| 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 | 240032 | 65838 | 27.43% | 137225 | 57.17% | 3696 | 1.54% | 326 | 0.14% | 4008 | 1.67% | 129 | 0.05% | 28810 | 12% |
| Tirupathur (001) | 55368 | 13136 | 23.72% | 32892 | 59.41% | 1020 | 1.84% | 128 | 0.23% | 830 | 1.5% | 56 | 0.1% | 7306 | 13.2% |
| Karaikkudi (002) | 35714 | 3396 | 9.51% | 21302 | 59.65% | 1161 | 3.25% | 45 | 0.13% | 959 | 2.69% | 11 | 0.03% | 8840 | 24.75% |
| Devakottai (003) | 25357 | 14998 | 59.15% | 8893 | 35.07% | 135 | 0.53% | 42 | 0.17% | 324 | 1.28% | 22 | 0.09% | 943 | 3.72% |
| Sivaganga (004) | 63259 | 17960 | 28.39% | 36148 | 57.14% | 563 | 0.89% | 29 | 0.05% | 1048 | 1.66% | 23 | 0.04% | 7488 | 11.84% |
| Manamadurai (005) | 38124 | 8282 | 21.72% | 25923 | 68% | 511 | 1.34% | 13 | 0.03% | 433 | 1.14% | 12 | 0.03% | 2950 | 7.74% |
| Ilayangudi (006) | 22210 | 8066 | 36.32% | 12067 | 54.33% | 306 | 1.38% | 69 | 0.31% | 414 | 1.86% | 5 | 0.02% | 1283 | 5.78% |