| 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 | 306278 | 62657 | 20.46% | 20588 | 6.72% | 55594 | 18.15% | 54305 | 17.73% | 53101 | 17.34% | 32005 | 10.45% | 24024 | 7.84% | 3999 | 1.31% |
| Panthalur (001) | 78839 | 13080 | 16.59% | 5744 | 7.29% | 18190 | 23.07% | 15213 | 19.3% | 13829 | 17.54% | 7577 | 9.61% | 4458 | 5.65% | 744 | 0.94% |
| Gudalur (002) | 8458 | 2003 | 23.68% | 968 | 11.44% | 1510 | 17.85% | 1407 | 16.64% | 1367 | 16.16% | 767 | 9.07% | 384 | 4.54% | 51 | 0.6% |
| Udhagamandalam (003) | 82008 | 19484 | 23.76% | 5749 | 7.01% | 11744 | 14.32% | 14827 | 18.08% | 13664 | 16.66% | 8539 | 10.41% | 6317 | 7.7% | 1684 | 2.05% |
| Kotagiri (004) | 67185 | 14569 | 21.68% | 3444 | 5.13% | 12865 | 19.15% | 11701 | 17.42% | 11061 | 16.46% | 7114 | 10.59% | 5992 | 8.92% | 439 | 0.65% |
| Coonoor (005) | 38983 | 7039 | 18.06% | 2564 | 6.58% | 7295 | 18.71% | 6411 | 16.45% | 7428 | 19.05% | 4157 | 10.66% | 3443 | 8.83% | 646 | 1.66% |
| Kundah (006) | 30805 | 6482 | 21.04% | 2119 | 6.88% | 3990 | 12.95% | 4746 | 15.41% | 5752 | 18.67% | 3851 | 12.5% | 3430 | 11.13% | 435 | 1.41% |