| 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 | 238720 | 71011 | 29.75% | 140499 | 58.86% | 1997 | 0.84% | 84 | 0.04% | 9135 | 3.83% | 70 | 0.03% | 15924 | 6.67% |
| Tiruvadanai (001) | 41507 | 20599 | 49.63% | 17589 | 42.38% | 284 | 0.68% | 7 | 0.02% | 2229 | 5.37% | 6 | 0.01% | 793 | 1.91% |
| Paramakudi (002) | 42447 | 17708 | 41.72% | 20881 | 49.19% | 561 | 1.32% | 18 | 0.04% | 443 | 1.04% | 8 | 0.02% | 2828 | 6.66% |
| Mudukulathur (003) | 25228 | 11995 | 47.55% | 11820 | 46.85% | 260 | 1.03% | 2 | 0.01% | 789 | 3.13% | 13 | 0.05% | 349 | 1.38% |
| Kamuthi (004) | 27807 | 6082 | 21.87% | 20274 | 72.91% | 101 | 0.36% | 2 | 0.01% | 532 | 1.91% | 0 | 0% | 816 | 2.93% |
| Kadaladi (005) | 28828 | 7336 | 25.45% | 17860 | 61.95% | 83 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.01% | 1979 | 6.86% | 5 | 0.02% | 1562 | 5.42% |
| Ramanathapuram (006) | 64728 | 7194 | 11.11% | 45095 | 69.67% | 549 | 0.85% | 40 | 0.06% | 2611 | 4.03% | 36 | 0.06% | 9203 | 14.22% |
| Rameswaram (007) | 8175 | 97 | 1.19% | 6980 | 85.38% | 159 | 1.94% | 12 | 0.15% | 552 | 6.75% | 2 | 0.02% | 373 | 4.56% |