| 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 | 980804 | 91998 | 9.38% | 202468 | 20.64% | 226894 | 23.13% | 176116 | 17.96% | 137536 | 14.02% | 75456 | 7.69% | 59007 | 6.02% | 11329 | 1.16% |
| Tiruvadanai (001) | 173572 | 3098 | 1.78% | 39196 | 22.58% | 45078 | 25.97% | 34939 | 20.13% | 25978 | 14.97% | 13227 | 7.62% | 10296 | 5.93% | 1760 | 1.01% |
| Paramakudi (002) | 169138 | 22794 | 13.48% | 34345 | 20.31% | 31537 | 18.65% | 29396 | 17.38% | 25656 | 15.17% | 13371 | 7.91% | 9226 | 5.45% | 2813 | 1.66% |
| Mudukulathur (003) | 100225 | 1816 | 1.81% | 34040 | 33.96% | 22196 | 22.15% | 15095 | 15.06% | 12562 | 12.53% | 8039 | 8.02% | 5981 | 5.97% | 496 | 0.49% |
| Kamuthi (004) | 117262 | 37847 | 32.28% | 12150 | 10.36% | 24461 | 20.86% | 17340 | 14.79% | 11230 | 9.58% | 6744 | 5.75% | 6223 | 5.31% | 1267 | 1.08% |
| Kadaladi (005) | 120302 | 3549 | 2.95% | 36733 | 30.53% | 30488 | 25.34% | 21409 | 17.8% | 13859 | 11.52% | 8017 | 6.66% | 5347 | 4.44% | 900 | 0.75% |
| Ramanathapuram (006) | 265425 | 19167 | 7.22% | 42728 | 16.1% | 64001 | 24.11% | 50342 | 18.97% | 42748 | 16.11% | 22988 | 8.66% | 19570 | 7.37% | 3881 | 1.46% |
| Rameswaram (007) | 34880 | 3727 | 10.69% | 3276 | 9.39% | 9133 | 26.18% | 7595 | 21.77% | 5503 | 15.78% | 3070 | 8.8% | 2364 | 6.78% | 212 | 0.61% |