| Tehsil 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% |
| State Total | 16864339 | 5372292 | 31.86% | 1664615 | 9.87% | 2918580 | 17.31% | 2323743 | 13.78% | 2522688 | 14.96% | 1442005 | 8.55% | 509388 | 3.02% | 111026 | 0.66% |
| District Total | 393760 | 156788 | 39.82% | 34373 | 8.73% | 65750 | 16.7% | 45676 | 11.6% | 53570 | 13.6% | 27926 | 7.09% | 8259 | 2.1% | 1418 | 0.36% |
| Barnala (001) | 231734 | 89454 | 38.6% | 19864 | 8.57% | 38998 | 16.83% | 27217 | 11.74% | 32870 | 14.18% | 17154 | 7.4% | 5219 | 2.25% | 958 | 0.41% |
| Tapa (002) | 162026 | 67334 | 41.56% | 14509 | 8.95% | 26752 | 16.51% | 18459 | 11.39% | 20700 | 12.78% | 10772 | 6.65% | 3040 | 1.88% | 460 | 0.28% |