| 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 | 38183242 | 12041709 | 31.54% | 4336902 | 11.36% | 8460215 | 22.16% | 4556956 | 11.93% | 4688189 | 12.28% | 2384924 | 6.25% | 1377125 | 3.61% | 337205 | 0.88% |
| District Total | 1141106 | 265712 | 23.29% | 142850 | 12.52% | 265371 | 23.26% | 188432 | 16.51% | 154600 | 13.55% | 71815 | 6.29% | 45850 | 4.02% | 6476 | 0.57% |
| Sagar (001) | 145651 | 30443 | 20.9% | 21989 | 15.1% | 32179 | 22.09% | 23176 | 15.91% | 19226 | 13.2% | 10228 | 7.02% | 7255 | 4.98% | 1155 | 0.79% |
| Sorab (002) | 193844 | 40718 | 21.01% | 33681 | 17.38% | 46307 | 23.89% | 31407 | 16.2% | 23546 | 12.15% | 10852 | 5.6% | 6163 | 3.18% | 1170 | 0.6% |
| Shikarpur (003) | 186599 | 51437 | 27.57% | 26159 | 14.02% | 46933 | 25.15% | 28116 | 15.07% | 19745 | 10.58% | 9133 | 4.89% | 4252 | 2.28% | 824 | 0.44% |
| Hosanagara (004) | 113282 | 22377 | 19.75% | 17632 | 15.56% | 23949 | 21.14% | 18986 | 16.76% | 16227 | 14.32% | 8122 | 7.17% | 5295 | 4.67% | 694 | 0.61% |
| Tirthahalli (005) | 129464 | 22979 | 17.75% | 13467 | 10.4% | 27573 | 21.3% | 25545 | 19.73% | 21151 | 16.34% | 10006 | 7.73% | 7961 | 6.15% | 782 | 0.6% |
| Shimoga (006) | 184888 | 48914 | 26.46% | 15035 | 8.13% | 41258 | 22.32% | 32223 | 17.43% | 27902 | 15.09% | 11575 | 6.26% | 7266 | 3.93% | 715 | 0.39% |
| Bhadravati (007) | 187378 | 48844 | 26.07% | 14887 | 7.94% | 47172 | 25.17% | 28979 | 15.47% | 26803 | 14.3% | 11899 | 6.35% | 7658 | 4.09% | 1136 | 0.61% |