| 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 | 436344 | 95860 | 21.97% | 263428 | 60.37% | 10820 | 2.48% | 1384 | 0.32% | 8902 | 2.04% | 245 | 0.06% | 54835 | 12.57% |
| Panruti (001) | 69663 | 18165 | 26.08% | 29622 | 42.52% | 2073 | 2.98% | 177 | 0.25% | 1479 | 2.12% | 38 | 0.05% | 17239 | 24.75% |
| Cuddalore (002) | 57299 | 8157 | 14.24% | 35358 | 61.71% | 2375 | 4.14% | 899 | 1.57% | 1530 | 2.67% | 100 | 0.17% | 8880 | 15.5% |
| Kurinjipadi (003) | 38683 | 6733 | 17.41% | 26022 | 67.27% | 997 | 2.58% | 64 | 0.17% | 639 | 1.65% | 40 | 0.1% | 4188 | 10.83% |
| Chidambaram (004) | 79308 | 14906 | 18.8% | 50547 | 63.74% | 1544 | 1.95% | 72 | 0.09% | 2920 | 3.68% | 20 | 0.03% | 9299 | 11.73% |
| Kattumannarkoil (005) | 55247 | 10852 | 19.64% | 38438 | 69.57% | 788 | 1.43% | 28 | 0.05% | 1020 | 1.85% | 15 | 0.03% | 4106 | 7.43% |
| Virudhachalam (006) | 80298 | 18973 | 23.63% | 50183 | 62.5% | 2344 | 2.92% | 109 | 0.14% | 970 | 1.21% | 22 | 0.03% | 7697 | 9.59% |
| Tittakudi (007) | 55846 | 18074 | 32.36% | 33258 | 59.55% | 699 | 1.25% | 35 | 0.06% | 344 | 0.62% | 10 | 0.02% | 3426 | 6.13% |