| 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 | 1601210 | 385086 | 24.05% | 169382 | 10.58% | 347553 | 21.71% | 273365 | 17.07% | 184903 | 11.55% | 109240 | 6.82% | 99526 | 6.22% | 32155 | 2.01% |
| Sivagiri (001) | 71471 | 23883 | 33.42% | 7648 | 10.7% | 12718 | 17.79% | 9566 | 13.38% | 7141 | 9.99% | 4959 | 6.94% | 3691 | 5.16% | 1865 | 2.61% |
| Sankarankoil (002) | 287222 | 82428 | 28.7% | 33432 | 11.64% | 54880 | 19.11% | 40738 | 14.18% | 30705 | 10.69% | 19536 | 6.8% | 17664 | 6.15% | 7839 | 2.73% |
| Veerakeralamputhur (003) | 89861 | 25262 | 28.11% | 12753 | 14.19% | 18863 | 20.99% | 13982 | 15.56% | 8367 | 9.31% | 5056 | 5.63% | 4051 | 4.51% | 1527 | 1.7% |
| Tenkasi (004) | 168615 | 45720 | 27.12% | 18047 | 10.7% | 34798 | 20.64% | 28655 | 16.99% | 17388 | 10.31% | 10804 | 6.41% | 11071 | 6.57% | 2132 | 1.26% |
| Shenkottai (005) | 58065 | 14644 | 25.22% | 4393 | 7.57% | 11805 | 20.33% | 10170 | 17.51% | 8104 | 13.96% | 4241 | 7.3% | 3637 | 6.26% | 1071 | 1.84% |
| Alangulam (006) | 132415 | 35630 | 26.91% | 14408 | 10.88% | 30249 | 22.84% | 22626 | 17.09% | 12861 | 9.71% | 8051 | 6.08% | 6421 | 4.85% | 2169 | 1.64% |
| Tirunelveli (007) | 144750 | 36741 | 25.38% | 15670 | 10.83% | 27408 | 18.93% | 23333 | 16.12% | 19562 | 13.51% | 10118 | 6.99% | 8902 | 6.15% | 3016 | 2.08% |
| Palayamkottai (008) | 83444 | 16541 | 19.82% | 7124 | 8.54% | 18658 | 22.36% | 16243 | 19.47% | 11032 | 13.22% | 5990 | 7.18% | 6253 | 7.49% | 1603 | 1.92% |
| Ambasamudram (009) | 206924 | 41885 | 20.24% | 19600 | 9.47% | 50629 | 24.47% | 40546 | 19.59% | 26507 | 12.81% | 12538 | 6.06% | 11775 | 5.69% | 3444 | 1.66% |
| Nanguneri (010) | 148408 | 26945 | 18.16% | 16033 | 10.8% | 37984 | 25.59% | 28463 | 19.18% | 17877 | 12.05% | 10845 | 7.31% | 8329 | 5.61% | 1932 | 1.3% |
| Radhapuram (011) | 210035 | 35407 | 16.86% | 20274 | 9.65% | 49561 | 23.6% | 39043 | 18.59% | 25359 | 12.07% | 17102 | 8.14% | 17732 | 8.44% | 5557 | 2.65% |