| 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 | 258848 | 44755 | 17.29% | 179247 | 69.25% | 1917 | 0.74% | 182 | 0.07% | 13218 | 5.11% | 182 | 0.07% | 19347 | 7.47% |
| Valangaiman (001) | 22021 | 4015 | 18.23% | 15943 | 72.4% | 253 | 1.15% | 5 | 0.02% | 681 | 3.09% | 1 | 0% | 1123 | 5.1% |
| Kodavasal (002) | 45853 | 7701 | 16.79% | 30963 | 67.53% | 213 | 0.46% | 7 | 0.02% | 2987 | 6.51% | 24 | 0.05% | 3958 | 8.63% |
| Nannilam (003) | 30401 | 4557 | 14.99% | 21391 | 70.36% | 405 | 1.33% | 36 | 0.12% | 1444 | 4.75% | 10 | 0.03% | 2558 | 8.41% |
| Thiruvarur (004) | 23645 | 3012 | 12.74% | 14710 | 62.21% | 291 | 1.23% | 7 | 0.03% | 2088 | 8.83% | 44 | 0.19% | 3493 | 14.77% |
| Needamangalam (005) | 28390 | 4825 | 17% | 20555 | 72.4% | 186 | 0.66% | 3 | 0.01% | 1385 | 4.88% | 3 | 0.01% | 1433 | 5.05% |
| Mannargudi (006) | 63536 | 12474 | 19.63% | 44921 | 70.7% | 365 | 0.57% | 87 | 0.14% | 2031 | 3.2% | 81 | 0.13% | 3577 | 5.63% |
| Thiruthuraipoondi (007) | 45002 | 8171 | 18.16% | 30764 | 68.36% | 204 | 0.45% | 37 | 0.08% | 2602 | 5.78% | 19 | 0.04% | 3205 | 7.12% |