| District Name | Total Population |
Highest Education Level of Completed | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illitrate | Llitrate But Below Primary | Primary | Middle | Secondary | Higher Secondary | Graduate Or Higher | Other (Specify) | ||||||||||
| No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | ||
| All India | 299994863 | 53558498 | 17.85% | 28036377 | 9.35% | 48374401 | 16.13% | 47564765 | 15.86% | 46245100 | 15.42% | 31452368 | 10.48% | 39179306 | 13.06% | 5557147 | 1.85% |
| State Total | 28410592 | 4150872 | 14.61% | 1743188 | 6.14% | 4572280 | 16.09% | 5083392 | 17.89% | 4970723 | 17.5% | 2780643 | 9.79% | 4512615 | 15.88% | 596806 | 2.1% |
| Thiruvallur (01) | 1853621 | 229900 | 12.4% | 87704 | 4.73% | 241787 | 13.04% | 339616 | 18.32% | 372130 | 20.08% | 194093 | 10.47% | 347194 | 18.73% | 41187 | 2.22% |
| Chennai (02) | 4061100 | 419065 | 10.32% | 167207 | 4.12% | 516445 | 12.72% | 720331 | 17.74% | 801050 | 19.72% | 464207 | 11.43% | 905515 | 22.3% | 67277 | 1.66% |
| Kancheepuram (03) | 1833804 | 246005 | 13.42% | 87991 | 4.8% | 248697 | 13.56% | 304811 | 16.62% | 339571 | 18.52% | 180001 | 9.82% | 387703 | 21.14% | 39025 | 2.13% |
| Vellore (04) | 1368989 | 226106 | 16.52% | 67338 | 4.92% | 250001 | 18.26% | 262365 | 19.16% | 237858 | 17.37% | 124078 | 9.06% | 170104 | 12.43% | 31139 | 2.27% |
| Tiruvannamalai (05) | 395415 | 76806 | 19.42% | 28370 | 7.17% | 65319 | 16.52% | 69728 | 17.63% | 59748 | 15.11% | 36376 | 9.2% | 49949 | 12.63% | 9077 | 2.3% |
| Viluppuram (06) | 481214 | 89130 | 18.52% | 25949 | 5.39% | 79769 | 16.58% | 83596 | 17.37% | 81696 | 16.98% | 44612 | 9.27% | 62622 | 13.01% | 13840 | 2.88% |
| Salem (07) | 1374104 | 300286 | 21.85% | 70206 | 5.11% | 230618 | 16.78% | 229927 | 16.73% | 216058 | 15.72% | 120510 | 8.77% | 177722 | 12.93% | 28777 | 2.09% |
| Namakkal (08) | 588568 | 100716 | 17.11% | 51480 | 8.75% | 112367 | 19.09% | 97037 | 16.49% | 88091 | 14.97% | 50735 | 8.62% | 78232 | 13.29% | 9902 | 1.68% |
| Erode (09) | 1033348 | 227901 | 22.05% | 85372 | 8.26% | 161757 | 15.65% | 167733 | 16.23% | 150102 | 14.53% | 87360 | 8.45% | 136734 | 13.23% | 16388 | 1.59% |
| The Nilgiris (10) | 396964 | 51840 | 13.06% | 26967 | 6.79% | 67227 | 16.94% | 76373 | 19.24% | 80468 | 20.27% | 44127 | 11.12% | 45633 | 11.5% | 4329 | 1.09% |
| Dindigul (11) | 655150 | 125160 | 19.1% | 46762 | 7.14% | 112363 | 17.15% | 121215 | 18.5% | 101897 | 15.55% | 58206 | 8.88% | 78149 | 11.93% | 11398 | 1.74% |
| Karur (12) | 368966 | 65127 | 17.65% | 27914 | 7.57% | 64491 | 17.48% | 63039 | 17.09% | 61090 | 16.56% | 33772 | 9.15% | 45363 | 12.29% | 8170 | 2.21% |
| Tiruchirappalli (13) | 1078423 | 85532 | 7.93% | 101199 | 9.38% | 173373 | 16.08% | 192539 | 17.85% | 196393 | 18.21% | 108059 | 10.02% | 184151 | 17.08% | 37177 | 3.45% |
| Perambalur (14) | 93497 | 12560 | 13.43% | 11310 | 12.1% | 15915 | 17.02% | 14086 | 15.07% | 14686 | 15.71% | 9347 | 10% | 13186 | 14.1% | 2407 | 2.57% |
