % literacy. Punjab as a state has improved a lot in its literacy rate. Male literacy rate has improved from 65.66% to 75.63. The female literacy rate has increased from 50.4 to 63.55.
At present Kerala has the highest literacy rate of 90.2 and Bihar has the lowest which is 47.53. The definition of literacy rate as provided by UNESCO is the percentage of the population of a given age group that can read and write. In adults it is 15 and above and for youth it is 15-24. The census that was conducted in 2011 by the Union Home Ministry showed the literacy percentage of Punjab as 75.8%.
The Commissioner of Hosiarpur is diligently working towards improvement of levels of education. A budget of Rs. 24 crore was sanctioned to upgrade the education infrastructure. The minorities would also receive scholarships worth Rs. 24 lakh. A polytechnic college is also under construction. Rs. 1 crore was also distributed in the district for renovation of schools under the backward Region Grant fund scheme.

Note: The literacy rate in Hoshiarpur increased from 72.1% in 1991 to 84.6 in 2011. The growth rate has been 5.95%. While writing the answer do not get confused between Rupnagar and Jalandhar which have the second and third highest literacy rate in the district of Punjab. Punjab ranks 16th in literacy rate among the Indian states.