| District 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% |
| North Zone Total | 47662769 | 15663982 | 32.86% | 4976876 | 10.44% | 7640609 | 16.03% | 6669481 | 13.99% | 6633303 | 13.92% | 3984533 | 8.36% | 1767999 | 3.71% | 325371 | 0.68% |
| State Total | 16864339 | 5372292 | 31.86% | 1664615 | 9.87% | 2918580 | 17.31% | 2323743 | 13.78% | 2522688 | 14.96% | 1442005 | 8.55% | 509388 | 3.02% | 111026 | 0.66% |
| Gurdaspur (01) | 1568061 | 410678 | 26.19% | 147419 | 9.4% | 257219 | 16.4% | 228447 | 14.57% | 287983 | 18.37% | 176803 | 11.28% | 49489 | 3.16% | 10023 | 0.64% |
| Kapurthala (02) | 517820 | 132800 | 25.65% | 51315 | 9.91% | 94371 | 18.22% | 79812 | 15.41% | 85637 | 16.54% | 48822 | 9.43% | 19059 | 3.68% | 6004 | 1.16% |
| Jalandhar (03) | 1038478 | 244431 | 23.54% | 100090 | 9.64% | 202154 | 19.47% | 167324 | 16.11% | 176549 | 17% | 101206 | 9.75% | 38926 | 3.75% | 7798 | 0.75% |
| Hoshiarpur (04) | 1242153 | 248691 | 20.02% | 118066 | 9.5% | 219424 | 17.66% | 202030 | 16.26% | 249279 | 20.07% | 138883 | 11.18% | 56094 | 4.52% | 9686 | 0.78% |
| Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar (05) | 491788 | 114995 | 23.38% | 46196 | 9.39% | 95758 | 19.47% | 79845 | 16.24% | 84805 | 17.24% | 49214 | 10.01% | 16991 | 3.45% | 3984 | 0.81% |
| Fatehgarh Sahib (06) | 402903 | 108321 | 26.89% | 35506 | 8.81% | 76813 | 19.06% | 60005 | 14.89% | 66566 | 16.52% | 39039 | 9.69% | 15076 | 3.74% | 1577 | 0.39% |
| Ludhiana (07) | 1356692 | 340019 | 25.06% | 124059 | 9.14% | 252972 | 18.65% | 203708 | 15.02% | 230576 | 17% | 131334 | 9.68% | 62361 | 4.6% | 11663 | 0.86% |
| Moga (08) | 756954 | 258855 | 34.2% | 81121 | 10.72% | 133071 | 17.58% | 93480 | 12.35% | 99383 | 13.13% | 64406 | 8.51% | 19987 | 2.64% | 6651 | 0.88% |
| Firozpur (09) | 1442859 | 584815 | 40.53% | 154098 | 10.68% | 242751 | 16.82% | 169090 | 11.72% | 150009 | 10.4% | 95789 | 6.64% | 33525 | 2.32% | 12782 | 0.89% |
| Muktsar (10) | 651828 | 277123 | 42.51% | 67211 | 10.31% | 103751 | 15.92% | 73096 | 11.21% | 69131 | 10.61% | 41305 | 6.34% | 16984 | 2.61% | 3227 | 0.5% |
| Faridkot (11) | 383995 | 150451 | 39.18% | 37197 | 9.69% | 62738 | 16.34% | 47785 | 12.44% | 46966 | 12.23% | 27874 | 7.26% | 9530 | 2.48% | 1454 | 0.38% |
| Bathinda (12) | 831232 | 342239 | 41.17% | 82055 | 9.87% | 131471 | 15.82% | 97205 | 11.69% | 100218 | 12.06% | 54949 | 6.61% | 20300 | 2.44% | 2793 | 0.34% |
| Mansa (13) | 592094 | 268211 | 45.3% | 60084 | 10.15% | 87237 | 14.73% | 66514 | 11.23% | 61821 | 10.44% | 34133 | 5.76% | 11633 | 1.96% | 2461 | 0.42% |
| Patiala (14) | 1138091 | 392869 | 34.52% | 114927 | 10.1% | 202212 | 17.77% | 159170 | 13.99% | 149995 | 13.18% | 81154 | 7.13% | 31989 | 2.81% | 5775 | 0.51% |
| Amritsar (15) | 1075141 | 355348 | 33.05% | 109329 | 10.17% | 186180 | 17.32% | 154058 | 14.33% | 160301 | 14.91% | 82468 | 7.67% | 20801 | 1.93% | 6656 | 0.62% |
| Tarn Taran (16) | 922008 | 353468 | 38.34% | 96984 | 10.52% | 151178 | 16.4% | 104381 | 11.32% | 127916 | 13.87% | 70399 | 7.64% | 14551 | 1.58% | 3131 | 0.34% |
| Rupnagar (17) | 478090 | 101233 | 21.17% | 42212 | 8.83% | 89556 | 18.73% | 79536 | 16.64% | 91465 | 19.13% | 49661 | 10.39% | 19273 | 4.03% | 5154 | 1.08% |
| Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (18) | 452150 | 109035 | 24.11% | 47182 | 10.44% | 84061 | 18.59% | 72600 | 16.06% | 80587 | 17.82% | 41258 | 9.12% | 14728 | 3.26% | 2699 | 0.6% |
| Sangrur (19) | 1128242 | 421922 | 37.4% | 115191 | 10.21% | 179913 | 15.95% | 139981 | 12.41% | 149931 | 13.29% | 85382 | 7.57% | 29832 | 2.64% | 6090 | 0.54% |
| Barnala (20) | 393760 | 156788 | 39.82% | 34373 | 8.73% | 65750 | 16.7% | 45676 | 11.6% | 53570 | 13.6% | 27926 | 7.09% | 8259 | 2.1% | 1418 | 0.36% |