| 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 | 318840 | 57665 | 18.09% | 209475 | 65.7% | 3718 | 1.17% | 375 | 0.12% | 15448 | 4.85% | 111 | 0.03% | 32048 | 10.05% |
| Sirkali (001) | 67908 | 8260 | 12.16% | 48381 | 71.24% | 587 | 0.86% | 25 | 0.04% | 5409 | 7.97% | 18 | 0.03% | 5228 | 7.7% |
| Mayiladuthurai (002) | 40031 | 7488 | 18.71% | 23679 | 59.15% | 798 | 1.99% | 94 | 0.23% | 1744 | 4.36% | 0 | 0% | 6228 | 15.56% |
| Kuthalam (003) | 27684 | 5877 | 21.23% | 16824 | 60.77% | 495 | 1.79% | 66 | 0.24% | 453 | 1.64% | 8 | 0.03% | 3961 | 14.31% |
| Tharangambadi (004) | 44905 | 9428 | 21% | 26263 | 58.49% | 963 | 2.14% | 143 | 0.32% | 1271 | 2.83% | 71 | 0.16% | 6766 | 15.07% |
| Nagapattinam (005) | 42572 | 6012 | 14.12% | 30527 | 71.71% | 219 | 0.51% | 7 | 0.02% | 1750 | 4.11% | 0 | 0% | 4057 | 9.53% |
| Kilvelur (006) | 32325 | 3977 | 12.3% | 24217 | 74.92% | 166 | 0.51% | 8 | 0.02% | 2089 | 6.46% | 1 | 0% | 1867 | 5.78% |
| Thirukkuvalai (007) | 16151 | 2071 | 12.82% | 12875 | 79.72% | 33 | 0.2% | 7 | 0.04% | 649 | 4.02% | 0 | 0% | 516 | 3.19% |
| Vedaranyam (008) | 47264 | 14552 | 30.79% | 26709 | 56.51% | 457 | 0.97% | 25 | 0.05% | 2083 | 4.41% | 13 | 0.03% | 3425 | 7.25% |