Research datasets / Issue 2026-09

Pakistan government schools: positions, provenance and distance to the girls' school

Name: Pakistan government schools: positions, provenance and distance to the girls' school
Creator: Adaad
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The school layer behind How far is the girls' school?: every listed government school with its position and how that position was obtained, the district distances by sex, the coverage ledger and the tests of the layer against the Mouza Census 2020.

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Source and definitions

Provincial school registers read from their public portals in August and September 2026 (SED Balochistan; Sindh SELD Institution Checker and Distance Checker with RSU district GIS pins; KP Education Monitoring Authority locator and the JSiMS mirror of KP EMIS; Punjab SIS; GB EMIS; Mirpur and Kotli exam boards; OpenStreetMap for Islamabad), WorldPop 2020, the Malaria Atlas friction surface, PBS Census 2023 Table 13(b) and the PBS Mouza Census 2020 microdata.

Distances: population-weighted median kilometres (straight line) and walking minutes. Enrolment: per cent of the population aged 5–16. Validation ratios: schools in the layer divided by rural villages reporting an institution of that sex and level. Rank correlations: Spearman.

Before using these figures

Positions are not all GPS fixes. Of 121,020 positioned schools, 82,294 are school-level (GPS at source in Balochistan and KP; RSU pins or positions multilaterated from the SELD distance checker in Sindh); 19,982 sit at a named settlement, 8,179 at a Punjab markaz centroid and 9,777 at a Punjab tehsil centroid. Read coord_method and coord_precision before mapping anything. Networks are by name designation; in Sindh most designated boys' schools are officially Mixed and enrol girls, so the Sindh gap is reported under three definitions. The ex-FATA merged districts and eight of AJK's ten districts have no public locations and are absent. Every position is one a department has itself published, or that follows from distances its own public checker returns; the tables add no staff names or contact details.

Canonical copy: https://darbar.adaad.org/datasets/schools-pk/. Data Darbar holds the canonical, queryable copy of these tables and will carry later releases; this page is the snapshot the piece was published with.

