| 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 | 458888 | 96451 | 21.02% | 73900 | 16.1% | 90836 | 19.79% | 71015 | 15.48% | 56964 | 12.41% | 32100 | 7% | 30839 | 6.72% | 6782 | 1.48% |
| Veppanthattai (001) | 123425 | 28834 | 23.36% | 15531 | 12.58% | 25487 | 20.65% | 19218 | 15.57% | 15244 | 12.35% | 8800 | 7.13% | 9061 | 7.34% | 1249 | 1.01% |
| Perambalur (002) | 91355 | 18844 | 20.63% | 12999 | 14.23% | 17576 | 19.24% | 15299 | 16.75% | 11171 | 12.23% | 6967 | 7.63% | 6987 | 7.65% | 1512 | 1.66% |
| Kunnam (003) | 244108 | 48773 | 19.98% | 45370 | 18.59% | 47773 | 19.57% | 36498 | 14.95% | 30549 | 12.51% | 16333 | 6.69% | 14791 | 6.06% | 4021 | 1.65% |