| 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 | 176084 | 32893 | 18.68% | 124583 | 70.75% | 1221 | 0.69% | 95 | 0.05% | 5772 | 3.28% | 23 | 0.01% | 11497 | 6.53% |
| Aravakurichi (001) | 41188 | 10293 | 24.99% | 26836 | 65.15% | 258 | 0.63% | 8 | 0.02% | 1244 | 3.02% | 1 | 0% | 2548 | 6.19% |
| Karur (002) | 47528 | 5677 | 11.94% | 33989 | 71.51% | 348 | 0.73% | 63 | 0.13% | 1877 | 3.95% | 10 | 0.02% | 5564 | 11.71% |
| Krishnarayapuram (003) | 25927 | 4117 | 15.88% | 18738 | 72.27% | 331 | 1.28% | 7 | 0.03% | 1176 | 4.54% | 4 | 0.02% | 1554 | 5.99% |
| Kulithalai (004) | 35555 | 6853 | 19.27% | 26288 | 73.94% | 201 | 0.57% | 11 | 0.03% | 992 | 2.79% | 7 | 0.02% | 1203 | 3.38% |
| Kadavur (005) | 25886 | 5953 | 23% | 18732 | 72.36% | 83 | 0.32% | 6 | 0.02% | 483 | 1.87% | 1 | 0% | 628 | 2.43% |