schools_pk_2026-09.csv.gz

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school_access_districts.csv

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school_access_districts.csv — data as published
region	district	district_name	all_km	boys_km	girls_km	all_min	boys_min	girls_min	gap_km	gap_min	tt_caveat
AJK (Mirpur+Kotli)	kotli	Kotli	1.7861445912037484	2.247820024960379	1.994520500767387	31.531795992198955	38.68392058282595	33.943879058910454	-0.253299524192992	-4.740041523915494	Unavailable
AJK (Mirpur+Kotli)	mirpur	Mirpur	1.7460236177623858	2.0063092352090344	1.862029188163525	28.97056198120117	29.174217224121094	29.04265369836661	-0.1442800470455094	-0.1315635257544798	Unavailable
Balochistan	awaran	Awaran	10.901569961346755	10.968986752694487	18.139717047617246	225.68082180760976	226.34770798101653	362.566573937734	7.170730294922757	136.21886595671737	mountain/desert: upper bound
Balochistan	barkhan	Barkhan	3.617051048580525	4.395366559841619	4.735765800478753	67.91913955667293	82.35659485016944	89.40661930919984	0.3403992406371339	7.050024459030396	Unavailable
Balochistan	chaghi	Chaghi	15.210182122157486	15.238581269120951	21.53682502144907	315.9795078409129	316.5827937270656	437.2807176530094	6.298243752328116	120.69792392594384	Unavailable
Balochistan	derabugti	Dera Bugti	8.636602300278348	8.77929190256708	15.300196440729255	167.68636160848288	169.10403807758604	283.4986111655164	6.520904538162178	114.39457308793038	Unavailable
Balochistan	gwadar	Gwadar	6.797007576380004	7.147131069547775	13.852053381063584	122.635405438403	128.735362943532	254.05242272397624	6.704922311515809	125.31705978044424	Unavailable
Balochistan	harnai	Harnai	3.03475805454369	3.275662649695453	4.235942304971831	54.05656686043443	59.70902330453335	78.1070081032257	0.960279655276378	18.39798479869234	Unavailable
Balochistan	jaffarabad	Jaffarabad	1.9546635348556551	2.078388334638497	3.0711467433595385	33.941123962402344	36.16085328587464	54.18181641734871	0.9927584087210416	18.02096313147408	Unavailable
Balochistan	jhalmagsi	Jhal Magsi	4.449812279071597	4.93881866018968	7.753541317381563	82.55436437270221	91.77398658906009	139.38208449634155	2.814722657191883	47.60809790728148	Unavailable
Balochistan	kachhi	Kachhi	4.503446125356422	4.809962144293086	6.463810638559546	82.80427257522257	87.96580836732508	121.37391073702727	1.6538484942664595	33.40810236970219	Unavailable
Balochistan	kalat	Kalat	4.064296515896413	4.684659612425215	6.76081019604376	87.4172889566369	98.6638506158724	145.38099130259937	2.0761505836185448	46.71714068672696	Unavailable
Balochistan	kech	Kech	2.7001143361662745	2.9581546671887584	4.1192075298800575	51.842144104115214	56.63955229667768	77.47829232897077	1.161052862691299	20.83874003229309	Unavailable
Balochistan	kharan	Kharan	11.651044879292074	12.082175002659222	16.62525271756645	262.3506666022675	265.63316870535465	371.4134295136286	4.543077714907229	105.78026080827397	mountain/desert: upper bound
Balochistan	khuzdar	Khuzdar	7.073710278872554	8.298998124024893	11.82862607369681	140.9892138078554	164.910061307967	230.95232269382777	3.5296279496719176	66.04226138586077	Unavailable
Balochistan	killaabdullah	Killa Abdullah	3.062371059348992	3.163388202198104	6.920376966084644	69.77226476270856	70.60456697592842	144.21887136875898	3.75698876388654	73.61430439283056	Unavailable
Balochistan	killasaifullah	Killa Saifullah	4.741335349957514	4.919133289269343	8.968617272641437	95.96485970963867	100.69934780947813	169.4870039930729	4.0494839833720935	68.78765618359479	Unavailable
Balochistan	kohlu	Kohlu	5.426850412915422	5.517343735356254	15.89084221716156	108.17176511793149	108.7841527772209	269.5324194269078	10.373498481805306	160.74826664968688	Unavailable
Balochistan	lasbela	Lasbela	3.336244765737544	3.59572854963551	5.672163918125013	52.68360142075013	56.21660131115979	85.95542630669792	2.076435368489503	29.738824995538124	Unavailable
Balochistan	loralai	Loralai	4.748180989738856	4.926603792142851	8.229850642644665	87.5011047916991	91.48712229639403	151.42409984627267	3.3032468505018144	59.93697754987864	Unavailable
Balochistan	mastung	Mastung	2.476967769187016	2.7645845686636448	3.468740948250744	45.204500395764455	50.38245976965459	66.18471092277474	0.7041563795870989	15.802251153120151	Unavailable
Balochistan	musakhail	Musakhail	7.100551656637398	7.230726648965541	15.859484370418263	144.23928245135454	146.52737204039354	298.65302036760846	8.628757721452722	152.12564832721492	Unavailable
Balochistan	nasirabad	Nasirabad	3.171500117212026	3.451873295353969	5.452265275022687	59.10425598767339	65.4166719254497	100.18820052228732	2.000391979668718	34.77152859683761	Unavailable
Balochistan	nushki	Nushki	4.18317357976481	4.8617243566155	5.432179409155761	89.04106966778879	102.1055740520461	111.10604744063778	0.5704550525402619	9.000473388591686	Unavailable
Balochistan	panjgur	Panjgur	6.665141082946164	7.018887921485597	12.705600800828792	142.52942896735738	147.77972882515203	264.3001393393038	5.686712879343196	116.5204105141518	Unavailable
