| 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 | 1420560 | 355521 | 25.03% | 160989 | 11.33% | 274058 | 19.29% | 251421 | 17.7% | 180731 | 12.72% | 94894 | 6.68% | 84901 | 5.98% | 18045 | 1.27% |
| Palani (001) | 151219 | 43510 | 28.77% | 13313 | 8.8% | 25978 | 17.18% | 24915 | 16.48% | 19848 | 13.13% | 9753 | 6.45% | 11847 | 7.83% | 2055 | 1.36% |
| Oddanchatram (002) | 146495 | 43448 | 29.66% | 11665 | 7.96% | 29064 | 19.84% | 23861 | 16.29% | 17935 | 12.24% | 10659 | 7.28% | 8738 | 5.96% | 1125 | 0.77% |
| Vedasandur (003) | 247717 | 60594 | 24.46% | 35986 | 14.53% | 46022 | 18.58% | 45249 | 18.27% | 29960 | 12.09% | 14929 | 6.03% | 12788 | 5.16% | 2189 | 0.88% |
| Natham (004) | 128323 | 37820 | 29.47% | 11148 | 8.69% | 26179 | 20.4% | 23824 | 18.57% | 15281 | 11.91% | 7820 | 6.09% | 5210 | 4.06% | 1041 | 0.81% |
| Dindigul (005) | 372916 | 62795 | 16.84% | 58271 | 15.63% | 75020 | 20.12% | 67222 | 18.03% | 50518 | 13.55% | 26546 | 7.12% | 25972 | 6.96% | 6572 | 1.76% |
| Attur (006) | 103574 | 27593 | 26.64% | 6079 | 5.87% | 17708 | 17.1% | 19802 | 19.12% | 14577 | 14.07% | 8202 | 7.92% | 8230 | 7.95% | 1383 | 1.34% |
| Kodaikanal (007) | 67418 | 17286 | 25.64% | 8588 | 12.74% | 16306 | 24.19% | 11754 | 17.43% | 7294 | 10.82% | 3407 | 5.05% | 2205 | 3.27% | 578 | 0.86% |
| Nilakkottai (008) | 202898 | 62475 | 30.79% | 15939 | 7.86% | 37781 | 18.62% | 34794 | 17.15% | 25318 | 12.48% | 13578 | 6.69% | 9911 | 4.88% | 3102 | 1.53% |