| 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 | 456475 | 84187 | 18.44% | 47086 | 10.32% | 100357 | 21.99% | 66106 | 14.48% | 73564 | 16.12% | 45664 | 10% | 32633 | 7.15% | 6878 | 1.51% |
| Madikeri (001) | 107587 | 15873 | 14.75% | 8760 | 8.14% | 23970 | 22.28% | 16971 | 15.77% | 20728 | 19.27% | 11703 | 10.88% | 7377 | 6.86% | 2205 | 2.05% |
| Somvarpet (002) | 183433 | 36139 | 19.7% | 20180 | 11% | 39901 | 21.75% | 26119 | 14.24% | 28077 | 15.31% | 18083 | 9.86% | 11959 | 6.52% | 2975 | 1.62% |
| Virajpet (003) | 165455 | 32175 | 19.45% | 18146 | 10.97% | 36486 | 22.05% | 23016 | 13.91% | 24759 | 14.96% | 15878 | 9.6% | 13297 | 8.04% | 1698 | 1.03% |