Balochistan	pishin	Pishin	2.165723230276483	2.4266799642705776	3.239256727785618	38.45482376633934	42.5250261639412	55.59794632487375	0.8125767635150405	13.072920160932554	Unavailable
Balochistan	quetta	Quetta	0.6883383004711318	0.9943505397890762	0.8532565156679599	12.0	12.011645286644526	12.0	-0.1410940241211162	-0.0116452866445264	Unavailable
Balochistan	sherani	Sherani	6.599979765657946	6.668738719004357	12.757899279485098	146.024573748229	149.4437443066356	303.6411983142653	6.0891605604807415	154.1974540076297	Unavailable
Balochistan	sibi	Sibi	4.137469818702468	4.261135942788364	5.750966021418373	75.39067558926706	77.12835923802625	99.9197814158542	1.4898300786300087	22.79142217782794	Unavailable
Balochistan	sohbatpur	Sohbatpur	1.6304155316507554	1.942794329875737	2.310044362947432	27.0470410291008	33.02015131025143	39.049325660320456	0.3672500330716945	6.029174350069027	Unavailable
Balochistan	washuk	Washuk	17.94667750604945	18.53763140464697	30.69254107667476	409.5827140735537	420.1713058104162	665.2249615149584	12.154909672027784	245.05365570454225	mountain/desert: upper bound
Balochistan	zhob	Zhob	6.151854291393972	6.23650172266223	22.535910602353685	123.00685514041844	123.66167814073124	425.9281194965077	16.299408879691455	302.26644135577646	mountain/desert: upper bound
Balochistan	ziarat	Ziarat	3.631076928219321	3.999924197564686	4.650881918396026	80.24128748564983	89.06750738712913	104.02152791681648	0.65095772083134	14.954020529687355	Unavailable
Gilgit-Baltistan	astor	Astor	5.645016987477662	5.722452887871634	6.8724354869966335	222.63790531092735	224.89351316723287	274.23486082109974	1.149982599125	49.34134765386688	GB: friction unreliable (1.5 km/h implied) - shape only
Gilgit-Baltistan	diamir	Diamir	7.255465246400471	7.688240139387682	8.279262538849657	324.38622154641723	333.19126818447774	360.5946549134457	0.5910223994619752	27.403386728967973	GB: friction unreliable (1.5 km/h implied) - shape only
Gilgit-Baltistan	ghanchi	Ghanchi	2.543428162949053	2.729517335049765	4.024314335336624	132.96408643816957	135.58131636558824	178.59290927407176	1.2947970002868583	43.01159290848352	GB: friction unreliable (1.5 km/h implied) - shape only
Gilgit-Baltistan	ghizer	Ghizer	5.251540516652598	5.345913969867106	7.265821578107916	225.60277237099712	227.51109267065064	269.6940944335629	1.91990760824081	42.18300176291231	GB: friction unreliable (1.5 km/h implied) - shape only
Gilgit-Baltistan	gilgit	Gilgit	3.393009227306381	3.5090488644344418	3.5810663272347663	114.01918217785592	118.77897274009622	118.29686617283248	0.0720174628003245	-0.4821065672637559	GB: friction unreliable (1.5 km/h implied) - shape only
Gilgit-Baltistan	hunzanagar	Hunza Nagar	5.102873834426524	6.034725622677298	6.261611439612767	196.91099889453503	206.9804425096778	221.1666174529383	0.2268858169354688	14.18617494326051	GB: friction unreliable (1.5 km/h implied) - shape only
Gilgit-Baltistan	skardu	Skardu	4.259418564605512	4.454000614186004	6.212017771161639	172.97959263392858	179.69173580917283	246.33789032736436	1.7580171569756349	66.64615451819151	GB: friction unreliable (1.5 km/h implied) - shape only
Islamabad (ICT)	islamabad	Islamabad	2.1779224789914964	2.756814455823435	2.5402739306011823	28.97056198120117	36.0	33.941123962402344	-0.2165405252222525	-2.058876037597656	Unavailable
KP (settled)	abbottabad	Abbottabad	0.9299888056738812	1.2051246848767718	1.3072517033994275	14.937506612350054	16.970561981201172	20.66487518485032	0.1021270185226557	3.694313203649149	Unavailable
KP (settled)	bannu	Bannu	0.8345959479662975	1.0516567886857673	1.0690668134929753	12.8567565507667	15.766338430632382	15.952550756432824	0.0174100248072079	0.1862123258004402	Unavailable
KP (settled)	batagram	Batagram	1.5187772453228832	1.6221258425941505	2.788427722356798	44.96885611076405	47.9683368644141	71.9173553516214	1.1663018797626477	23.949018487207297	Unavailable
KP (settled)	buner	Buner	1.2608471034095547	1.3915685823996775	1.9556209846131631	25.02073696401884	27.29043990599616	37.112747357864336	0.5640524022134854	9.82230745186818	Unavailable
KP (settled)	charsadda	Charsadda	0.9042595267657304	1.049093658063715	1.2012294772326428	12.0	12.0	15.116562428933308	0.1521358191689281	3.1165624289333067	Unavailable
KP (settled)	chitral	Chitral	2.591591079621428	2.754723644906639	4.110041994139971	106.08436776196466	112.46144771911072	158.00836141156157	1.355318349233332	45.54691369245084	Unavailable
KP (settled)	deraismailkhan	Dera Ismail Khan	1.830313686252896	1.992343607951951	2.7968537396483395	29.48530387878418	32.07675543754949	44.86881595187717	0.8045101316963885	12.79206051432768	Unavailable
KP (settled)	hangu	Hangu	1.8560867633427465	2.036289271792447	3.480178623505584	29.937569028460565	32.13771573602301	58.03036635793867	1.4438893517131373	25.892650621915656	Unavailable
KP (settled)	haripur	Haripur	1.0624224582064583	1.3238812201455803	1.3415011160511126	16.970561981201172	19.946587012724365	19.468551891795705	0.017619895905532	-0.4780351209286628	Unavailable
