| 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 | 955798 | 254319 | 26.61% | 81744 | 8.55% | 166327 | 17.4% | 166302 | 17.4% | 137339 | 14.37% | 70474 | 7.37% | 61566 | 6.44% | 17722 | 1.85% |
| Tirupathur (001) | 224898 | 62554 | 27.81% | 18110 | 8.05% | 42040 | 18.69% | 40563 | 18.04% | 31851 | 14.16% | 15271 | 6.79% | 10996 | 4.89% | 3510 | 1.56% |
| Karaikkudi (002) | 139998 | 31446 | 22.46% | 9262 | 6.62% | 23248 | 16.61% | 25909 | 18.51% | 23708 | 16.93% | 10114 | 7.22% | 12422 | 8.87% | 3887 | 2.78% |
| Devakottai (003) | 102826 | 25872 | 25.16% | 8504 | 8.27% | 16956 | 16.49% | 20085 | 19.53% | 15693 | 15.26% | 7586 | 7.38% | 6720 | 6.54% | 1410 | 1.37% |
| Sivaganga (004) | 250394 | 64839 | 25.89% | 23558 | 9.41% | 43526 | 17.38% | 40870 | 16.32% | 36129 | 14.43% | 19595 | 7.83% | 17624 | 7.04% | 4253 | 1.7% |
| Manamadurai (005) | 154184 | 44679 | 28.98% | 13816 | 8.96% | 27550 | 17.87% | 25539 | 16.56% | 19068 | 12.37% | 11165 | 7.24% | 8491 | 5.51% | 3876 | 2.51% |
| Ilayangudi (006) | 83498 | 24929 | 29.86% | 8494 | 10.17% | 13007 | 15.58% | 13336 | 15.97% | 10890 | 13.04% | 6743 | 8.08% | 5313 | 6.36% | 786 | 0.94% |