| 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 | 151886 | 13727 | 9.04% | 118694 | 78.15% | 1399 | 0.92% | 168 | 0.11% | 5709 | 3.76% | 88 | 0.06% | 12101 | 7.97% |
| Bodinayakanur (001) | 18129 | 1460 | 8.05% | 12839 | 70.82% | 156 | 0.86% | 129 | 0.71% | 601 | 3.32% | 21 | 0.12% | 2923 | 16.12% |
| Periyakulam (002) | 26928 | 2274 | 8.44% | 19330 | 71.78% | 322 | 1.2% | 18 | 0.07% | 1954 | 7.26% | 11 | 0.04% | 3019 | 11.21% |
| Theni (003) | 20107 | 1856 | 9.23% | 14631 | 72.77% | 288 | 1.43% | 1 | 0% | 976 | 4.85% | 40 | 0.2% | 2315 | 11.51% |
| Uthamapalayam (004) | 36908 | 3102 | 8.4% | 30456 | 82.52% | 265 | 0.72% | 9 | 0.02% | 867 | 2.35% | 6 | 0.02% | 2203 | 5.97% |
| Andipatti (005) | 49814 | 5035 | 10.11% | 41438 | 83.19% | 368 | 0.74% | 11 | 0.02% | 1311 | 2.63% | 10 | 0.02% | 1641 | 3.29% |