| 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 | 422627 | 46640 | 11.04% | 304222 | 71.98% | 3233 | 0.76% | 430 | 0.1% | 19137 | 4.53% | 58 | 0.01% | 48907 | 11.57% |
| Sivagiri (001) | 20180 | 2135 | 10.58% | 15099 | 74.82% | 46 | 0.23% | 69 | 0.34% | 732 | 3.63% | 1 | 0% | 2098 | 10.4% |
| Sankarankoil (002) | 77225 | 9027 | 11.69% | 59412 | 76.93% | 809 | 1.05% | 36 | 0.05% | 1734 | 2.25% | 26 | 0.03% | 6181 | 8% |
| Veerakeralamputhur (003) | 23815 | 3773 | 15.84% | 16808 | 70.58% | 135 | 0.57% | 17 | 0.07% | 931 | 3.91% | 3 | 0.01% | 2148 | 9.02% |
| Tenkasi (004) | 44841 | 4623 | 10.31% | 33154 | 73.94% | 353 | 0.79% | 44 | 0.1% | 2161 | 4.82% | 2 | 0% | 4504 | 10.04% |
| Shenkottai (005) | 15855 | 951 | 6% | 12050 | 76% | 79 | 0.5% | 8 | 0.05% | 829 | 5.23% | 1 | 0.01% | 1937 | 12.22% |
| Alangulam (006) | 35267 | 4711 | 13.36% | 26090 | 73.98% | 229 | 0.65% | 15 | 0.04% | 1285 | 3.64% | 2 | 0.01% | 2935 | 8.32% |
| Tirunelveli (007) | 38081 | 3425 | 8.99% | 28125 | 73.86% | 280 | 0.74% | 8 | 0.02% | 1111 | 2.92% | 0 | 0% | 5132 | 13.48% |
| Palayamkottai (008) | 21443 | 2311 | 10.78% | 13233 | 61.71% | 131 | 0.61% | 82 | 0.38% | 1428 | 6.66% | 3 | 0.01% | 4255 | 19.84% |
| Ambasamudram (009) | 54930 | 4815 | 8.77% | 39227 | 71.41% | 607 | 1.11% | 25 | 0.05% | 3093 | 5.63% | 5 | 0.01% | 7158 | 13.03% |
| Nanguneri (010) | 37837 | 6207 | 16.4% | 26207 | 69.26% | 379 | 1% | 21 | 0.06% | 1760 | 4.65% | 5 | 0.01% | 3258 | 8.61% |
| Radhapuram (011) | 53153 | 4662 | 8.77% | 34817 | 65.5% | 185 | 0.35% | 105 | 0.2% | 4073 | 7.66% | 10 | 0.02% | 9301 | 17.5% |