| 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 | 257307 | 20747 | 8.06% | 189557 | 73.67% | 1768 | 0.69% | 259 | 0.1% | 11687 | 4.54% | 84 | 0.03% | 33205 | 12.9% |
| Kovilpatti (001) | 53273 | 3575 | 6.71% | 39582 | 74.3% | 203 | 0.38% | 22 | 0.04% | 2284 | 4.29% | 12 | 0.02% | 7595 | 14.26% |
| Ettayapuram (002) | 18288 | 1682 | 9.2% | 15021 | 82.14% | 141 | 0.77% | 28 | 0.15% | 294 | 1.61% | 4 | 0.02% | 1118 | 6.11% |
| Vilathikulam (003) | 31060 | 4039 | 13% | 23841 | 76.76% | 150 | 0.48% | 8 | 0.03% | 1333 | 4.29% | 4 | 0.01% | 1685 | 5.42% |
| Ottapidaram (004) | 32415 | 1645 | 5.07% | 26689 | 82.34% | 291 | 0.9% | 8 | 0.02% | 1291 | 3.98% | 3 | 0.01% | 2488 | 7.68% |
| Thoothukkudi (005) | 25130 | 815 | 3.24% | 18056 | 71.85% | 178 | 0.71% | 23 | 0.09% | 1369 | 5.45% | 3 | 0.01% | 4686 | 18.65% |
| Srivaikuntam (006) | 39024 | 4375 | 11.21% | 28287 | 72.49% | 336 | 0.86% | 84 | 0.22% | 1242 | 3.18% | 5 | 0.01% | 4695 | 12.03% |
| Tiruchendur (007) | 36623 | 2854 | 7.79% | 24100 | 65.81% | 202 | 0.55% | 83 | 0.23% | 2287 | 6.24% | 52 | 0.14% | 7045 | 19.24% |
| Sathankulam (008) | 21494 | 1762 | 8.2% | 13981 | 65.05% | 267 | 1.24% | 3 | 0.01% | 1587 | 7.38% | 1 | 0% | 3893 | 18.11% |