| 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 | 39644183 | 10461562 | 26.39% | 3330208 | 8.4% | 7470404 | 18.84% | 6693655 | 16.88% | 5586909 | 14.09% | 2848172 | 7.18% | 2618641 | 6.61% | 631390 | 1.59% |
| District Total | 1444175 | 380148 | 26.32% | 93748 | 6.49% | 220131 | 15.24% | 261115 | 18.08% | 250659 | 17.36% | 108998 | 7.55% | 104127 | 7.21% | 25191 | 1.74% |
| Gummidipoondi (001) | 149772 | 49035 | 32.74% | 10300 | 6.88% | 22803 | 15.23% | 24592 | 16.42% | 22361 | 14.93% | 9430 | 6.3% | 8932 | 5.96% | 2318 | 1.55% |
| Ponneri (002) | 276308 | 71691 | 25.95% | 17929 | 6.49% | 43782 | 15.85% | 56364 | 20.4% | 46805 | 16.94% | 17642 | 6.38% | 18765 | 6.79% | 3280 | 1.19% |
| Uthukkottai (003) | 134616 | 44824 | 33.3% | 7324 | 5.44% | 20779 | 15.44% | 22940 | 17.04% | 21208 | 15.75% | 9272 | 6.89% | 6729 | 5% | 1540 | 1.14% |
| Tiruttani (004) | 160262 | 52853 | 32.98% | 12817 | 8% | 23106 | 14.42% | 25621 | 15.99% | 24382 | 15.21% | 11414 | 7.12% | 8243 | 5.14% | 1826 | 1.14% |
| Pallipattu (005) | 183847 | 52999 | 28.83% | 12712 | 6.91% | 30340 | 16.5% | 26655 | 14.5% | 28241 | 15.36% | 15662 | 8.52% | 13745 | 7.48% | 3493 | 1.9% |
| Thiruvallur (006) | 317786 | 71923 | 22.63% | 19850 | 6.25% | 44858 | 14.12% | 58236 | 18.33% | 61976 | 19.5% | 26393 | 8.31% | 25995 | 8.18% | 8548 | 2.69% |
| Poonamallee (007) | 107003 | 18969 | 17.73% | 6465 | 6.04% | 17276 | 16.15% | 22596 | 21.12% | 21879 | 20.45% | 8379 | 7.83% | 8887 | 8.31% | 2552 | 2.38% |
| Ambattur (008) | 92919 | 14504 | 15.61% | 5503 | 5.92% | 14068 | 15.14% | 19794 | 21.3% | 18394 | 19.8% | 8360 | 9% | 10770 | 11.59% | 1526 | 1.64% |
| Mathavaram (009) | 21662 | 3350 | 15.46% | 848 | 3.91% | 3119 | 14.4% | 4317 | 19.93% | 5413 | 24.99% | 2446 | 11.29% | 2061 | 9.51% | 108 | 0.5% |