| 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 | 1235375 | 212815 | 17.23% | 109573 | 8.87% | 261239 | 21.15% | 251627 | 20.37% | 196922 | 15.94% | 94300 | 7.63% | 82759 | 6.7% | 26140 | 2.12% |
| Sirkali (001) | 269600 | 38932 | 14.44% | 26886 | 9.97% | 61740 | 22.9% | 54569 | 20.24% | 45090 | 16.72% | 19539 | 7.25% | 18346 | 6.8% | 4498 | 1.67% |
| Mayiladuthurai (002) | 161559 | 28026 | 17.35% | 15326 | 9.49% | 32201 | 19.93% | 32507 | 20.12% | 26541 | 16.43% | 10800 | 6.68% | 12804 | 7.93% | 3354 | 2.08% |
| Kuthalam (003) | 112848 | 20123 | 17.83% | 9394 | 8.32% | 20752 | 18.39% | 26596 | 23.57% | 17337 | 15.36% | 8125 | 7.2% | 7819 | 6.93% | 2702 | 2.39% |
| Tharangambadi (004) | 178656 | 36619 | 20.5% | 17502 | 9.8% | 34480 | 19.3% | 36758 | 20.57% | 25434 | 14.24% | 12029 | 6.73% | 11507 | 6.44% | 4327 | 2.42% |
| Nagapattinam (005) | 165085 | 30686 | 18.59% | 10170 | 6.16% | 34868 | 21.12% | 34158 | 20.69% | 28837 | 17.47% | 12878 | 7.8% | 9587 | 5.81% | 3901 | 2.36% |
| Kilvelur (006) | 119411 | 26559 | 22.24% | 5497 | 4.6% | 25063 | 20.99% | 23172 | 19.41% | 19529 | 16.35% | 10455 | 8.76% | 7508 | 6.29% | 1628 | 1.36% |
| Thirukkuvalai (007) | 59937 | 13886 | 23.17% | 2505 | 4.18% | 12334 | 20.58% | 11060 | 18.45% | 10242 | 17.09% | 5296 | 8.84% | 3215 | 5.36% | 1399 | 2.33% |
| Vedaranyam (008) | 168279 | 17984 | 10.69% | 22293 | 13.25% | 39801 | 23.65% | 32807 | 19.5% | 23912 | 14.21% | 15178 | 9.02% | 11973 | 7.11% | 4331 | 2.57% |