| 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% |
| South Zone Total | 164522575 | 48732413 | 29.62% | 17632797 | 10.72% | 30129243 | 18.31% | 24403832 | 14.83% | 22089112 | 13.43% | 11353019 | 6.9% | 8330064 | 5.06% | 1844813 | 1.12% |
| State Total | 38183242 | 12041709 | 31.54% | 4336902 | 11.36% | 8460215 | 22.16% | 4556956 | 11.93% | 4688189 | 12.28% | 2384924 | 6.25% | 1377125 | 3.61% | 337205 | 0.88% |
| Belgaum (01) | 3617463 | 1171918 | 32.4% | 446845 | 12.35% | 852278 | 23.56% | 454585 | 12.57% | 372825 | 10.31% | 190923 | 5.28% | 98393 | 2.72% | 29696 | 0.82% |
| Bagalkot (02) | 1248313 | 475577 | 38.1% | 179570 | 14.39% | 272627 | 21.84% | 100496 | 8.05% | 104588 | 8.38% | 68306 | 5.47% | 34412 | 2.76% | 12737 | 1.02% |
| Bijapur (03) | 1577546 | 647137 | 41.02% | 199385 | 12.64% | 341757 | 21.66% | 109621 | 6.95% | 127890 | 8.11% | 86490 | 5.48% | 49881 | 3.16% | 15385 | 0.98% |
| Bidar (04) | 1297140 | 419789 | 32.36% | 153160 | 11.81% | 362252 | 27.93% | 140757 | 10.85% | 123892 | 9.55% | 62960 | 4.85% | 28168 | 2.17% | 6151 | 0.47% |
| Raichur (05) | 1342752 | 653873 | 48.7% | 117325 | 8.74% | 291765 | 21.73% | 103902 | 7.74% | 95915 | 7.14% | 47397 | 3.53% | 24451 | 1.82% | 8124 | 0.61% |
| Koppal (06) | 1203817 | 416148 | 34.57% | 198515 | 16.49% | 301078 | 25.01% | 105837 | 8.79% | 89556 | 7.44% | 55701 | 4.63% | 29724 | 2.47% | 7258 | 0.6% |
| Gadag (07) | 673929 | 221456 | 32.86% | 88450 | 13.12% | 171168 | 25.4% | 70949 | 10.53% | 61782 | 9.17% | 36278 | 5.38% | 16926 | 2.51% | 6920 | 1.03% |
| Dharwad (08) | 801988 | 245837 | 30.65% | 137074 | 17.09% | 185539 | 23.13% | 68199 | 8.5% | 85947 | 10.72% | 48659 | 6.07% | 22420 | 2.8% | 8313 | 1.04% |
| Uttara Kannada (09) | 1092469 | 228281 | 20.9% | 164827 | 15.09% | 267983 | 24.53% | 139515 | 12.77% | 151192 | 13.84% | 73782 | 6.75% | 54728 | 5.01% | 12161 | 1.11% |
| Haveri (10) | 1250738 | 316424 | 25.3% | 202078 | 16.16% | 353973 | 28.3% | 161796 | 12.94% | 116619 | 9.32% | 58338 | 4.66% | 30850 | 2.47% | 10660 | 0.85% |
| Bellary (11) | 1491709 | 582728 | 39.06% | 202978 | 13.61% | 354831 | 23.79% | 119557 | 8.01% | 115789 | 7.76% | 64976 | 4.36% | 35644 | 2.39% | 15206 | 1.02% |
| Chitradurga (12) | 1344863 | 406136 | 30.2% | 163864 | 12.18% | 278212 | 20.69% | 158597 | 11.79% | 173959 | 12.94% | 100846 | 7.5% | 46792 | 3.48% | 16457 | 1.22% |
| Davanagere (13) | 1340078 | 360623 | 26.91% | 173567 | 12.95% | 319381 | 23.83% | 138401 | 10.33% | 177106 | 13.22% | 96188 | 7.18% | 55170 | 4.12% | 19642 | 1.47% |
| Shimoga (14) | 1141106 | 265712 | 23.29% | 142850 | 12.52% | 265371 | 23.26% | 188432 | 16.51% | 154600 | 13.55% | 71815 | 6.29% | 45850 | 4.02% | 6476 | 0.57% |