KP (settled)	karak	Karak	1.6626119640629613	1.8155888936477127	2.625406746337492	24.31711706929041	27.23993207115068	38.31971148235006	0.8098178526897784	11.079779411199382	Unavailable
KP (settled)	kohat	Kohat	1.7189082936896722	1.988901696014073	2.235020757125971	28.97056198120117	32.173438265666675	36.62227148677607	0.2461190611118977	4.448833221109396	Unavailable
KP (settled)	kohistan	Kohistan	3.6938593033106257	3.711818688293436	10.725177779190576	278.47859902624	279.7154503355907	610.8671948999947	7.013359090897142	331.15174456440405	mountain/desert: upper bound
KP (settled)	lakkimarwat	Lakki Marwat	1.7233623624907293	1.912526543203076	2.547813306790194	25.27390600776911	28.99497224874872	35.99964560895302	0.6352867635871178	7.0046733602043005	Unavailable
KP (settled)	lowerdir	Lower Dir	1.0111927247629198	1.192963520201956	1.2652397409910283	16.970561981201172	19.76643383748172	20.638881020079623	0.0722762207890723	0.872447182597913	Unavailable
KP (settled)	malakand	Malakand	1.000279237885265	1.1821516114191903	1.2288848864016624	15.636783258137806	17.905322867960354	18.078465301850542	0.046733274982472	0.1731424338901916	Unavailable
KP (settled)	mansehra	Mansehra	1.100265567212042	1.2953318995790977	1.5752829633784018	20.69965212932051	25.321537161439203	29.51457039934612	0.2799510637993041	4.193033237906917	Unavailable
KP (settled)	mardan	Mardan	0.8482430719391161	1.07994999996092	1.0621244346188	12.0	13.332833373201854	13.374999438877865	-0.0178255653421199	0.0421660656760103	Unavailable
KP (settled)	nowshera	Nowshera	1.1169243032448055	1.219450777561363	1.3781726376869607	15.0968948132906	16.970561981201172	17.593056883467646	0.1587218601255977	0.6224949022664745	Unavailable
KP (settled)	peshawar	Peshawar	0.8093610192027539	1.0617433695652374	1.0766520930996917	12.0	12.0	12.0	0.0149087235344542	0.0	Unavailable
KP (settled)	shangla	Shangla	1.4543917885179294	1.515345782685375	2.648525177531895	52.43315725074624	53.54462986138287	88.96811801795091	1.1331793948465203	35.42348815656805	mountain/desert: upper bound
KP (settled)	swabi	Swabi	0.9551318721667986	1.1231280482293604	1.2135837052699552	12.729535443568007	16.970561981201172	16.970561981201172	0.0904556570405947	0.0	Unavailable
KP (settled)	swat	Swat	1.2297215012276144	1.3838160221305864	1.8069993544716776	23.920546270302587	26.71490002687032	32.030908547199886	0.4231833323410914	5.316008520329564	Unavailable
KP (settled)	tank	Tank	2.3810730050808027	2.8641539352185017	3.2827047966151346	34.83690553696757	42.27658926347669	50.31588388982343	0.4185508613966329	8.039294626346738	Unavailable
KP (settled)	torghar	Tor Ghar	1.6448570425718143	1.6644652420932269	5.338191620265218	67.14900535614082	67.66447085228126	177.88839400740238	3.673726378171991	110.22392315512111	mountain/desert: upper bound
KP (settled)	upperdir	Upper Dir	1.6322138043524028	1.7626386400038356	2.716298549406861	48.50888062668211	51.41998629312948	76.21722286099944	0.9536599094030254	24.79723656786997	mountain/desert: upper bound
Punjab	attock	Attock	2.110644592550526	2.2787645609517027	2.407364246473985	33.755734095164584	35.98119510413291	37.17046396887572	0.1285996855222828	1.1892688647428074	Unavailable
Punjab	bahawalnagar	Bahawalnagar	3.1240400825455583	3.5092458489969425	4.122464410355022	48.007617683238976	54.03881356009832	64.12588061364174	0.6132185613580794	10.08706705354342	Unavailable
Punjab	bahawalpur	Bahawalpur	2.4996013208480763	3.131882861425216	3.024534788142796	40.16318724614493	51.09002420378894	47.05742746688731	-0.1073480732824201	-4.032596736901631	Unavailable
Punjab	bhakkar	Bhakkar	2.5111235657256383	2.9340189975248614	3.1413464246346443	38.76996794931175	45.39650567983067	49.8937343851568	0.2073274271097829	4.497228705326137	Unavailable
Punjab	chakwal	Chakwal	2.06523231583201	2.384096726146765	2.3226820159861834	32.4561752092288	37.885477827457066	36.893313728188566	-0.0614147101605815	-0.9921640992685	Unavailable
Punjab	chiniot	Chiniot	2.5883414495242385	3.103523605665184	3.1927993280703206	36.0	44.31824422849628	45.94112396240234	0.0892757224051368	1.6228797339060677	Unavailable
Punjab	deraghazikhan	Dera Ghazi Khan	3.2558197688988924	3.4653774339955	3.728858780853764	48.80176493031812	52.01440226536918	55.44290846146221	0.2634813468582639	3.428506196093032	Unavailable
Punjab	faisalabad	Faisalabad	1.263049267154108	1.6566856430135932	1.4391395275281436	16.970561981201172	24.0	20.71470960832591	-0.2175461154854496	-3.2852903916740885	Unavailable
Punjab	gujranwala	Gujranwala	1.3017649805977278	1.7145584143662935	1.4571176266664356	16.970561981201172	24.0	18.88290303746127	-0.2574407876998579	-5.117096962538732	Unavailable
Punjab	gujrat	Gujrat	1.2601752516702625	1.681888670800865	1.4435046490507022	17.147185117130167	25.303452493351607	20.46708471635652	-0.2383840217501625	-4.836367776995086	Unavailable
