| 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 | 1916373 | 654759 | 34.17% | 118466 | 6.18% | 340443 | 17.76% | 288836 | 15.07% | 241808 | 12.62% | 121796 | 6.36% | 118677 | 6.19% | 31588 | 1.65% |
| Mettur (001) | 255803 | 92117 | 36.01% | 20470 | 8% | 44229 | 17.29% | 35869 | 14.02% | 30015 | 11.73% | 15008 | 5.87% | 15199 | 5.94% | 2896 | 1.13% |
| Omalur (002) | 421774 | 153437 | 36.38% | 23971 | 5.68% | 74015 | 17.55% | 61124 | 14.49% | 51475 | 12.2% | 24407 | 5.79% | 24521 | 5.81% | 8824 | 2.09% |
| Edappadi (003) | 150812 | 62010 | 41.12% | 11128 | 7.38% | 24867 | 16.49% | 18018 | 11.95% | 15905 | 10.55% | 9096 | 6.03% | 7810 | 5.18% | 1978 | 1.31% |
| Sankari (004) | 151735 | 57043 | 37.59% | 8920 | 5.88% | 23918 | 15.76% | 21161 | 13.95% | 18219 | 12.01% | 9999 | 6.59% | 9538 | 6.29% | 2937 | 1.94% |
| Salem (005) | 361136 | 112551 | 31.17% | 20247 | 5.61% | 66525 | 18.42% | 58746 | 16.27% | 48962 | 13.56% | 23698 | 6.56% | 25106 | 6.95% | 5301 | 1.47% |
| Yercaud (006) | 36991 | 15012 | 40.58% | 939 | 2.54% | 6584 | 17.8% | 5771 | 15.6% | 4374 | 11.82% | 2066 | 5.59% | 1892 | 5.11% | 353 | 0.95% |
| Vazhapadi (007) | 156394 | 48131 | 30.78% | 7630 | 4.88% | 27967 | 17.88% | 28105 | 17.97% | 21906 | 14.01% | 10496 | 6.71% | 9950 | 6.36% | 2209 | 1.41% |
| Attur (008) | 292730 | 89080 | 30.43% | 19835 | 6.78% | 55055 | 18.81% | 44406 | 15.17% | 38238 | 13.06% | 20706 | 7.07% | 19310 | 6.6% | 6100 | 2.08% |
| Gangavalli (009) | 88998 | 25378 | 28.52% | 5326 | 5.98% | 17283 | 19.42% | 15636 | 17.57% | 12714 | 14.29% | 6320 | 7.1% | 5351 | 6.01% | 990 | 1.11% |