| Ariyalur (15) | 80710 | 17181 | 21.29% | 5074 | 6.29% | 13313 | 16.49% | 12602 | 15.61% | 11416 | 14.14% | 6788 | 8.41% | 12419 | 15.39% | 1916 | 2.37% |
| Cuddalore (16) | 713006 | 120635 | 16.92% | 37826 | 5.31% | 110444 | 15.49% | 125805 | 17.64% | 124889 | 17.52% | 65354 | 9.17% | 104217 | 14.62% | 23836 | 3.34% |
| Nagapattinam (17) | 324887 | 40757 | 12.54% | 27020 | 8.32% | 62120 | 19.12% | 61730 | 19% | 52708 | 16.22% | 28050 | 8.63% | 42880 | 13.2% | 9622 | 2.96% |
| Thiruvarur (18) | 244146 | 23800 | 9.75% | 23245 | 9.52% | 45742 | 18.74% | 47112 | 19.3% | 42084 | 17.24% | 23229 | 9.51% | 32212 | 13.19% | 6722 | 2.75% |
| Thanjavur (19) | 654145 | 95061 | 14.53% | 33638 | 5.14% | 115872 | 17.71% | 122840 | 18.78% | 116240 | 17.77% | 57923 | 8.85% | 97906 | 14.97% | 14664 | 2.24% |
| Pudukkottai (20) | 267043 | 43435 | 16.27% | 12034 | 4.51% | 43760 | 16.39% | 45676 | 17.1% | 49396 | 18.5% | 25360 | 9.5% | 34985 | 13.1% | 12397 | 4.64% |
| Sivaganga (21) | 353734 | 56793 | 16.06% | 20034 | 5.66% | 50604 | 14.31% | 70398 | 19.9% | 61924 | 17.51% | 33429 | 9.45% | 54328 | 15.36% | 6219 | 1.76% |
| Madurai (22) | 1583600 | 183776 | 11.6% | 88838 | 5.61% | 249602 | 15.76% | 304306 | 19.22% | 285707 | 18.04% | 161016 | 10.17% | 283435 | 17.9% | 26920 | 1.7% |
| Theni (23) | 612512 | 118352 | 19.32% | 38622 | 6.31% | 113245 | 18.49% | 118743 | 19.39% | 91696 | 14.97% | 54772 | 8.94% | 68683 | 11.21% | 8399 | 1.37% |
| Virudhunagar (24) | 628075 | 107277 | 17.08% | 47020 | 7.49% | 123242 | 19.62% | 111951 | 17.82% | 88877 | 14.15% | 55228 | 8.79% | 82456 | 13.13% | 12024 | 1.91% |
| Ramanathapuram (25) | 313094 | 15294 | 4.88% | 44441 | 14.19% | 66992 | 21.4% | 60395 | 19.29% | 51596 | 16.48% | 30522 | 9.75% | 38398 | 12.26% | 5456 | 1.74% |
| Thoothukkudi (26) | 685773 | 82585 | 12.04% | 48895 | 7.13% | 139268 | 20.31% | 135750 | 19.8% | 106735 | 15.56% | 64144 | 9.35% | 93024 | 13.56% | 15372 | 2.24% |
| Tirunelveli (27) | 1349274 | 235924 | 17.49% | 94135 | 6.98% | 271103 | 20.09% | 244281 | 18.1% | 205592 | 15.24% | 110848 | 8.22% | 148109 | 10.98% | 39282 | 2.91% |
| Kanniyakumari (28) | 1187334 | 137637 | 11.59% | 88829 | 7.48% | 206340 | 17.38% | 196572 | 16.56% | 207443 | 17.47% | 145079 | 12.22% | 177505 | 14.95% | 27929 | 2.35% |
| Dharmapuri (29) | 208992 | 50354 | 24.09% | 14827 | 7.09% | 32880 | 15.73% | 32385 | 15.5% | 29136 | 13.94% | 17512 | 8.38% | 26782 | 12.81% | 5116 | 2.45% |
| Krishnagiri (30) | 385963 | 69211 | 17.93% | 20252 | 5.25% | 55327 | 14.33% | 64312 | 16.66% | 71939 | 18.64% | 37778 | 9.79% | 57817 | 14.98% | 9327 | 2.42% |
| Coimbatore (31) | 2088872 | 271185 | 12.98% | 135204 | 6.47% | 305255 | 14.61% | 372713 | 17.84% | 394519 | 18.89% | 208287 | 9.97% | 361662 | 17.31% | 40045 | 1.92% |
| Tiruppur (32) | 1146269 | 225481 | 19.67% | 77485 | 6.76% | 227042 | 19.81% | 213425 | 18.62% | 177988 | 15.53% | 99841 | 8.71% | 113540 | 9.91% | 11467 | 1% |