| 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 | 368203 | 61748 | 16.77% | 257960 | 70.06% | 3319 | 0.9% | 232 | 0.06% | 9074 | 2.46% | 131 | 0.04% | 35739 | 9.71% |
| Palani (001) | 42985 | 8053 | 18.73% | 27514 | 64.01% | 398 | 0.93% | 15 | 0.03% | 1142 | 2.66% | 42 | 0.1% | 5821 | 13.54% |
| Oddanchatram (002) | 42863 | 13944 | 32.53% | 25276 | 58.97% | 265 | 0.62% | 19 | 0.04% | 1242 | 2.9% | 13 | 0.03% | 2104 | 4.91% |
| Vedasandur (003) | 60383 | 9842 | 16.3% | 44307 | 73.38% | 649 | 1.07% | 70 | 0.12% | 1255 | 2.08% | 26 | 0.04% | 4234 | 7.01% |
| Natham (004) | 29837 | 5288 | 17.72% | 22982 | 77.03% | 326 | 1.09% | 32 | 0.11% | 258 | 0.86% | 5 | 0.02% | 946 | 3.17% |
| Dindigul (005) | 94382 | 9175 | 9.72% | 69533 | 73.67% | 708 | 0.75% | 59 | 0.06% | 3501 | 3.71% | 35 | 0.04% | 11371 | 12.05% |
| Attur (006) | 27388 | 2031 | 7.42% | 19594 | 71.54% | 385 | 1.41% | 9 | 0.03% | 519 | 1.89% | 1 | 0% | 4849 | 17.7% |
| Kodaikanal (007) | 18128 | 4904 | 27.05% | 11699 | 64.54% | 114 | 0.63% | 11 | 0.06% | 217 | 1.2% | 2 | 0.01% | 1181 | 6.51% |
| Nilakkottai (008) | 52237 | 8511 | 16.29% | 37055 | 70.94% | 474 | 0.91% | 17 | 0.03% | 940 | 1.8% | 7 | 0.01% | 5233 | 10.02% |