| Tehsil Name | Total Households | 1 = Cultivation | % 1 = Cultivation | 2=Manual Casual Labour | % 2=Manual Casual Labour | 3=Part-time or Full-Time Domestic Service | % 3=Part-time or Full-Time Domestic Service | 4=Foraging Rag Picking | % 4=Foraging Rag Picking | 5=Non-agricultural Own Account Enterprise | % 5=Non-agricultural Own Account Enterprise | 6=Begging/Charity/ Alms collection | % 6=Begging/Charity/ Alms collection | 7=Others | % 7=Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All India Total | 179787454 | 54122794 | 30.1% | 92016420 | 51.18% | 4487569 | 2.5% | 410320 | 0.23% | 2888481 | 1.61% | 669649 | 0.37% | 25121808 | 13.97% |
| State Total | 6319215 | 648313 | 10.26% | 3198040 | 50.61% | 95813 | 1.52% | 5926 | 0.09% | 132717 | 2.1% | 13735 | 0.22% | 2224670 | 35.2% |
| District Total | 563475 | 43072 | 7.64% | 326640 | 57.97% | 6521 | 1.16% | 417 | 0.07% | 11471 | 2.04% | 1319 | 0.23% | 174034 | 30.89% |
| Ottappalam (001) | 176798 | 10013 | 5.66% | 105173 | 59.49% | 1822 | 1.03% | 197 | 0.11% | 3926 | 2.22% | 531 | 0.3% | 55135 | 31.19% |
| Mannarkad (002) | 81351 | 8500 | 10.45% | 52846 | 64.96% | 1237 | 1.52% | 25 | 0.03% | 901 | 1.11% | 227 | 0.28% | 17615 | 21.65% |
| Palakkad (003) | 108586 | 5696 | 5.25% | 51800 | 47.7% | 1440 | 1.33% | 76 | 0.07% | 2260 | 2.08% | 133 | 0.12% | 47181 | 43.45% |
| Chittur (004) | 94875 | 9558 | 10.07% | 58980 | 62.17% | 989 | 1.04% | 54 | 0.06% | 1954 | 2.06% | 163 | 0.17% | 23177 | 24.43% |
| Alathur (005) | 101865 | 9305 | 9.13% | 57841 | 56.78% | 1033 | 1.01% | 65 | 0.06% | 2430 | 2.39% | 265 | 0.26% | 30926 | 30.36% |