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UDISE+ Official Data · PunjabUpdated Oct 2026

Verified Schools

25,040UDISE+ 2023-24

Districts

23Administrative units

Govt & Aided

0%0 institutions

Private Schools

0%0 institutions

Co-Education

98%24,464 schools

Girls' Schools

2%416 schools

Punjab23 Districts

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School Statistics: Punjab

Based on official UDISE+ 2023-24 Ministry of Education data.

Schools by Management Type

25,040 total schools across all management categories

Government

17,694(71%)

Private

6,915(28%)

Govt_aided

422(2%)

Local_body

9(0%)

Schools by Gender Admission

Co-education, girls-only, and boys-only institution split

Co-Education

24,464(98%)

Girls Only

416(2%)

Boys Only

160(1%)

Schools by Grade Category

Distribution across primary, secondary, and all-through schools

Primary (Cl. 1–5)

12,424(50%)

All-Through / K-12 (Cl. 1–12)

2,787(11%)

Upper Primary (Cl. 6–8)

2,430(10%)

Primary to Secondary (Cl. 1–10)

2,006(8%)

Upper Primary to Higher Sec (Cl. 6–12)

1,885(8%)

Primary + Upper Primary (Cl. 1–8)

1,736(7%)

Upper Primary + Secondary (Cl. 6–10)

1,585(6%)

Higher Secondary (Cl. 11–12)

133(1%)

Secondary + Higher Sec (Cl. 9–12)

51(0%)

Secondary (Cl. 9–10)

2(0%)

Pre-Primary Only

1(0%)

Top Districts by School Count

Showing top 8 of 23 districts

Ludhiana2,482 schools

Gurdaspur2,042 schools

Amritsar2,038 schools

Hoshiarpur1,809 schools

Patiala1,799 schools

Jalandhar1,601 schools

Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar1,539 schools

Ferozepur1,472 schools

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PB010100101CO ED

Delhi Public School, Chandigarh

AMRITSAR, Punjab (110001)

Private UnaidedPRIMARY TO HIGHER SECONDARY

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PB010100202CO ED

Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, Chandigarh

AMRITSAR, Punjab (110001)

GovernmentPRIMARY TO HIGHER SECONDARY

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