Punjab	hafizabad	Hafizabad	1.7206275873678265	2.0562186522435715	1.9535583353541084	24.22431307986965	28.97056198120117	28.97056198120117	-0.102660316889463	0.0	Unavailable
Punjab	jhang	Jhang	2.376135148637958	2.954466453416168	2.8594804266226435	37.73162999301082	46.3508310711998	45.571469506080525	-0.0949860267935243	-0.7793615651192738	Unavailable
Punjab	jhelum	Jhelum	1.6486961129378612	2.1216089362117847	1.8276280748162728	26.433524937323806	33.192147782977	28.97056198120117	-0.2939808613955115	-4.221585801775831	Unavailable
Punjab	kasur	Kasur	1.7324706669277383	2.183856632011953	1.9918050958537823	24.0	28.97056198120117	28.97056198120117	-0.1920515361581711	0.0	Unavailable
Punjab	khanewal	Khanewal	2.412282402874549	3.0636421503261704	2.611404942807524	36.133269585624845	45.94112396240234	40.9287135253019	-0.4522372075186465	-5.012410437100442	Unavailable
Punjab	khushab	Khushab	2.669139280972449	2.7775876452616166	3.34348703173484	42.57528724529647	44.213726933585626	53.64921784760904	0.5658993864732236	9.435490914023411	Unavailable
Punjab	lahore	Lahore	1.6885224561502534	2.267592333799991	1.889029238998964	24.0	28.97056198120117	24.44294934277013	-0.3785630948010268	-4.527612638431041	Unavailable
Punjab	layyah	Layyah	2.044978536825816	2.5648383884073613	2.2607882174929737	29.10034816542863	36.0	32.17301130908923	-0.3040501709143877	-3.826988690910767	Unavailable
Punjab	lodhran	Lodhran	2.121673668281624	2.488794360506044	2.489254427936111	29.099969663475164	35.63576174182171	36.0	0.0004600674300672	0.3642382581782897	Unavailable
Punjab	mandibahauddin	Mandi Bahauddin	1.5873992734221	2.0082490441282213	1.7146249796647608	19.56662141793191	28.97056198120117	24.0	-0.2936240644634604	-4.970561981201172	Unavailable
Punjab	mianwali	Mianwali	2.481764351522932	2.8294486574119486	3.345811602418993	37.21098946218806	43.90436404399416	50.91168975830078	0.5163629450070446	7.007325714306624	Unavailable
Punjab	multan	Multan	2.924722660539423	4.41269256092962	3.2268173409757823	37.49937886351495	57.94112396240234	41.164475549233	-1.1858752199538376	-16.77664841316934	Unavailable
Punjab	muzaffargarh	Muzaffargarh	2.4717744933994767	2.856057509925616	3.2208638843284936	38.48846358553876	45.36239301618616	50.60878348375584	0.3648063744028782	5.2463904675696895	Unavailable
Punjab	nankanasahib	Nankana Sahib	2.115618054270688	2.7750971236587185	2.511622678791129	28.97056198120117	37.447486877441406	33.97045578732201	-0.2634744448675894	-3.4770310901193966	Unavailable
Punjab	narowal	Narowal	1.329487827967572	1.7151527184208517	1.531017144685392	16.970561981201172	24.0	16.970561981201172	-0.1841355737354595	-7.029438018798828	Unavailable
Punjab	okara	Okara	1.820053844052144	2.1736778299160258	2.148814303708312	28.97056198120117	32.2258022622025	32.714891153043745	-0.0248635262077141	0.4890888908412449	Unavailable
Punjab	pakpattan	Pakpattan	1.7779620998796049	2.029159661692863	2.130578457468152	28.97056198120117	31.559643604476253	33.19663222417792	0.1014187957752885	1.6369886197016648	Unavailable
Punjab	rahimyarkhan	Rahim Yar Khan	2.192852162517047	2.591021280712156	2.539641578179616	33.64919557968576	40.97056198120117	39.53050788737232	-0.0513797025325404	-1.4400540938288555	Unavailable
Punjab	rajanpur	Rajanpur	3.249728094158454	3.651620972030215	4.194036301023262	53.21683387252112	60.09551300081727	69.15657608871707	0.5424153289930471	9.061063087899804	Unavailable
Punjab	rawalpindi	Rawalpindi	1.5518602347454802	2.0803243021793927	1.7054955033180104	22.384781691731675	28.97056198120117	24.0	-0.3748287988613823	-4.970561981201172	Unavailable
Punjab	sahiwal	Sahiwal	2.7285179449357435	3.2778553419425376	2.9463064461995763	39.38797562110315	46.05817581399921	42.56058599005488	-0.3315488957429613	-3.497589823944331	Unavailable
Punjab	sargodha	Sargodha	1.4795974334756925	1.851811292261929	1.59991210031048	18.10156268721459	26.21404065646473	22.037528643868395	-0.2518991919514488	-4.1765120125963335	Unavailable
Punjab	sheikhupura	Sheikhupura	1.6787902549351337	2.1156715634792915	2.0545339983940143	24.0	28.97056198120117	28.97056198120117	-0.0611375650852772	0.0	Unavailable
Punjab	sialkot	Sialkot	1.2862196017770524	1.7707656348180183	1.4080150597818422	24.0	30.09988444682681	24.32294370336147	-0.3627505750361763	-5.776940743465339	Unavailable
Punjab	tobateksingh	Toba Tek Singh	1.5514310322678695	2.07881198409884	1.666073401409657	22.27194582263014	28.97056198120117	24.0	-0.4127385826891827	-4.970561981201172	Unavailable
Punjab	vehari	Vehari	1.551056979986552	2.008438781538735	1.7296007176317634	21.31786955481895	28.97056198120117	24.0	-0.2788380639069716	-4.970561981201172	Unavailable
Sindh	badin	Badin	2.062758677831605	2.1536426022729427	5.038771948808471	34.2833521394118	36.681841066953545	82.89349249154867	2.885129346535528	46.211651424595125	Unavailable
Sindh	dadu	Dadu	1.6520413713223432	1.742940205829301	3.0513537689888683	25.20376176718334	27.40384319094328	47.61352682827396	1.308413563159567	20.209683637330684	Unavailable
