| 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 | 998920 | 151764 | 15.19% | 115715 | 11.58% | 204421 | 20.46% | 196661 | 19.69% | 161366 | 16.15% | 80679 | 8.08% | 66870 | 6.69% | 21444 | 2.15% |
| Valangaiman (001) | 88948 | 18394 | 20.68% | 9570 | 10.76% | 18028 | 20.27% | 17826 | 20.04% | 13165 | 14.8% | 5932 | 6.67% | 5025 | 5.65% | 1008 | 1.13% |
| Kodavasal (002) | 179082 | 14927 | 8.34% | 23654 | 13.21% | 39409 | 22.01% | 38404 | 21.44% | 31872 | 17.8% | 14365 | 8.02% | 12313 | 6.88% | 4138 | 2.31% |
| Nannilam (003) | 118236 | 13589 | 11.49% | 15376 | 13% | 25086 | 21.22% | 24994 | 21.14% | 19242 | 16.27% | 9737 | 8.24% | 7915 | 6.69% | 2297 | 1.94% |
| Thiruvarur (004) | 91842 | 14737 | 16.05% | 7982 | 8.69% | 17058 | 18.57% | 18341 | 19.97% | 16495 | 17.96% | 7847 | 8.54% | 7578 | 8.25% | 1804 | 1.96% |
| Needamangalam (005) | 112293 | 21205 | 18.88% | 11510 | 10.25% | 21500 | 19.15% | 22995 | 20.48% | 17934 | 15.97% | 8491 | 7.56% | 6994 | 6.23% | 1664 | 1.48% |
| Mannargudi (006) | 241519 | 40615 | 16.82% | 30575 | 12.66% | 48953 | 20.27% | 42938 | 17.78% | 35414 | 14.66% | 20489 | 8.48% | 17420 | 7.21% | 5115 | 2.12% |
| Thiruthuraipoondi (007) | 167000 | 28297 | 16.94% | 17048 | 10.21% | 34387 | 20.59% | 31163 | 18.66% | 27244 | 16.31% | 13818 | 8.27% | 9625 | 5.76% | 5418 | 3.24% |