| 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 | 667374 | 211803 | 31.74% | 48715 | 7.3% | 125738 | 18.84% | 104427 | 15.65% | 85576 | 12.82% | 44102 | 6.61% | 40232 | 6.03% | 6781 | 1.02% |
| Aravakurichi (001) | 139623 | 43310 | 31.02% | 8679 | 6.22% | 29338 | 21.01% | 20726 | 14.84% | 17639 | 12.63% | 9923 | 7.11% | 9136 | 6.54% | 872 | 0.62% |
| Karur (002) | 164980 | 47333 | 28.69% | 10132 | 6.14% | 28206 | 17.1% | 26751 | 16.21% | 23778 | 14.41% | 12351 | 7.49% | 14908 | 9.04% | 1521 | 0.92% |
| Krishnarayapuram (003) | 100468 | 33596 | 33.44% | 8848 | 8.81% | 18589 | 18.5% | 15388 | 15.32% | 11509 | 11.46% | 6103 | 6.07% | 5199 | 5.17% | 1236 | 1.23% |
| Kulithalai (004) | 150086 | 46176 | 30.77% | 10484 | 6.99% | 29432 | 19.61% | 24983 | 16.65% | 20571 | 13.71% | 8999 | 6% | 7247 | 4.83% | 2194 | 1.46% |
| Kadavur (005) | 112217 | 41388 | 36.88% | 10572 | 9.42% | 20173 | 17.98% | 16579 | 14.77% | 12079 | 10.76% | 6726 | 5.99% | 3742 | 3.33% | 958 | 0.85% |