Rasool Pur ( ur, ) is a village located in
Jampur Tehsil of
Rajanpur district in the
Punjab province of
Pakistan. It is situated north from Rajanpur on
Indus Highway
The Indus Highway ( ur, ), also known as National Highway 55 (N-55) ( ur, ), is a 1264 km long two to four-lane national highway that runs along the Indus River in Pakistan connecting the port city of Karachi with the northwestern city ...
.
Rasool Pur is considered a model village, as the whole village is a no-smoking zone, and has been reported to have a 100 percent literacy rate and zero crime rate in last 100 years. The village has its own ''Rasool Pur Development Society'', responsible for collection of donations for people who cannot afford education. The society also makes sure that no one drops out of school.
However, census data from the
2017 Pakistan Census
The 2017 Census of Pakistan was a detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population which began on 15 March 2017 and ended on 25 May 2017. It was the first census taken in the country in the 21st century, nineteen years after the previous one in ...
has shown that the actual literacy rate of Rasool Pur is 69.92% (76.94% among men, 62.79% among women). While this is far higher than the district average of 33.75%,
it isn't unanimous.
History
People of the village belong to Ahmedani tribe of
Baloch people who settled at this location in 1933-34 after being displaced five times due to floods at other locations since early nineteenth century. People of village built their first primary schools for boys and girls in 1935 for which funding was exclusively provided by the inhabitants of the village themselves.
References
Populated places in Rajanpur District
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