| 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 | 1349836 | 403911 | 29.92% | 85197 | 6.31% | 239539 | 17.75% | 224370 | 16.62% | 202459 | 15% | 96346 | 7.14% | 76746 | 5.69% | 18918 | 1.4% |
| Iluppur (001) | 199296 | 65909 | 33.07% | 9521 | 4.78% | 40794 | 20.47% | 33325 | 16.72% | 27830 | 13.96% | 11807 | 5.92% | 8359 | 4.19% | 1750 | 0.88% |
| Kulathur (002) | 150215 | 49275 | 32.8% | 8710 | 5.8% | 26651 | 17.74% | 24716 | 16.45% | 22518 | 14.99% | 9381 | 6.25% | 7479 | 4.98% | 1485 | 0.99% |
| Gandarvakkottai (003) | 90110 | 31139 | 34.56% | 5465 | 6.06% | 14373 | 15.95% | 14395 | 15.97% | 12592 | 13.97% | 5861 | 6.5% | 5834 | 6.47% | 451 | 0.5% |
| Pudukkottai (004) | 88981 | 28393 | 31.91% | 5471 | 6.15% | 14496 | 16.29% | 14239 | 16% | 13285 | 14.93% | 6632 | 7.45% | 5532 | 6.22% | 933 | 1.05% |
| Thirumayam (005) | 152593 | 44326 | 29.05% | 9713 | 6.37% | 24283 | 15.91% | 25081 | 16.44% | 23724 | 15.55% | 10732 | 7.03% | 10078 | 6.6% | 4656 | 3.05% |
| Ponnamaravathi (006) | 95137 | 31600 | 33.22% | 5282 | 5.55% | 16708 | 17.56% | 16058 | 16.88% | 14044 | 14.76% | 5865 | 6.16% | 5079 | 5.34% | 501 | 0.53% |
| Alangudi (007) | 151823 | 39538 | 26.04% | 11001 | 7.25% | 24451 | 16.1% | 22858 | 15.06% | 24094 | 15.87% | 14036 | 9.24% | 12535 | 8.26% | 3285 | 2.16% |
| Karambakudi (008) | 100900 | 33112 | 32.82% | 7877 | 7.81% | 16520 | 16.37% | 16417 | 16.27% | 13254 | 13.14% | 7124 | 7.06% | 4989 | 4.94% | 1607 | 1.59% |
| Aranthangi (009) | 162912 | 44160 | 27.11% | 10999 | 6.75% | 28945 | 17.77% | 28092 | 17.24% | 26759 | 16.43% | 13401 | 8.23% | 8641 | 5.3% | 1915 | 1.18% |
| Manamelkudi (010) | 72817 | 13780 | 18.92% | 6217 | 8.54% | 15694 | 21.55% | 13959 | 19.17% | 10866 | 14.92% | 5289 | 7.26% | 3631 | 4.99% | 1079 | 1.48% |
| Avudayarkoil (011) | 85052 | 22679 | 26.66% | 4941 | 5.81% | 16624 | 19.55% | 15230 | 17.91% | 13493 | 15.86% | 6218 | 7.31% | 4589 | 5.4% | 1256 | 1.48% |