| District Name | Total Population | 1 = No. of Illiterates | % 1 = Illiterates | 2 = No. of Literates but below primary | % 2 = Literates but below primary | 3 = No. of Primary | % 3 = Primary | 4 = No. of Middle | % 4 = Middle | 5 = No. of Secondary | % 5 = Secondary | 6 = No. of Higher Secondary | % 6 = Higher Secondary | 7 = No. of Graduate or Higher | % 7 = Graduate or Higher | 8 = No. of Other (Specify) | % 8 = Other (Specify) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All India | 886692406 | 316795697 | 35.73% | 123835207 | 13.97% | 157572788 | 17.77% | 119909955 | 13.52% | 85021861 | 9.59% | 48018733 | 5.42% | 30589123 | 3.45% | 4744685 | 0.54% |
| South Zone Total | 164522575 | 48732413 | 29.62% | 17632797 | 10.72% | 30129243 | 18.31% | 24403832 | 14.83% | 22089112 | 13.43% | 11353019 | 6.9% | 8330064 | 5.06% | 1844813 | 1.12% |
| State Total | 27232419 | 3099591 | 11.38% | 2150300 | 7.9% | 4601845 | 16.9% | 5373133 | 19.73% | 6269183 | 23.02% | 3099132 | 11.38% | 2114172 | 7.76% | 524867 | 1.93% |
| Kasaragod (01) | 1121976 | 190155 | 16.95% | 102421 | 9.13% | 239047 | 21.31% | 200630 | 17.88% | 207093 | 18.46% | 106134 | 9.46% | 62152 | 5.54% | 14344 | 1.28% |
| Kannur (02) | 2205405 | 239326 | 10.85% | 180838 | 8.2% | 423106 | 19.18% | 425673 | 19.3% | 462533 | 20.97% | 264348 | 11.99% | 176090 | 7.98% | 33487 | 1.52% |
| Wayanad (03) | 778980 | 126931 | 16.29% | 62884 | 8.07% | 140223 | 18% | 131750 | 16.91% | 177508 | 22.79% | 83761 | 10.75% | 47885 | 6.15% | 8038 | 1.03% |
| Kozhikode (04) | 2357455 | 266738 | 11.31% | 200344 | 8.5% | 450421 | 19.11% | 495980 | 21.04% | 476879 | 20.23% | 267483 | 11.35% | 161996 | 6.87% | 37514 | 1.59% |
| Malappuram (05) | 3738678 | 558852 | 14.95% | 372503 | 9.96% | 690852 | 18.48% | 731072 | 19.55% | 830505 | 22.21% | 347964 | 9.31% | 171614 | 4.59% | 35293 | 0.94% |
| Palakkad (06) | 2558064 | 412790 | 16.14% | 231059 | 9.03% | 456954 | 17.86% | 556594 | 21.76% | 515029 | 20.13% | 207685 | 8.12% | 147350 | 5.76% | 30603 | 1.2% |
| Thrissur (07) | 2451703 | 251821 | 10.27% | 184551 | 7.53% | 364826 | 14.88% | 422576 | 17.24% | 656605 | 26.78% | 282668 | 11.53% | 234324 | 9.56% | 54331 | 2.22% |
| Ernakulam (08) | 2142966 | 194007 | 9.05% | 157590 | 7.35% | 329571 | 15.38% | 398419 | 18.59% | 488495 | 22.8% | 266923 | 12.46% | 230296 | 10.75% | 77665 | 3.62% |
| Idukki (09) | 1035037 | 121710 | 11.76% | 76857 | 7.43% | 159322 | 15.39% | 201094 | 19.43% | 251592 | 24.31% | 129532 | 12.51% | 76853 | 7.43% | 18054 | 1.74% |
| Kottayam (10) | 1711733 | 119380 | 6.97% | 106731 | 6.24% | 246507 | 14.4% | 335330 | 19.59% | 427010 | 24.95% | 249635 | 14.58% | 183913 | 10.74% | 43217 | 2.52% |
| Alappuzha (11) | 1830813 | 138790 | 7.58% | 116178 | 6.35% | 290500 | 15.87% | 356535 | 19.47% | 489605 | 26.74% | 232758 | 12.71% | 157770 | 8.62% | 48669 | 2.66% |
| Pathanamthitta (12) | 1066345 | 62624 | 5.87% | 58412 | 5.48% | 134077 | 12.57% | 182748 | 17.14% | 339641 | 31.85% | 155633 | 14.59% | 104649 | 9.81% | 28556 | 2.68% |
| Kollam (13) | 2117451 | 189978 | 8.97% | 144946 | 6.85% | 337621 | 15.94% | 467636 | 22.08% | 493882 | 23.32% | 254946 | 12.04% | 177316 | 8.37% | 51122 | 2.41% |
| Thiruvananthapuram (14) | 2115813 | 226489 | 10.7% | 154986 | 7.33% | 338818 | 16.01% | 467096 | 22.08% | 452806 | 21.4% | 249662 | 11.8% | 181964 | 8.6% | 43974 | 2.08% |