| 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% |
| UT Zone Total | 6328664 | 967689 | 15.29% | 552573 | 8.73% | 1170601 | 18.5% | 1203752 | 19.02% | 1079605 | 17.06% | 740566 | 11.7% | 571111 | 9.02% | 42474 | 0.67% |
| State Total | 475551 | 94678 | 19.91% | 38545 | 8.11% | 77549 | 16.31% | 86143 | 18.11% | 83764 | 17.61% | 40808 | 8.58% | 44608 | 9.38% | 9456 | 1.99% |
| Puducherry (02) | 369503 | 75200 | 20.35% | 27346 | 7.4% | 57381 | 15.53% | 67289 | 18.21% | 67295 | 18.21% | 31943 | 8.64% | 36469 | 9.87% | 6580 | 1.78% |
| Karaikal (04) | 106048 | 19478 | 18.37% | 11199 | 10.56% | 20168 | 19.02% | 18854 | 17.78% | 16469 | 15.53% | 8865 | 8.36% | 8139 | 7.67% | 2876 | 2.71% |