Sindh	ghotki	Ghotki	1.3832112634533504	1.416271037246985	3.665557598494464	20.78322166255263	21.356160111800403	55.75498778264766	2.2492865612474784	34.398827670847254	Unavailable
Sindh	hyderabad	Hyderabad	0.6259168743105982	0.7023920350289696	0.8055008738379325	12.0	12.0	12.0	0.1031088388089628	0.0	Unavailable
Sindh	jacobabad	Jacobabad	1.775810384385729	1.8563292578320223	3.456018279023555	29.706191425421395	30.96157591771008	57.28864612702521	1.599689021191533	26.32707020931513	Unavailable
Sindh	jamshoro	Jamshoro	1.8404396576614763	1.9150291527972207	3.063991071278996	28.668410836899216	29.006326330025978	45.94112396240234	1.1489619184817743	16.934797632376366	Unavailable
Sindh	kambarshahdadkot	Kambar-Shahdadkot	1.7072046219587218	1.7376439605335616	3.250702766635171	28.97056198120117	29.26079362696069	53.977736390285656	1.5130588061016093	24.71694276332496	Unavailable
Sindh	karachicentral	Karachi Central	0.3402636078191768	0.3870776669063575	0.4658539407727063	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0787762738663487	0.0	Unavailable
Sindh	karachieast	Karachi East	0.6303748008085498	0.7205499993572634	0.9937958176972445	12.0	12.0	12.0	0.2732458183399811	0.0	Unavailable
Sindh	karachisouth	Karachi South	0.5085201507547455	0.6815733472691071	0.7113935187577984	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.0298201714886913	0.0	Unavailable
Sindh	karachiwest	Karachi West	0.454547090444354	0.526849805928091	0.9409126751228908	0.0	0.0	12.669707119871711	0.4140628691947997	12.669707119871711	Unavailable
Sindh	kashmore	Kashmore	1.4358924387129546	1.4655458182314909	3.3591520375474664	23.874341249920267	24.0	56.34538194445867	1.893606219315976	32.34538194445867	Unavailable
Sindh	keamari	Keamari	0.8322523711122343	0.9123388452120378	1.5007089656526382	12.0	12.0	19.45990562438965	0.5883701204406004	7.459905624389648	Unavailable
Sindh	khairpur	Khairpur	1.2908441640555852	1.3484307311596095	2.536787042795513	18.004317205754294	18.7820326819837	36.35719223115389	1.1883563116359033	17.575159549170188	Unavailable
Sindh	korangi	Korangi	0.5851743226520403	0.6340844878826014	0.9281470654829478	12.0	12.0	12.405944358399832	0.2940625776003464	0.4059443583998323	Unavailable
Sindh	larkana	Larkana	1.0067271548502452	1.0963923405797198	1.584110597354024	14.043387226337618	15.14710788492674	22.92507426638986	0.4877182567743041	7.77796638146312	Unavailable
Sindh	malir	Malir	1.1748523330007148	1.2656728385978346	1.826707966369692	16.970561981201172	19.801175756095265	28.97056198120117	0.5610351277718575	9.169386225105908	Unavailable
Sindh	matiari	Matiari	1.326617933445776	1.4058850925285402	2.7916318958972366	16.970561981201172	16.970561981201172	36.74204438481449	1.3857468033686964	19.77148240361332	Unavailable
Sindh	mirpurkhas	Mirpurkhas	1.4479734427933746	1.5499747767109713	2.7361316526980004	20.61213856363027	23.507656039437983	41.259436642415785	1.1861568759870291	17.7517806029778	Unavailable
Sindh	naushehroferoze	Naushehro Feroze	1.1424902764823772	1.1924039652637184	2.6002017001749564	18.4825358047894	19.26211548507685	41.65810600647068	1.407797734911238	22.39599052139383	Unavailable
Sindh	sajawal	Sajawal	3.200390268571462	3.336572686792134	7.25522158418509	56.28199654713518	57.63033951585666	121.2442183417388	3.918648897392956	63.61387882588214	Unavailable
Sindh	sanghar	Sanghar	1.7532980438953547	1.8129892980437143	3.82128636688421	26.88918747754367	28.67417982453023	56.66842853846939	2.008297068840496	27.99424871393916	Unavailable
Sindh	shaheedbenazirabad	Shaheed Benazirabad	1.2913573897065591	1.3758425862062074	3.1526547516373853	19.33524654802916	20.29024461091283	48.01132924951085	1.776812165431178	27.721084638598025	Unavailable
Sindh	shikarpur	Shikarpur	1.4430030828273523	1.4823877772913885	2.7152330469373016	20.633180335948342	21.559470059669305	39.15234175039093	1.2328452696459131	17.59287169072162	Unavailable
Sindh	sukkur	Sukkur	1.0372750973054143	1.126348618627076	1.5655506626617184	12.0	15.453634055604397	19.91098367518213	0.4392020440346424	4.457349619577734	Unavailable
Sindh	tandoallahyar	Tando Allah Yar	1.378704997276326	1.491287016400696	2.700544501962173	16.970561981201172	18.583124586553435	38.88184317709414	1.209257485561477	20.298718590540705	Unavailable
Sindh	tandomuhammadkhan	Tando Muhammad Khan	1.574924772105064	1.6840497879342042	3.790576234279765	24.128117958633737	26.49488818825309	62.04195133800662	2.106526446345561	35.547063149753534	Unavailable
Sindh	tharparkar	Tharparkar	2.702353743031276	2.7301696813048486	10.47807905047087	37.89980393827312	38.572033361714965	148.32035433596704	7.74790936916602	109.74832097425208	Unavailable
Sindh	thatta	Thatta	2.7860351312734206	2.9364534386272254	5.948987517713236	42.38391536855245	45.38065068570256	91.14020096708136	3.0125340790860102	45.75955028137879	Unavailable
Sindh	umerkot	Umerkot	1.7073150788145035	1.7505162751717391	3.986168439174324	25.05530976944132	26.37428012107735	57.94112396240234	2.235652164002585	31.566843841324992	Unavailable

