Question

explain with reasons why state of punjab with a very high per capita income has a low literacy rate.

Answer 1

• The per capita income in Punjab is higher as the working population is high
• It may be considered that Punjab has high proportion of earning population
• But, it lacks in literacy as less proportion of children are sent to school or have poor interest in going to school
• Though Punjab has high per capita income it has low level of literacy as majority of children are not sent to school or not provided with quality education etc