As per the 2011 population census, the overall literacy rate in Punjab is 75.84 %. The male literacy rate in Punjab is 80.44 % and the female literacy rate in the state is 70.73 %. As compared to the male literacy rate in India the male literacy rate in Punjab is slightly less while the female literacy rate in Punjab is better than the female literacy rate in India. The male and female literacy rate in India as per the 2011 census is 80.90 % and 64.60 % respectively. 

The literacy rate of Punjab has improved by 6.1 % over the last decade. The literacy rate is also termed as effective literacy rate. It is calculated by the following formula

Effective Literacy Rate = (number of literate persons aged 7 or above/ population aged 7 or above) * 100

However Crude Literacy Rate according to the Indian census since 1991 is calculated by the following formula

Crude Literacy Rate = (number of literate persons/total population) * 100

Punjab an Indian state lies to the northern part of the country. Punjab shares its borders with the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the southeast, Rajasthan to the southwest and the Pakistan province of Punjab to the west. Punjab covers an area of 50,362 sq km (19445 sq mi). The capital of Punjab is Chandigarh which is a Union Territory and also the capital of Haryana. There are 22 districts in Punjab with Ludhiana being the largest city. Captain Amarinder Singh from Indian National Congress (INC) is the Chief Minister of the state. Punjab is a unicameral legislature with 117 seats and 13 Parliamentary constituencies. V P Singh Badnore is the Governor of the state. The total population of the state as per the 2011 census is 27,704,236. Punjabi is being spoken by the inhabitants of the state.

As indicated by evaluation of India 2011, the proficiency rate in Punjab is 75.84% which is superior to the national normal of 73.0%. The aggregate number of literates in Punjab is 1,87,07,137. The male education rate is 80.44% and female proficiency rate is 70.73%. The male education rate is somewhat not as much as national normal of 80.9%. In any case, the female proficiency rate in Punjab is superior to that of India. The figure 76.7 was by the temporary information, it was not the genuine figure. The last figure as indicated by official information is 75.8.

Decadal Change In Literacy Rate
Amid the previous decade i.e. from 2001 to 2011, the education rate in Punjab has enhanced by 6.1 percent. It was 69.7 percent in 2001 and it is 75.8 percent in 2011.
Do you realize that how proficiency rate is ascertained? My companions who see themselves as clever in Maths will state that its extremely basic. You can figure it like (Number of Literates)/(Total Population) x 100, yet this isn't right. Rather than add up to populace, the populace at 7 years old years or above is considered to figure the rate education rate. The number of inhabitants in Punjab having age of 7 years or above is 2.47 Crore, which is utilized as a part of the computation of education rate.

Proficiency Rate by Education Level
A man is considered educated on the off chance that he has essential perusing abilities in any dialect. Regarding level of instruction, just 85.14 lakh have the capability of matric or above and in the event that we consider just such people as proficient then the education rate will be 34.5%. The quantity of people having capability level of graduate of above is 17.60 lakh.

Education Rate by Residence
The quantity of literates in rustic region is 1.09 crore. This is 71.42% of the aggregate provincial populace. The rustic proficiency rate in India is 67.8%. The quantity of proficient individuals in urban region is 77 lakh. It is 83.18 percent of the aggregate urban populace. In India, the urban education rate is 84.1%. These figures demonstrate that country education in Punjab is higher than the all India normal, however it is less in the urban populace.

Area Wise Literacy Rate in Punjab
The area insightful rundown of proficiency rate for every one of the 22 locale of Punjab is given in this segment. As per this table, most elevated education rate is recorded at 84.6% in Hoshiarpur and Pathankot regions and area Mansa has the least proficiency rate of 61.8%.