| 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 | 10088119 | 1837857 | 18.22% | 6635442 | 65.77% | 162734 | 1.61% | 13309 | 0.13% | 366854 | 3.64% | 4641 | 0.05% | 1065974 | 10.57% |
| District Total | 501419 | 85941 | 17.14% | 351045 | 70.01% | 4737 | 0.94% | 161 | 0.03% | 20943 | 4.18% | 140 | 0.03% | 38104 | 7.6% |
| Mettur (001) | 67638 | 9497 | 14.04% | 50791 | 75.09% | 774 | 1.14% | 33 | 0.05% | 2639 | 3.9% | 29 | 0.04% | 3875 | 5.73% |
| Omalur (002) | 105091 | 13486 | 12.83% | 76446 | 72.74% | 788 | 0.75% | 45 | 0.04% | 5662 | 5.39% | 78 | 0.07% | 8586 | 8.17% |
| Edappadi (003) | 40426 | 6803 | 16.83% | 30126 | 74.52% | 408 | 1.01% | 6 | 0.01% | 1356 | 3.35% | 0 | 0% | 1727 | 4.27% |
| Sankari (004) | 41880 | 6224 | 14.86% | 27786 | 66.35% | 321 | 0.77% | 36 | 0.09% | 2386 | 5.7% | 4 | 0.01% | 5123 | 12.23% |
| Salem (005) | 94614 | 7875 | 8.32% | 70955 | 74.99% | 1011 | 1.07% | 12 | 0.01% | 4736 | 5.01% | 13 | 0.01% | 9664 | 10.21% |
| Yercaud (006) | 9862 | 1390 | 14.09% | 7498 | 76.03% | 79 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.02% | 75 | 0.76% | 1 | 0.01% | 817 | 8.28% |
| Vazhapadi (007) | 40535 | 8709 | 21.49% | 26401 | 65.13% | 212 | 0.52% | 7 | 0.02% | 1533 | 3.78% | 4 | 0.01% | 3669 | 9.05% |
| Attur (008) | 77013 | 23135 | 30.04% | 47194 | 61.28% | 734 | 0.95% | 17 | 0.02% | 2061 | 2.68% | 7 | 0.01% | 3865 | 5.02% |
| Gangavalli (009) | 24360 | 8822 | 36.22% | 13848 | 56.85% | 410 | 1.68% | 3 | 0.01% | 495 | 2.03% | 4 | 0.02% | 778 | 3.19% |