| 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 | 1789884 | 513406 | 28.68% | 132018 | 7.38% | 301793 | 16.86% | 292964 | 16.37% | 261763 | 14.62% | 121040 | 6.76% | 123313 | 6.89% | 43575 | 2.43% |
| Panruti (001) | 295985 | 87644 | 29.61% | 18031 | 6.09% | 52116 | 17.61% | 48304 | 16.32% | 44361 | 14.99% | 18943 | 6.4% | 22402 | 7.57% | 4184 | 1.41% |
| Cuddalore (002) | 232587 | 63817 | 27.44% | 17222 | 7.4% | 37593 | 16.16% | 37489 | 16.12% | 35529 | 15.28% | 16212 | 6.97% | 19932 | 8.57% | 4793 | 2.06% |
| Kurinjipadi (003) | 159121 | 47915 | 30.11% | 10904 | 6.85% | 26486 | 16.65% | 25873 | 16.26% | 22860 | 14.37% | 9538 | 5.99% | 9702 | 6.1% | 5843 | 3.67% |
| Chidambaram (004) | 318677 | 72948 | 22.89% | 25863 | 8.12% | 55787 | 17.51% | 56561 | 17.75% | 49896 | 15.66% | 22755 | 7.14% | 25336 | 7.95% | 9519 | 2.99% |
| Kattumannarkoil (005) | 225177 | 54817 | 24.34% | 18690 | 8.3% | 39794 | 17.67% | 40068 | 17.79% | 33345 | 14.81% | 16574 | 7.36% | 15807 | 7.02% | 6082 | 2.7% |
| Virudhachalam (006) | 329153 | 102904 | 31.26% | 23972 | 7.28% | 54850 | 16.66% | 51835 | 15.75% | 46795 | 14.22% | 21353 | 6.49% | 18189 | 5.53% | 9255 | 2.81% |
| Tittakudi (007) | 229184 | 83361 | 36.37% | 17336 | 7.56% | 35167 | 15.34% | 32834 | 14.33% | 28977 | 12.64% | 15665 | 6.84% | 11945 | 5.21% | 3899 | 1.7% |