| 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 | 329414 | 37871 | 11.5% | 247336 | 75.08% | 3581 | 1.09% | 167 | 0.05% | 12704 | 3.86% | 63 | 0.02% | 27692 | 8.41% |
| Melur (001) | 61297 | 11210 | 18.29% | 44659 | 72.86% | 505 | 0.82% | 15 | 0.02% | 1668 | 2.72% | 10 | 0.02% | 3230 | 5.27% |
| Madurai North (002) | 52238 | 3268 | 6.26% | 38034 | 72.81% | 785 | 1.5% | 29 | 0.06% | 2587 | 4.95% | 9 | 0.02% | 7526 | 14.41% |
| Vadipatti (003) | 40699 | 2814 | 6.91% | 33116 | 81.37% | 540 | 1.33% | 17 | 0.04% | 1845 | 4.53% | 4 | 0.01% | 2363 | 5.81% |
| Usilampatti (004) | 44495 | 7875 | 17.7% | 33695 | 75.73% | 562 | 1.26% | 28 | 0.06% | 1156 | 2.6% | 9 | 0.02% | 1170 | 2.63% |
| Peraiyur (005) | 44129 | 6219 | 14.09% | 33725 | 76.42% | 364 | 0.82% | 23 | 0.05% | 1775 | 4.02% | 11 | 0.02% | 2012 | 4.56% |
| Thirumangalam (006) | 45775 | 4744 | 10.36% | 34224 | 74.77% | 320 | 0.7% | 45 | 0.1% | 1869 | 4.08% | 12 | 0.03% | 4561 | 9.96% |
| Madurai South (007) | 40781 | 1741 | 4.27% | 29883 | 73.28% | 505 | 1.24% | 10 | 0.02% | 1804 | 4.42% | 8 | 0.02% | 6830 | 16.75% |