| 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 | 549787 | 152386 | 27.72% | 51968 | 9.45% | 106502 | 19.37% | 94753 | 17.23% | 64980 | 11.82% | 40459 | 7.36% | 32464 | 5.9% | 6275 | 1.14% |
| Bodinayakanur (001) | 62965 | 19632 | 31.18% | 3944 | 6.26% | 12277 | 19.5% | 10756 | 17.08% | 7423 | 11.79% | 4320 | 6.86% | 3829 | 6.08% | 784 | 1.25% |
| Periyakulam (002) | 101638 | 29089 | 28.62% | 8045 | 7.92% | 19555 | 19.24% | 17985 | 17.7% | 12557 | 12.35% | 7671 | 7.55% | 5325 | 5.24% | 1411 | 1.39% |
| Theni (003) | 73026 | 20964 | 28.71% | 4346 | 5.95% | 10816 | 14.81% | 12878 | 17.63% | 9933 | 13.6% | 6016 | 8.24% | 6606 | 9.05% | 1467 | 2.01% |
| Uthamapalayam (004) | 133889 | 28114 | 21% | 19112 | 14.27% | 27345 | 20.42% | 25358 | 18.94% | 14912 | 11.14% | 9849 | 7.36% | 8133 | 6.07% | 1066 | 0.8% |
| Andipatti (005) | 178269 | 54587 | 30.62% | 16521 | 9.27% | 36509 | 20.48% | 27776 | 15.58% | 20155 | 11.31% | 12603 | 7.07% | 8571 | 4.81% | 1547 | 0.87% |