Rajanpur
The district where this issue's arguments meet: women recorded working more than almost anywhere in Punjab, educated less than almost anywhere in Pakistan — and rural female participation rising faster than nearly any district in the country.
| Indicator | District | Province | Pakistan | Against national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female labour force participation | 37.1% | 26.3% | 21.4% | |
| Literacy, population 10+ | 36.1% | 65.8% | 59.8% | |
| Female literacy | 28.2% | 59.8% | 51.9% | |
| Multidimensional poverty headcount | 69.3% | 31.7% | 41.5% | |
| Urban share | 26.5% | 40.7% | 39.0% | |
| Annual population growth | 3.0% | 2.5% | 2.6% | |
Rajanpur threads the whole issue. Its recorded female participation — 37 per cent, fifteenth of the 131 districts the survey covers — sits beside female literacy of 28 per cent: work without education, most of it unpaid family labour on farms, the kind piece 02 argues adds workers without adding output per worker. Adaad's estimate puts the rise in its rural female participation at 23 percentage points since 2020-21, among the largest anywhere. Seven in ten of its people are multidimensionally poor. And its satellite record carries the Method Notebook's warning about granular data: the wealth index scores the near-dark De-Excluded Area as the district's richest corner. One district, counted three ways.