| Udupi (15) | 1040189 | 183170 | 17.61% | 124191 | 11.94% | 252260 | 24.25% | 151706 | 14.58% | 148522 | 14.28% | 90011 | 8.65% | 77683 | 7.47% | 12646 | 1.22% |
| CHIKMAGALUR (16) | 879498 | 175178 | 19.92% | 96329 | 10.95% | 215538 | 24.51% | 126521 | 14.39% | 139371 | 15.85% | 72486 | 8.24% | 45343 | 5.16% | 8732 | 0.99% |
| Tumkur (17) | 2104985 | 601566 | 28.58% | 221853 | 10.54% | 397573 | 18.89% | 306277 | 14.55% | 329702 | 15.66% | 152302 | 7.24% | 77362 | 3.68% | 18350 | 0.87% |
| Bangalore (18) | 1107019 | 207591 | 18.75% | 76654 | 6.92% | 204059 | 18.43% | 205033 | 18.52% | 227869 | 20.58% | 104024 | 9.4% | 69607 | 6.29% | 12182 | 1.1% |
| Mandya (19) | 1500341 | 455807 | 30.38% | 125488 | 8.36% | 262543 | 17.5% | 189503 | 12.63% | 256243 | 17.08% | 126048 | 8.4% | 69933 | 4.66% | 14776 | 0.98% |
| Hassan (20) | 1429639 | 359364 | 25.14% | 155769 | 10.9% | 296418 | 20.73% | 190847 | 13.35% | 232678 | 16.28% | 113038 | 7.91% | 62410 | 4.37% | 19115 | 1.34% |
| Dakshina Kannada (21) | 1376139 | 226427 | 16.45% | 145438 | 10.57% | 389377 | 28.29% | 206749 | 15.02% | 199666 | 14.51% | 107039 | 7.78% | 85017 | 6.18% | 16426 | 1.19% |
| Kodagu (22) | 456475 | 84187 | 18.44% | 47086 | 10.32% | 100357 | 21.99% | 66106 | 14.48% | 73564 | 16.12% | 45664 | 10% | 32633 | 7.15% | 6878 | 1.51% |
| Mysore (23) | 1823931 | 611846 | 33.55% | 145029 | 7.95% | 357882 | 19.62% | 248309 | 13.61% | 269328 | 14.77% | 113611 | 6.23% | 67309 | 3.69% | 10617 | 0.58% |
| Chamarajanagar (24) | 862383 | 360910 | 41.85% | 68266 | 7.92% | 170531 | 19.77% | 105795 | 12.27% | 86860 | 10.07% | 41991 | 4.87% | 21361 | 2.48% | 6669 | 0.77% |
| Gulbarga(Kalaburagi) (25) | 1712128 | 735331 | 42.95% | 131729 | 7.69% | 387461 | 22.63% | 148978 | 8.7% | 174044 | 10.17% | 83023 | 4.85% | 44234 | 2.58% | 7323 | 0.43% |
| Yadgir (26) | 910097 | 512587 | 56.32% | 79884 | 8.78% | 163083 | 17.92% | 57568 | 6.33% | 53249 | 5.85% | 25301 | 2.78% | 16025 | 1.76% | 2399 | 0.26% |
| Kolar (27) | 1075920 | 332097 | 30.87% | 112803 | 10.48% | 210046 | 19.52% | 155438 | 14.45% | 147172 | 13.68% | 69323 | 6.44% | 40491 | 3.76% | 8550 | 0.79% |
| Chikkaballapura (28) | 982208 | 336281 | 34.24% | 80987 | 8.25% | 166557 | 16.96% | 150711 | 15.34% | 148533 | 15.12% | 60491 | 6.16% | 34070 | 3.47% | 4578 | 0.47% |
| Bangalore Rural (29) | 698513 | 169549 | 24.27% | 78852 | 11.29% | 128112 | 18.34% | 97973 | 14.03% | 127004 | 18.18% | 59798 | 8.56% | 30503 | 4.37% | 6722 | 0.96% |
| Ramanagara (30) | 799866 | 278179 | 34.78% | 76056 | 9.51% | 140203 | 17.53% | 88798 | 11.1% | 122724 | 15.34% | 58115 | 7.27% | 29735 | 3.72% | 6056 | 0.76% |