school_access_district_school_counts.csv

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school_access_district_school_counts.csv — data as published
district	girls_schools	boys_schools	gap_km
Bannu	136	136	0.02
Sudhnutti	2	4	Unavailable
Killa Abdullah	28	71	3.76
Hangu	25	46	1.44
Chiniot	104	96	0.09
Lahore	161	110	-0.38
Islamabad	46	27	-0.22
Charsadda	111	146	0.15
Mardan	199	200	-0.02
Bagh	2	2	Unavailable
Peshawar	170	193	0.01
Bhimber	2	0	Unavailable
Hattian	0	0	Unavailable
Haveli	1	0	Unavailable
Mirpur	65	49	-0.14
Sohbatpur	34	42	0.37
Sherani	8	24	6.09
Orakzai Agency	0	0	Unavailable
Kotli	68	58	-0.25
Muzaffarabad	6	4	Unavailable
Neelum	1	3	Unavailable
Poonch	7	5	Unavailable
Awaran	25	54	7.17
Barkhan	35	34	0.34
Chaghi	30	43	6.3
Dera Bugti	18	59	6.52
Kohlu	4	53	10.37
Gwadar	23	35	6.7
Harnai	23	27	0.96
Jaffarabad	35	76	0.99
Jhal Magsi	24	33	2.81
Kachhi	24	36	1.65
Kalat	46	67	2.08
Kech	76	110	1.16
Kharan	16	28	4.54
Loralai	44	73	3.3
Khuzdar	44	45	3.53
Killa Saifullah	36	59	4.05
Lasbela	41	78	2.08
Mastung	52	46	0.7
Musakhail	21	35	8.63
Nasirabad	30	47	2.0
Nushki	46	43	0.57
Khyber Agency	0	0	Unavailable
Panjgur	40	53	5.69
Pishin	85	112	0.81
Quetta	135	100	-0.14
Sibi	45	54	1.49
Kurram Agency	0	1	Unavailable
Mohmand Agency	1	1	Unavailable
Washuk	15	31	12.15
Zhob	23	53	16.3
Ziarat	30	29	0.65
Bajaur Agency	0	0	Unavailable
Bhakkar	175	189	0.21
North Waziristan Agency	0	0	Unavailable
South Waziristan Agency	0	0	Unavailable
Astor	27	38	1.15
Skardu	73	124	1.76
Diamir	17	37	0.59
Ghanchi	26	56	1.29
Ghizer	22	47	1.92
Gilgit	42	30	0.07
Hunza Nagar	34	33	0.23
Abbottabad	144	164	0.1
Batagram	32	72	1.17
Nowshera	99	133	0.16
Buner	73	141	0.56
Chitral	60	109	1.36
Gujrat	300	248	-0.24
Dera Ismail Khan	128	216	0.8
Haripur	119	146	0.02
Karak	66	119	0.81
Kohat	87	106	0.25
Kohistan	15	96	7.01
Lakki Marwat	74	119	0.64
Lower Dir	130	175	0.07
Malakand	68	77	0.05
Mandi Bahauddin	185	132	-0.29
Mansehra	150	229	0.28
Shangla	37	106	1.13
Swabi	128	164	0.09
Hafizabad	106	92	-0.1
Swat	108	193	0.42
Tank	29	41	0.42
Tor Ghar	3	28	3.67
Khushab	119	158	0.57
Upper Dir	64	131	0.95
Attock	227	226	0.13
Jhang	186	202	-0.09
Bahawalnagar	316	265	0.61
Bahawalpur	217	201	-0.11
Shikarpur	63	164	1.23
Chakwal	252	226	-0.06
Dera Ghazi Khan	109	144	0.26
Faisalabad	521	352	-0.22
Gujranwala	283	215	-0.26
Jhelum	163	125	-0.29
Kasur	260	237	-0.19
Khanewal	338	284	-0.45
Layyah	233	191	-0.3
Lodhran	132	136	0.0
Mianwali	142	194	0.52
Multan	113	120	-1.19
Muzaffargarh	170	234	0.36
Nankana Sahib	135	115	-0.26
Narowal	197	161	-0.18
Okara	277	237	-0.02
Pakpattan	137	136	0.1
Rahim Yar Khan	308	346	-0.05
Rajanpur	71	121	0.54
Rawalpindi	432	360	-0.37
Sahiwal	292	233	-0.33
Sargodha	409	328	-0.25
Sheikhupura	239	179	-0.06
Sialkot	377	219	-0.36
Toba Tek Singh	327	205	-0.41
Vehari	297	217	-0.28
Badin	52	254	2.89
Dadu	65	223	1.31
Ghotki	48	264	2.25
Hyderabad	79	149	0.1
Jacobabad	53	158	1.6
Mirpurkhas	80	244	1.19
Jamshoro	40	136	1.15
Kambar-Shahdadkot	59	191	1.51
Kashmore	34	168	1.89
Khairpur	132	397	1.19
Larkana	82	204	0.49
Matiari	30	126	1.39
Naushehro Feroze	78	319	1.41
Sanghar	88	305	2.01
Shaheed Benazirabad	88	313	1.78
Sukkur	73	178	0.44
Tando Allah Yar	33	123	1.21
Tando Muhammad Khan	23	102	2.11
Tharparkar	52	476	7.75
Thatta	36	110	3.01
Sajawal	22	80	3.92
Umerkot	58	238	2.24
Karachi Central	53	88	0.08
Karachi East	39	48	0.27
Karachi South	33	53	0.03
Karachi West	7	23	0.41
Keamari	16	48	0.59
Korangi	34	66	0.29
Malir	61	123	0.56

