| 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 | 1376139 | 226427 | 16.45% | 145438 | 10.57% | 389377 | 28.29% | 206749 | 15.02% | 199666 | 14.51% | 107039 | 7.78% | 85017 | 6.18% | 16426 | 1.19% |
| Mangalore (001) | 395338 | 51646 | 13.06% | 33311 | 8.43% | 107846 | 27.28% | 63836 | 16.15% | 67658 | 17.11% | 33670 | 8.52% | 32306 | 8.17% | 5065 | 1.28% |
| Bantval (002) | 355263 | 57132 | 16.08% | 36715 | 10.33% | 109020 | 30.69% | 60145 | 16.93% | 46651 | 13.13% | 24031 | 6.76% | 17878 | 5.03% | 3691 | 1.04% |
| Beltangadi (003) | 266171 | 52734 | 19.81% | 34664 | 13.02% | 72259 | 27.15% | 34440 | 12.94% | 35423 | 13.31% | 19268 | 7.24% | 14284 | 5.37% | 3099 | 1.16% |
| Puttur (004) | 235233 | 43864 | 18.65% | 26973 | 11.47% | 66824 | 28.41% | 30177 | 12.83% | 32580 | 13.85% | 19438 | 8.26% | 12937 | 5.5% | 2440 | 1.04% |
| Sulya (005) | 124134 | 21051 | 16.96% | 13775 | 11.1% | 33428 | 26.93% | 18151 | 14.62% | 17354 | 13.98% | 10632 | 8.56% | 7612 | 6.13% | 2131 | 1.72% |