school_access_coverage.csv

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school_access_coverage.csv — data as published
region	sector	schools_in_analysis	schools_known_to_exist	source	gps_origin	quality_tier	coverage_note	mapped	schools_pk_region	rows_in_schools_pk	rows_with_coords	rows_in_analysis	release
Balochistan	government	12980	14709	SED Balochistan open-data portal (sed.gob.pk)	GPS at source	A	88% of listed schools geolocated	yes	Balochistan	14709	12980	12980	2026-09
Sindh	government	39741	41383	SELD Institution Checker roster (checker.sindheducation.gov.pk) + RSU district GIS pins + positions multilaterated from SELD Distance Checker distances	GPS at source (SELD); 58% confirmed by an RSU pin within 300 m	A	30 districts and every taluka; functional schools only; 22 without a position; girls' and boys' networks by name designation (GG/GB), the official SEMIS Boys/Girls/Mixed field kept as gender_official	yes	Sindh	41383	41361	39741	2026-09
KP (settled districts)	government	27461	27689	KPEMA public school locator (roster + per-school details); JSiMS coordinates kept for primaries	GPS at source (KPEMA for all non-primary schools and Mardan; JSiMS for 19,120 primaries, median 29 m from KPEMA)	A	25 settled districts incl. Mardan; high schools for all districts; 226 closed or inaccessible excluded; 7 without coordinates	yes	KP (settled)	27689	27682	27461	2026-09
Punjab	government	36295	38148	Punjab SIS roster (sis.pesrp.edu.pk) + gazetteer geocoding	geocoded 95%	B-	48% village precision; gap robust to tier choice; levels not publishable	yes	Punjab	38149	36295	36295	2026-09
Gilgit-Baltistan	government	1355	1906	GB EMIS roster (emis.gilgitbaltistan.gov.pk) + gazetteer geocoding	geocoded 94.6%	B	53% village-or-school precision; friction surface invalid so distance only	yes	Gilgit-Baltistan	1890	1788	1355	2026-09
AJK (Mirpur + Kotli)	government only (private dropped)	763	1367	district exam boards (beemajk.com; ebekotli.dsisajk.net) + gazetteer geocoding	geocoded 58%	C	2 of 10 AJK districts; exam-board rosters mix public and private, so both columns are GOVERNMENT schools only (1,367 listed, 763 geocoded); the middle-or-above subset is 294	partial	AJK (Mirpur+Kotli)	1367	784	763	2026-09
AJK (other 8 districts)	Unavailable	0	4454	none public	none	-	no public school list; province total 6,012 per E&SE dashboard	no	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	2026-09
ex-FATA / merged districts	government	0	6394	KP ASC 2023-24 counts (pp.205/229-230); KPEMA district aggregates	none	-	6,394 schools: 3,645 boys' / 2,749 girls'; high schools 314 v 108; secondary GPI 0.28 v 0.68 settled; facilities via KPEMA but no locations	no	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	2026-09
Islamabad (ICT)	federal government only	78	~420	OSM education features (BECS/private excluded)	partial directory	C	~1/3 of the FDE network; 28 boys'/50 girls' points; too thin for high-school class	yes	Islamabad (ICT)	130	130	78	2026-09

school_access_validation_summary.csv

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school_access_validation_summary.csv — data as published
region	level	n	rank_corr_level_girls	rank_corr_share5_girls	rank_corr_gap	sign_agree_gap	rank_corr_gap_share5	release
All	primary	126	0.5	0.66	0.84	0.78	0.78	2026-09
Balochistan	primary	31	0.48	0.57	0.71	1.0	0.38	2026-09
Gilgit-Baltistan	primary	7	0.61	0.14	0.54	0.86	0.46	2026-09
KP	primary	25	0.38	0.53	0.75	0.96	0.5	2026-09
Punjab	primary	35	0.24	0.78	0.48	0.31	0.42	2026-09
Sindh	primary	25	0.36	0.55	0.65	0.96	0.62	2026-09
All	middle	126	0.65	0.75	0.75	0.79	0.65	2026-09
Balochistan	middle	31	0.53	0.58	0.55	0.97	0.18	2026-09
Gilgit-Baltistan	middle	7	0.4	0.14	0.0	1.0	0.29	2026-09
KP	middle	25	0.76	0.82	0.61	0.92	0.82	2026-09
Punjab	middle	35	0.66	0.79	0.65	0.4	0.6	2026-09
Sindh	middle	25	0.39	0.6	0.76	0.96	0.59	2026-09
All	high	125	0.77	0.8	0.57	0.84	0.36	2026-09
Balochistan	high	31	0.72	0.64	0.05	0.94	0.12	2026-09
Gilgit-Baltistan	high	7	0.34	0.25	0.54	0.86	0.39	2026-09
KP	high	25	0.78	0.86	0.68	1.0	0.8	2026-09
Punjab	high	35	0.8	0.85	0.57	0.57	0.48	2026-09
Sindh	high	25	0.56	0.77	0.58	0.96	0.59	2026-09

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Hiba Sameen / Adaad (2026). Pakistan government schools: positions, provenance and distance to the girls' school. https://adaad.org/datasets/pakistan-government-schools/. CC BY 4.0. Please credit Adaad and the original statistical sources.

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